| Teamname: | Scottish Rugby Academy 2017 / 2018 |
| Prevseason: | 2016 - 17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 - 19 |
The Scottish Rugby Academy provides Scotland's up and coming rugby stars a dedicated focused routeway for development into the professional game. Entry is restricted to Scottish qualified students and both male and female entrants are accepted into 4 regional academies. The 2017–18 season sees the third year of the academy.
This was the third year of the Scottish Rugby Academy. 11 players were signed from the academy into full-time professional clubs from last season's Stage 3.[1]
This year sees 8 new entrants into the academy going straight into Stage 3 - being assigned to a professional club. In addition, another 9 players have been promoted to Stage 3 from Stage 2.[1]
A second intake of players into this year's academy at Stage 1 and 2 will be announced after July and August after the regional age-grade series ends.[1]
The Scottish Rugby Academy runs four regional academies in Scotland:-
These geographically roughly correspond to the traditional districts of Glasgow District, South, Edinburgh District and North and Midlands.[2]
Players are selected in three stages:-
Stage 3 players are assigned to a professional team.
Nominally, for the men, Glasgow Warriors receive the Stage 3 players of Glasgow and the West and Caledonia regions, while Edinburgh Rugby receive the Stage 3 players of the Edinburgh and Borders and East Lothian regions.
The women are integrated into the Scotland women's national rugby sevens team and the Scotland women's national rugby union team.
Note: these players, originally noted as Caledonia regional academy Stage 3 players were later formally assigned to the Glasgow regional academy when the Scottish Rugby Academy completed their second academy intake of the season.[4]
Duncan Ferguson, Chloe Rollie, Lisa Thomson and Sarah Law were added to the Edinburgh Stage 3 academy squad in the Scottish Rugby Academy's second intake in the 2017–18 season.[4]
Dan York was added to the Glasgow Stage 3 academy squad in the Scottish Rugby Academy's second intake in the 2017–18 season.[4]
The inductees for the 2017–18 season are split into their regional academies.
Adam Hall was transferred to the Edinburgh regional academy in the second intake.[4]
New additions in the second intake:[4]
Fergus Bradbury was on the initial list of Caledonia academy players but not on the second intake list. George Goodenough and Andrew McLean were transferred to the Edinburgh academy in the second intake. Grant Hughes was transferred to the Glasgow academy in the second intake. Cameron Henderson (Strathallan School) is added to the Caledonia list.[4]
New additions in the second intake:[4]
Chloe Rollie, Lisa Thomson and Sarah Law were initially named as Stage 2 but were promoted to Stage 3 in the second intake. They are now listed with the Stage 3 players. Charlie Jupp (unattached) and James Miller (Watsonians) are added to the Edinburgh list.[4]
New additions in the second intake:[4]
Dan York was initially named as Stage 2 but was promoted to Stage 3 in the second intake. He is now listed with the Stage 3 players.[4]
New additions in the second intake:[4]
Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs: