The Scottish Rugby Academy provides Scotland's up-and-coming rugby union players 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 four regional academies. The 2025–26 season sees the eleventh year of the academy. Season overview

This was the eleventh year of the Scottish Rugby Academy. With the closure of the Super 6 league, the academy numbers for both Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby have been increased to help mitigate the young players development.

Regional Academies

The Scottish Rugby Academy runs four regional academies in Scotland:- Glasgow and the West, Borders and East Lothian, Edinburgh and Caledonia. These roughly correspond to the traditional districts of Glasgow District, South, Edinburgh District and North and Midlands.

Stages

Players are selected in three stages:-

Supported stages

Stage 1 – Regionally selected and regionally supported players Stage 2 – Nationally selected and regionally supported players

Contracted stage

Stage 3 – Nationally selected and regionally supported players assigned to a professional team.

Academy Players

Stage 3 players

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.

The Stage 3 players were assigned directly to Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby.https://edinburghrugby.org/news-and-features/2025-26-academy-intake-confirmed/https://glasgowwarriors.org/news-and-features/glasgow-warriors-confirm-2025-26-academy-intake/

Glasgow Warriors

Edinburgh

Graduates of this year

Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:

Jack Oliver (Glasgow Warriors)https://www.glasgowwarriors.com/articles/news/013079.php

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