Similar to the older U17 and U18 age-grade Championships which returned in February, the U16 trophy was last played for in August 2019, due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Pictured is the victorious Borders and East Lothian side in 2019).

The U16 FOSROC Scottish Rugby Academy Regional Championship series will run over three weekends at Lasswade RFC, Dalziel RFC and Gala Rugby/3G Arena, Netherdale.

In in a slightly different format to their older age-grade counterparts, each FOSROC Scottish Rugby Regional Academy will put forward two teams representing each region from Glasgow and the West, Caledonia, Edinburgh and the Borders and East Lothian.

More players will be involved ensuring more players gaining training and playing experiences in a representative high-performance environment before making the step up to potential national representative rugby and the Scotland U18 programme next season.

Every game will have 10 points for a win, five points for a loss and eight points for a draw, in addition every try is worth one point. The winning region will be the one with the most points after the 12 matches.

Spectators are welcome to all fixtures across the series.

Fixtures and Results

Sunday 10 April – Lasswade RFC
12 noon – Edinburgh 7-35 Borders and East Lothian – Main Pitch.
View the Edinburgh team selection HERE.
View the Borders and East Lothian team selection HERE.

12 noon – Glasgow and the West 5-58 Caledonia – Top Pitch
View the Glasgow and the West team selection HERE.
View the Calediona team selection HERE.

3pm – Edinburgh 24-21 Borders and East Lothian – Main Pitch
View the Edinburgh team selection HERE.
View the Borders and East Lothian team selection HERE.

3pm – Glasgow and the West 15-24 Caledonia – Top Pitch
View the Glasgow and the West team selection HERE.
View the Caledonia team selection HERE.

Sunday 17 April – Dalziel RFC

12 noon – Glasgow and the West 15-51 Borders and East Lothian
View the Glasgow team selection HERE.
View the Borders and East Lothian team selection HERE.

12 noon – Edinburgh 28-17 Caledonia
View the Edinburgh team selection HERE.
View the Caledonia team selection HERE.

1.30pm – Glasgow and the West 15-24 Borders and East Lothian
View the Glasgow team selection HERE.
View the Borders and East Lothian team selection HERE.

1.30pm – Edinburgh 19-53 Caledonia
View the Caledonia team selection HERE.
View the Edinburgh team selection HERE.

Sunday 24 April – Gala RFC

12pm – Caledonian 1 v Borders & East Lothian Reds – Gala RFC
View the Caledonian 1 team selection HERE.
View the Borders Reds team selection HERE.

12pm – Glasgow & West 1 v Edinburgh 1 – 3G Arena
View the Glasgow 1 selection HERE.
View the Edinburgh 1 team selection HERE.

12.50pm – Caledonian 2 v Borders & East Lothian Whites – Gala RFC
View the Caledonian 2 team selection HERE.
View the Borders Whites team selection HERE.

12.50pm – Newcastle Falcons 1 v Edinburgh 2
View the Edinburgh 2 selection HERE.

1.40pm – Newcastle Falcons 2 v Glasgow & West 2 – Gala RFC
View the Glasgow 2 selection HERE.

1.40pm – Borders & East Lothian Whites v Glasgow & West 1 – 3G Arena
View the Borders Whites team selection HERE.
View the Glasgow 1 selection HERE.

2.30pm – Border & East Lothian Reds v Newcastle Falcons 1 – Gala RFC
View the Borders Reds team selection HERE.

2.30pm – Edinburgh 2 v Caledonian 2 – 3G Arena
View the Edinburgh 2 selection HERE.
View the Caledonian 2 team selection HERE.

3.20pm – Edinburgh 1 v Glasgow & West 2 – Gala RFC
View the Edinburgh 1 team selection HERE.
View the Glasgow 2 selection HERE.

3.20pm – Newcastle Falcons 2 v Caledonian 1 – 3G Arena
View the Caledonian 1 team selection HERE.