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Edinburgh Rugby is one of only two professional rugby union teams in Scotland. The team competes in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup.

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Edinburgh Matches

Sat 21 Mar, 2026
 
Round 13
Lions Lions
Round 13
54
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17
FT
Edinburgh Edinburgh
Ellis Park
Sat 28 Mar, 2026
 
Round 14
Stormers Stormers
Round 14
33
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14
FT
Edinburgh Edinburgh
DHL Stadium
Sun 5 Apr, 2026
Investec Champions Cup
Round 5
Leinster Leinster
Round 5
49
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31
FT
Edinburgh Edinburgh
Aviva Stadium

Edinburgh Rugby Team Players

Edinburgh Forwards

Name
Position
Pierre Schoeman
Pierre Schoeman
Prop
Boan Venter
Boan Venter
Prop
Edinburgh Rugby
Mikey Jones
Prop
James Whitcombe
James Whitcombe
Prop
Edinburgh Rugby
Jerry Blyth-Lafferty
Hooker
Ewan Ashman
Ewan Ashman
Hooker
Patrick Harrison
Patrick Harrison
Hooker
Harri Morris
Harri Morris
Hooker
Paul Hill
Paul Hill
Prop
D'arcy Rae
D'arcy Rae
Prop
Angus Williams
Angus Williams
Prop
Rhys Litterick
Rhys Litterick
Prop
Edinburgh Rugby
Euan McVie
Lock
Grant Gilchrist
Grant Gilchrist
Lock
Sam Skinner
Sam Skinner
Lock
Marshall Sykes
Marshall Sykes
Lock
Rob Carmichael
Rob Carmichael
Lock
Glen Young
Glen Young
Lock
Callum Hunter-Hill
Callum Hunter-Hill
Lock
Magnus Bradbury
Magnus Bradbury
Back Row
Luke Crosbie
Luke Crosbie
Back Row
Thomas Dodd
Thomas Dodd
Back Row
Edinburgh Rugby
Dylan Richardson
Back Row
Edinburgh Rugby
Liam McConnell
Back Row
Edinburgh Rugby
Tom Currie
Back Row
Hamish Watson
Hamish Watson
Back Row
Connor Boyle
Connor Boyle
Back Row
Edinburgh Rugby
Freddie Douglas
Back Row
Ben Muncaster
Ben Muncaster
Back Row
Edinburgh Rugby
Ollie Blyth-Lafferty

Edinburgh Backs

Name
Position
Ben Vellacott
Ben Vellacott
Scrum Half
Charlie Shiel
Charlie Shiel
Scrum Half
Edinburgh Rugby
Conor McAlpine
Scrum Half
Ross Thompson
Ross Thompson
Fly Half
Ben Healy
Ben Healy
Fly Half
Cameron Scott
Cameron Scott
Fly Half
Malelili Satala-Navlivou
Malelili Satala-Navlivou
Outside Back
James Lang
James Lang
Centre
Mosese Tuipulotu
Mosese Tuipulotu
Centre
Charlie McCaig
Charlie McCaig
Centre
Piers O'Conor
Piers O'Conor
Centre
Matt Currie
Matt Currie
Centre
Wes Goosen
Wes Goosen
Outside Back
Duhan van der Merwe
Duhan van der Merwe
Outside Back
Darcy Graham
Darcy Graham
Outside Back
Ross McCann
Ross McCann
Outside Back
Edinburgh Rugby
Matt Davidson
Outside Back
Edinburgh Rugby
Harry Paterson
Outside Back
Edinburgh Rugby
Findlay Thomson
Outside Back
Edinburgh Rugby
Jack Brown
Outside Back
Edinburgh Rugby
Lewis Wells
Outside Back

Edinburgh Tournaments

Edinburgh Rugby

History of Edinburgh Rugby

The history of the Edinburgh rugby team can be traced all the way back to 1872, when the Edinburgh District team played in the first ever inter-district match against the Glasgow District.

Throughout the amateur era of rugby union in Scotland, the Edinburgh District side were highly competitive. On several occasions, they were even asked to play against national opposition. In fact, the team was strong enough to beat Canada in 1962, Fiji in 1982 and Japan in 1986. They also won the Scottish Inter-District Championship 18 times during the amateur era.

One year after rugby union allowed professionalism, the Edinburgh District side evolved into Edinburgh Rugby, a fully-professional side. After several turbulent years and a number of rebrands and restructures, the team joined the inaugural season of the Celtic League (now the United Rugby Championship) in 2001. 

Ever since, the team has been moderately successful and they reached the quarter-final stage of the competition in only their second appearance. However, turmoil followed and the team was briefly sold and owned privately before it returned to the Scottish Rugby Union. Shortly after, in the 2008-09 season, Edinburgh Rugby finished second in the Celtic League. To date, their best finish in the competition came in the 2019-20 season. Here they topped the league phase before falling to Ulster in the semi-finals. 

In the professional era of rugby, the Edinburgh Rugby team has also experienced several other successes. Most notably, they finished as runners-up in the EPCR Challenge Cup in 2015 and they won the Scottish Inter-District Championship/Scottish League on three occasions. Added to this, the team reached the semi-final stage of the Champions Cup in the 2011-12 season.

Although they’ve never won the United Rugby Championship, a number of well-known former players have featured in the Edinburgh Rugby squad over the years, including Greig Laidlaw and Jim Hamilton. Meanwhile, the current Edinburgh rugby squad features several current internationals, including Pierre Schoeman, Duhan van der Merwe and Darcy Graham

In addition, when the side still held amateur status, they capped Royal HSFP forward James Robertson. In doing so, he became the first black person to play rugby union.

Think this is the year that the Edinburgh rugby team can finally claim glory in the United Rugby Championship? Follow the team’s progress here at RugbyPass. 

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