SCOTLAND UNDER-19 TRIAL TEAMS ANNOUNCED
Posted: 01/Nov/05
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Scotland under-19 head coach Peter Wright today announced the two trial teams to go head-to-head as part of his selection process.

With such an important night looming for the players, Wright said: “Tonight’s game will give the fringe players an opportunity to stake their claim for a jersey. We have around 18 players out due to injury or illness so we are looking for these guys to shine tonight.”

In preparation for the first international in Italy on Thursday 29 December, the Scotland under-19 team will play development sides from the two clubs occupying the top of BT Premier Division 1, Glasgow Hawks and Watsonians.

“Our first game last year was against Italy and we hadn’t had a game under our belts. These games will provide the guys with opposition that is older, bigger and more experienced which will help us prepare for the tests we face in the months ahead,” Wright added.

Scotland uner-19 trial teams to play on the back pitches at Murrayfield on Tuesday 1 November (kick-off 7pm)

Blue Team
15 Scott Hendrie (Selkirk)
14 David McCall (Stewart’s-Melville)
13 Andrew Easson (Stewart’s-Melville)
12 Max Nimmo (Duns)
11 Ally Robertson (Ellon)

10 Craig Marshall (Boroughmuir)
9 Murray Bringhurst (Watsonians)

1 Alan Dymock (Dundee HSFP)
2 Tom Wright (Northumbria University)
3 Ross McCallum (Ardrossan Accies)
4 Andrew Thomson (Melrose)
5 Fraser Young (Ellon)
6 Ritchie Duncan (Strathallan/Perthshire)
8 Ritchie Vernon (Stewart’s-Melville)
7 Ritchie Ross-Forrester (London Scottish)

Red Team
15 Alex Jessop (Melrose)
14 Calum Anderson (Peebles)
13 Alex Grove (Rugby School)
12 Richard Mill (Stirling County)
11 Tom Watson (Currie)

10 Colin Goudie (Stewart’s-Melville)
9 Jamie Hunter (Hillhead/Jordanhill)

1 Nick Hart (Watsonians)
2 Frazer Wilford (Sheffield Hallam University)
3 Tommy Moore (Garnock)
4 Graham Fisken (Biggar)
5 Calum Forrest (Bristol University)
6 Polok Islam (Dundee HSFP)
8 Graham McGilchrist (Watsonians)
7 Nick McTaggart (Hawick)

Reserves
Ross Cole (Dunfermline)
Danny Thorburn (Haddington)
Nicki Fraser (Ellon)
David Marshall (Gala Wanderers)
Andrew Hutchinson (tbc)
Stuart Wilson (Garnock)
Jamie Brockett (Garnock)
Danny Woodcock (Garnock)

This article was posted on 1-Nov-2005, 19:39 by Hugh Barrow.