Both Scotland under-18 and Scotland under-18A celebrate victory this afternoon after impressive victories over Boys Club of Wales and Scottish Universities under-20s respectively.

Scotland under-18 kicked came away with a 25-0 win over Boys Club of Wales this afternoon at Myreside, Edinburgh.

Scotland’s point came from three tries two of which were ran in from winger Callum Anderson and one from prop Greg Nagle. Stand-off Ross Curle and substitute Craig Marshall converted two of the tries and centre Richard Mill converted two penalties.

After the match Scotland under-18 manager Euan Kennedy said: “It was a positive start to the campaign against a physically tough side. The encouraging thing from a coach’s point of view is that despite many substitutions the pattern of play was not interrupted and there were no obvious weaknesses. We will now reassess things in preparation for our next game against for an English Schools side.

Scotland under-18A marked an 8-5 win over a Scottish Students under-20 side which kicked off at 10.30 this morning at Peffermill, Edinburgh.

What was to be a well balanced match opened with early pressure on Scotland under-18A, however the Scotland team took the lead after 26 minutes with a fine break by centre Alec Jessop which led to a try from winger Scott Hendrie.

Scottish Universities under-20s replied two minutes before half time with a 30 metre solo effort from Oli Brown which levelled the scores at five each after the first half.

The well matched second half culminated in a period of constant pressure from the under-18A side and came close on three occasions but did not penetrate the universities side’s defence.

A last minute penalty in front of the posts was converted by Sandy Service to give Scotland under-18A an 8-5 victory.

Following the game under-18 Coach Grant McKelvey said: “It was a good solid based start to our program. We saw a lot of positives from the game and the hard work the player’s put in on their various core game skills was displayed.”

Manager of the under-18A side Ian Tomney said: “We are looking forward to another squad session next weekend when we play an Ireland’s clubs 15 in our final warm up game before the FIRA tournament in Lille, France. The squad have worked very well in this first weekend and we have a lot of positives to build on.”

Scotland under-18 Squad
Callum Anderson (Peebles H.S./Peebles), Murray Bringhurst (George Watson's College), Ross Curle (The Glasgow Academy), Colin Goudie (The High School of Dundee), Alexander Grove (Pertemps Bees), Graham Hogg (Hawick) CAPTAIN, Jamie Hunter (Hillhead/Jordanhill), Mark Kibble (Gala Wanderers/ Gala Academy), David Lambert (Nottingham H.S.), Daniel Levison (The High School of Dundee), William Lipp (Ellon), David Lowrie (Hawick Wanderers), Nick McTaggart (Hawick PSA), Craig Marshall (Boroughmuir H.S.), Ross McCallum (Ardrossan), Richard Mill (Glenalmond College), Robin Holroyd (Merchiston Castle School), Gordon Reid (Ayr), Alastair Robertson (Dollar Academy), Andrew Thomson (Melrose/Earlston H.S.), Danny Thorburn (North Berwick H.S.), Steven Turnbull (Strathallan School), Richard Vernon (The High School of Dundee), Tom Watson (Currie), Greg Nagle (Jed Thistle), Sean Linton (Hawick Wanderers), Fraser Young (Marr College)

Scotland under-18A Squad
Stephen Adair (Ayr), Guy Coady (GHA), John Coutts (Hawick PSA), Cameron Ferguson (Dollar Academy), Callum Forrest (Queen Elizabeth School (Bristol)), Alastair Gibson (Ayr/Auchinlech Academy), Nicholas Hart (RHC/St Augustines H.S.), Scott Hendrie (Selkirk Y.C.), Stuart Henry (London Scottish), Rory Hutton (Hawick Wanderers), Steven Jeffrey (Hawick Wanderers), Alec Jessop (Melrose), Patrick MacArthur (Ayr), Graeme MacGilchrist (George Watson's College), Callum Mark (North Berwick H.S.), Frazer McArdell (Bath Academy/Ringwood School), Stuart McGhee (Stirling County), Max Nimmo (Glenalmond College/Duns), Mark Peace (Merchiston Castle School), Bruce Pow (Hawick PSA), Neil Robert (Heriot's), Duncan Ross (Loretto School), Sandy Service (Ayr/Wellington College), Craig Simmonds (Dalziel/Clyde Valley H.S.), James Stuart-Menteth (Merchiston Castle School), Fraser Willford (Wimbourne College)

Scottish Students
Timmy Bergin (Aberdeen); Paul Butler (Stirling), Darren Beattie (Aberdeen) CAPTAIN, David Ramsey (Heriot Watt), Andrew Hutt (Heriot Watt); Seb Trotter (Napier), Oli Brown (Heriot Watt); Morgan Martin (Strathclyde), Scott Fraser (Heriot Watt), Ian Brown (Aberdeen), Pete Mackie (Aberdeen), Andrew Morfill (Edinburgh), Robin Snape (Stirling), Ed Beechey (Edinburgh), Donald Sangster (Heriot Watt)
Substitutes: Graham Innes (Edinburgh), Martin Christie (Edinburgh), David Sandercock (Stirling), Jamie Holland (Glasgow), Cameron Smith (Heriot Watt), Liam Arbuthnott (Heriot Watt), Kyle Sampson (Stirling), Andy Mackay (Glasgow)

This article was posted on 6-Mar-2005, 18:47 by Hugh Barrow.