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SRU collaboration plan

Murrayfield offered as venue to stage SPFL matches

Murrayfield Stadium will host Liverpool-Napoli friendly
Offer: Murrayfield (pic: SNS Group) Scottish Rugby has confirmed it is in talks about hosting SPFL matches at Murrayfield next season. Premiership action is set to return behind closed doorsRead More

Severing ties with board

Grassie to stand down as the chairman of Scottish Rugby

Colin Grassie
Exit: Colin Grassie (pic: SNS Group) Colin Grassie is to step down as chairman of Scottish Rugby this summer after three years in the post. He will also be leavingRead More

£12m budget worry

Scottish Rugby cuts pay as fears rise over Autumn tests

Mark Dodson, Scottish Rugby's chief executive
Cuts: Mark Dodson (pic: SNS Group) Scottish Rugby’s senior executives are to take pay cuts of up to 30 per cent as it emerged the possible cancellation of the NovemberRead More

Clash set for November 14

Scotland to host Japan in next year’s Autumn Tests

Defeat: Gregor Townsend (pic: SNS Group) Scotland will host Rugby World Cup quarter-finalists Japan in the 2020 Autumn Tests at Murrayfield Stadium next November. The Brave Blossoms underlined their emergenceRead More

New performance director

Mallinder leaves England post to join Scottish Rugby

Mark Dodson
  Delighted: Mark Dodson   Scottish Rugby has turned to England in its search for a new performance director, former Northampton and Sale Sharks head coach Jim Mallinder being appointedRead More

Chairman's 18-month extension

Grassie, Thomson staying on Scottish Rugby board

Colin Grassie
Staying on: Colin Grassie (pic: SNS Group)   Scottish Rugby’s board has announced its chairman Colin Grassie will continue in the role beyond the end of his current term afterRead More

Seven-figure agreement

Scottish Rugby extends Macron kit deal to 2026

Dominic McKay and Gianluca Pavanello of Macron
Deal: Macron’s Gianluca Pavanello (left) with Dominic McKay and various internationalists   Scottish Rugby has agreed a six-year extension to its partnership with kit suppliers Macron which will run untilRead More

First Scot in role for 20 years

John Jeffrey named chairman of Six Nations Council

John Jeffrey
Role: John Jeffrey (pic: SNS Group)   Former Scotland rugby international John Jeffrey has been elected chairman of the Six Nations Council for a three-year term. Jeffrey, who takes overRead More

MSP steps down

Scott leaves Holyrood for new job at Scottish Rugby

Tavish Scott
Tavish Scott addressing a parliamentary reception this month (pic: Terry Murden)   Tavish Scott, one of Scotland’s longest serving MSPs, is to leave the Scottish Parliament to take up theRead More

Transatlantic partnership

Scottish Rugby in link-up with new US franchise

Mark Dodson, Scottish Rugby's chief executive
Benefits: Mark Dodson (pic: SNS Group)   Scottish Rugby has become the first Tier 1 national governing body to link with a club in the newly-sanctioned Major League Rugby competitionRead More