Academy’s players linked to pro sides

The SRU is aligning its FOSROC Academy players more closely with its two professional teams once the new 2020/21 season gets under way.

Up to 30 Stage 3 Academy players will be evenly contracted between Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh, enabling them to train daily with the professional players and helping them accelerate their development, being immersed in the pro team club culture earlier and more often in their careers than in recent seasons.

The move will put them under the eye of pro team coaches Richard Cockerill and Danny Wilson.

ACADEMY ALIGNMENTS Glasgow Warriors

Thomas Lambert (Sydney Univ), Angus Fraser (Stirling Co), Murphy Walker (Stirling Co), Max Williamson (Dollar Acad), Alex Samuel (Stirling Co), Gregor Brown (Boroughmuir Bears), Rory Jackson (Ayrshire Bulls), Ross Thompson (Ayrshire Bulls), Euan Cunningham (Stirling Co), Robbie Maccallum (Boroughmuir Bears), Michael Gray (Dollar Acad), Finlay Callaghan (GHK), Ollie Melville (Sale Sharks), Ollie Smith, Ayrshire Bulls.

Edinburgh

Shaun Gunn (Southern Knights), Dan Gamble (Heriot’s), Cole Lamberton (Edinburgh Accies), Charlie Jupp (Heriot’s), Jack Mann (Heriot’s), Ben Muncaster (Leicester), Cameron Scott (Boroughmuir Bears), Scott King (Heriot’s ), Matt Currie (Watsonians), Harry Paterson (Heriot’s), Nathan Chamberlain (Bristol Bears), Roan Frostwick (Watsonians), Nathan Sweeney (Southern Knights), Jacob Henry (Southern Knights), Patrick Harrison (Peebles).