SCOTS TAKE ON WORLD'S BIGGEST RUGBY CLUB
Posted: 29/Nov/05
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Scotland under-21 will take on the might of the world’s biggest rugby club on Wednesday 30 November (kick-off 2pm).

Stellenbosch University are famous for producing world class rugby talent. The club has produced around 150 Springboks including 14 who have gone on to captain their country.

Widely acknowledged as the club with the most teams in the world, Stellenbosch’s base near Cape Town has 15 rugby pitches, including the 17,000-seater Danie Craven Stadium.

The match forms part of Stellenbosch’s UK tour, and provides the Scots invaluable preparation ahead of the Under-21 Six Nations tournament next year.

Changes from the team that lost 21-10 against Edinburgh Gunners back-up team are as follows:

John Beattie and John Barclay are involved with Glasgow Warriors as they face Edinburgh Gunners in the Celtic League whilst David Blair is required at Sale Sharks.

Steven Craig, Lee Kibble, Ciaran Beattie, Ben Cairns and Ross Rennie were selected for the Scotland 7s team to play in the first two tournaments on the IRB Sevens circuit in Dubai and George.

David Young, Scott Newlands, Ross Miller, Robert Cairns and Ronnie Maclean Dents all get their first Scotland under-21 call-up.

Scotland under-21 team to play Stellenbosch University on Wednesday 30 November at Peffermill playing fields (kick-off 2pm)

15 Ben Addison (Stirling County & Central Scotland Institute of Sport)

14 Ronnie Maclean Dents (Loughborough University)
13 Iain Kennedy (Glasgow Warriors, Glasgow Hawks & West of Scotland Institute of Sport)
12 Garry Law (Border Reivers, Hawick & East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
11 Robert Cairns (Boroughmuir)

10 James King (Border Reivers, Melrose & East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
9 Greig Laidlaw (Jed-Forest)

1 Ryan Grant (The Army)
2 Sean Crombie (Aberdeen GSFP & Grampian Institute of Sport)
3 David Young (Leicester Tigers)
4 James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors, Ayr & West of Scotland Institute of Sport)
5 Ian Nimmo (Leicester Tigers)
6 Scott Newlands (Heriot’s & East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
8 Ross Miller (Melrose)
7 Alan MacDonald (Edinburgh Gunners, Heriot’s & East of Scotland Institute of Sport)

Replacements
16 Innes Brown (Stirling County & Tayside & Fife Institute of Sport)
17 Kyle Traynor (Edinburgh Gunners, Boroughmuir & East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
18 Dylan Mason (Stirling County)
19 Greig Scott (Boroughmuir)
20 Alex Clarke (Stewart’s Melville FP)
21 Stephen Biggart (Glasgow Hawks)
22 Michael Rutherford (Selkirk)
23 David Whiteford (Melrose)

This article was posted on 29-Nov-2005, 12:58 by Hugh Barrow.