SRU Consultation on Domestic League Structure

Scottish Rugby is surveying Member clubs in relation to the structure of the domestic leagues.

The survey forms part of season structure review which is looking at potential changes to the format of the Premiership and National League structure for next season, as well as coming up with further structure proposals for season 2020-21.

Rugby Development Department Appointments

Scottish Rugby have announced the staff who will fill the roles of the new Rugby Development Department, the "regional delivery structure" charged with delivering the Agenda 3 programme.

There's Plenty of Competition - But What is the Health of the Grassroots Game?

We started off this weeks league update in pretty pretty much the same fashion as we have done over the past few weeks.  Double check the scores we have on the fixture list and then review the SRU league tables and admire how many Clubs are still actively involved in the three Championship races as well as the wider promotion and relegation battles.

Having a quick flick through our records and we're seeing probably the most competitive set of West Region leagues we've had over the past decade.  We're willing to guess as well that if we had records going back further, that they're the most competitive set of West Region leagues ever.

With plenty of competition at the top and bottom of each league, we should be looking at a great deal of interest in grassroots Club games.

However, as we dug into the reasons for some of the games being off at the weekend we were again reminded that all is not well with grassroots rugby in West Region.

Agenda 3 - Club Sustainability Award

Within the Agenda 3 proposal, the SRU will be replacing the Participation Agreement payments with the Club Sustainability Award and Minimum Operating Standard payments.

The Club Sustainability Award aims to encourage Clubs to grow in a sustainable way and over 3 year planning cycles.

Agenda 3 – Super 6 update

The SRU have today confirmed the timeline for the development of the Agenda 3 project to form the new “Super 6” league for season 2019/20.

Scottish Rugby unveils new national league structure

Scottish Rugby unveiled a new strategy and league structure for all rugby clubs in Scotland at its AGM at BT Murrayfield today (Saturday 5 August).