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2022–23 Super 6
The 2022–23 Super 6 (also known as the ''Fosroc Super 6 (rugby union), Super 6'' for sponsorship reasons) is the third season of a semi-professional rugby union competition for Scotland's club sides. The season tournament for 2020–21 did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The six teams competing in this season's Super 6 (rugby union), Super 6 are Ayr RFC, Ayrshire Bulls, Boroughmuir RFC, Boroughmuir Bears, Heriot's Rugby Club, Heriot's Rugby, Stirling County RFC, Stirling Wolves, Watsonian FC, Watsonians and Melrose RFC, Southern Knights. Competition format Super 6 consists of 3 different competitions involving the same six teams. Super6 Championship ; League Stage : Weeks One to Ten All sides will play each other home and away in a double round robin, using the rugby points system. ; League play-offs Semi-Finals : The top 4 teams play off determine the finalist slots. Final : The winners of the semi-finals compete in the final of the Super 6 tournament . Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watsonian FC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, and changed its policy in the 1980s to be a fully open club, welcoming players of all abilities regardless of whether they attended the school or not. It is one of a small number of rugby union clubs entitled to call itself a 'football club', rather than a 'rugby football club'. Watsonians run a number of sides; the top male side plays in the FOSROC Super Series tournament, the Women's side plays in the Tennents Scottish Women's Premiership Womens Rugby Union Scotland, Scottish Rugby's Women's League History The Watsonian Football Club played its first game on 30 January 1875 against St George that ended in a draw. Right from the beginning the emphasis was on expansive play combined with enjoying rugby football both on and off the field. With this noble aim, Watsonians has evolved and achieved many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greenyards
The Greenyards is a sports ground in Melrose, Scottish Borders. It has been the home of Melrose RFC for rugby union matches and the annual Melrose Sevens tournament. The first ever rugby 7s matches were played at the ground in 1883. The professional side Southern Knights use it for home matches in the Super 6 competition. In 2019 the grass pitches were replaced with an artificial surface, with floodlights around the ground. The ground has a capacity of 15,000. History The press box dates from the 1930s. The main stand on the east side of the playing area has 1174 seats. More than 10,000 people were expected at the 2012 Melrose Sevens tournament. In late August 2016, plans were put forward for redevelopment. These plans included increasing the pitch size and improve lighting to be strong enough to cater for television coverage. In 2019 the main stand was renamed the Cairnhill Steel Solutions Stand, as part of a sponsorship deal. The installation of the 3G pitches received su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayrshire Bulls
Ayr Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club. Its professional men's side currently plays as Ayrshire Bulls in the Super 6 competition; and its women's side play in the . The club also runs a "Club XV" which competes in the Tennent's National League 1, a 2nd XV "Ayr-Millbrae", which plays in the SRU West Reserve League Division 1, and various age group teams, from age 4, up to age 18. The Bulls are one of six franchises playing in the new Super6 competition and has a 35-strong playing squad, which includes loose-head prop Gordon Reid, who was in the Scotland squad at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and has joined Ayr, his first club, from London Irish. The team is based in Ayr in Scotland, and plays at Millbrae, Alloway. Millbrae Millbrae is a rugby ground used by Ayr for both training and practice. It has two full size rugby fields, one overlooked by a grandstand, and a clubhouse, which is used mainly for changing rooms, the function room and the bar. Millbrae is adjacent to the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watsonians
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, and changed its policy in the 1980s to be a fully open club, welcoming players of all abilities regardless of whether they attended the school or not. It is one of a small number of rugby union clubs entitled to call itself a 'football club', rather than a 'rugby football club'. Watsonians run a number of sides; the top male side plays in the FOSROC Super Series tournament, the Women's side plays in the Tennents Scottish Women's Premiership Scottish Rugby's Women's League History The Watsonian Football Club played its first game on 30 January 1875 against St George that ended in a draw. Right from the beginning the emphasis was on expansive play combined with enjoying rugby football both on and off the field. With this noble aim, Watsonians has evolved and achieved many successes to confirm its pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meggetland Sports Complex
Meggetland is a multi-purpose sports pavilion in Edinburgh, Scotland. The complex consists of multiple astroturf and grass pitch (sports field), pitches for association football, football, rugby football, rugby, field hockey, hockey, and cricket, regularly hosting these sports. Notably, the ground hosted three Edinburgh Rugby matches during the 2013–14 Pro 12 season against Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys, Cardiff Blues and Munster Rugby, Munster. In January 2016, the Edinburgh Wolves announced that due to the closure of Meadowbank Stadium for redevelopment, they would be moving to play their home games for the 2016 season at Meggetland. East of Scotland Football League team Tynecastle F.C. moved to Meggetland from their previous Saughton Enclosure ground in 2018 and will share the main stadium grass pitch with Boroughmuir. References {{Culture and leisure facilities in Edinburgh Rugby union stadiums in Scotland Sports venues in Edinburgh American football venues in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldenacre Sports Ground
The Goldenacre Sports Ground is located in the Goldenacre area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is owned by the George Heriot's School. Several sports are played here including cricket, association football, tennis, and rugby. It is also the home ground of Heriot's Rugby Club and Heriot's Cricket Club. The cricket pitch hosted seven matches (two of which are warm ups) for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. In the film ''Chariots of Fire ''Chariots of Fire'' is a 1981 historical drama, historical Sports film, sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam. It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Summer ...'', the Scotland v France International Athletics competition scene was shot at Goldenacre. References External links * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam McNamara
Liam McNamara (born 9 February 1997 in Australia) is an international rugby union player. His playing position is wing or full back. Rugby union career Amateur career McNamara began his career playing for Sunnybank Rugby, and returned to playing there after injury. Professional career He played for Queensland Country in the 2016–17 season. He also played for Brisbane City in the 2019–20 season. He was named in the Queensland Reds squad for week 15 in 2019. After injuring his ACL he undertook rehabilitation and then played for Sunnybank to regain his fitness. He moved to Scotland in 2021 to play for the Ayrshire Bulls in the Super 6. As a reward for his good form he was selected to play in a Glasgow Warriors – Edinburgh rugby fixture at the end of the 2021–22 season. This was a friendly match, picking the best players from the Super 6, to see if they could make the step up to the Scottish United Rugby Championship sides. As McNamara played for Ayrshire Bulls in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sutherland (rugby Union)
David Sutherland may refer to: * David Sutherland (baseball) (born 1985), Australian baseball player * David Sutherland (comics) (1933–2023), Scottish comic book artist * David Sutherland (cricketer) (1873–1971), Australian cricketer * David Sutherland (golfer) (born 1966), American golfer * David Sutherland (politician) (1803–1879), Scottish merchant, farmer and politician in South Australia * David C. Sutherland III (1949–2005), American game designer * David S. Sutherland (born 1948/49), American businessman * David Sutherland (filmmaker) (born 1945), American documentary filmmaker * Sudz Sutherland David "Sudz" Sutherland is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His credits include the films '' Doomstown'', ''Love, Sex and Eating the Bones'', ''Guns'', ''Speakers for the Dead'' and '' Home Again'', as well as episodes of ''Drop the Beat ... (David Sutherland), Canadian film maker * David Macbeth Sutherland (1883–1973), Scottish artist * David Sutherland ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finlay Brown (rugby Union)
Finlay Brown is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union. Rugby union career Referee career Professional career He has refereed in the Scottish Premiership. Brown won referee of the season for the year 2017–18. Brown has refereed in the English National League 1. He has been an assistant referee for European Challenge Cup matches. He has been an assistant referee for European Champions Cup matches. Brown has been an assistant referee in the Pro14. Brown refereed in the second round match of the Super 6 where Ayrshire Bulls played Boroughmuir Bears. International career Brown refereed the 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy Czech Republic v Moldova match on 21 April 2018. Brown has refereed in the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series for the Sevens. He refereed the Germany v Portugal sevens match. He was assistant referee in the U20 Six Nations match between Italy and France. Personal life Brown attended Newcastle University Newcastle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myreside Stadium
Myreside Stadium is a sports ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. Often simply known as Myreside, Watsonians RFC have used this venue on the east side of Myreside Road as their home ground for rugby union matches since 1933. Edinburgh Rugby used it for some home matches 1996–2002 and again in 2017 and 2018; this included Pro14 and European Rugby Challenge Cup matches. A main stand is positioned along the west side of the grass pitch, with floodlights around the ground. Ahead of the Edinburgh Rugby team's return to play home matches at the stadium, temporary stands were installed to increase seating capacity to 13,799. History The ground originally used by Watsonians RFC was called Myreside, which took its name from a local farm. On 4 March 1933, Watsonians played their first match at New Myreside, against Royal High School FP Rugby Club. A West stand was constructed. The Watsonian Cricket Club play at the adjacent Myreside Cricket Ground. When rugby turned professional, Edinbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Courtney
Harrison Courtney is a New Zealand rugby union player who last played for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. Rugby Union career Professional career Courtney represented in the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup. He was named in the Edinburgh squad for their Round 6 match of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship The 2021–22 United Rugby Championship was the twenty-first season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the first season that the competition is referred to as the United Rugby Championship ... against the . References External links * Living people New Zealand rugby union players Edinburgh Rugby players Rugby union props Canterbury rugby union players 1997 births Warringah Rugby Club players People educated at Hamilton Boys' High School 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NZ-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgehaugh Park
Bridgehaugh Park is a rugby union ground in Stirling, Scotland, with a capacity of approximately 4,000. It is the home of Stirling County RFC, who currently play in the Scottish Premiership. Location It is situated in a meander of the River Forth in the north of the city of Stirling. Close to the river, it is very close to the site of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, a battle famously fought by Andrew Moray and William Wallace. It lies about 1 km north of the city centre. Uses Home to Stirling County RFC, it also hosts matches by Bridgehaugh RFC. It is used intermittently by Glasgow Warriors The Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and beca ... usually for friendly matches. It is also used by the Scotland Women's rugby team. and Scotland Men's matches at age grade. Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
