Could it be won in the Pack ?

With the Autumn international matches coming up, we thought we would take a look at some of the Scotland squad's key players. Below we have listed four of our team, who we think will be very influential in leading Scotland to victory in the upcoming games.

Andrew Henderson
Caps- 16
Club- Sheffield Eagles

Seasoned Pro Henderson has clocked up well over 200 hundred club games in his career and brings heaps of experience, having played at the highest level in super league. Even if playing time is limited, Henderson’s experience back room influence could be vital.

Jack Howieson
Caps- 9
Club- Sheffield Eagles

Sheffield Stalwart and club captain is another player with heaps of experience playing high level rugby league. Recently involved in Sheffield’s shock win against Leigh Centurions, hopefully the no nonsense Prop can take his end of season form into the Autumn internationals, and provide some big hit ups and surging runs in the middle of the park, and help drive Scotland forward.

Paul Jackson
Caps- 4
Club- Castleford

Another influential member of the Scotland pack. Jackson has racked up over 20 appearances in Super League this season, and having spent virtually his whole career at the top, means Jackson will be used to facing world class opposition, meaning his big match experience should help steady the squad and inspire some of the players just entering the Scotland national team

Daryl Clark
Caps- Uncapped
Club- Castleford

Youngster Daryl Clark is one of the most exciting prospects named on the squad list. At the age of only 18 the young hooker has already picked up the clubs under 20’s player of the year award and earned comparisons to James Roby in terms of his killer instinct. With 7 tries in 18 appearances for the Tigers, this youngster certainly knows his way to the try line, and that Hunger could see him score his first of many tries for Scotland.

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Scotland Rugby League round up !

As most of you will we now have tickets on sale for the Annual Awards Dinner, so we would love for you to come and join us at the inaugural Awards Dinner to recognise the best players, teams, and volunteers in rugby league in Scotland - from the professional game to grass roots and community level.

What you may not know is that when you purchase your ticket for the awards, you will receive a ticket for the Scotland v. Ireland match for FREE ! However if you can't make the awards, we are offering a £5 discount to all of our Facebook friends. all you have to do is "Like" the Facebook Page and get your discount code, which you enter when purchasing your tickets.

We also have another offer running on our Facebook Page, because we love all of our Facebook friends, we have decided to give you the chance to win two tickets to the
Engage Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford. This competition consists of you posting your funniest rugby league stories to the Facebook Page, and getting your friends to "Like" your story. To view the full details of this competition, please click here.

Finally, to finish off our quick round up, we know that you have all been very anxious to know when the new Scotland kit will be unveiled. We have decided that the kit will first be shown on the Scotland Rugby League Facebook Page, and this will be happening in the coming weeks, so keep an eye on our page, you don't want to miss it !

Are you as excited as we are ?

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Scotland Under 18 squad announced

New Scotland Under-18 coach Alan Davidson has selected a 26-man squad to prepare for the game against England on 9 November. Scotland include 13 players from nine different clubs or colleges across the domestic scene, plus David Scott of Hull KR who is a product of Easterhouse Panthers, alongside 12 English-based players who came through the 'Exiles' trial system.

Among the most experienced players are Wigan Warriors' reserve full-back Shae Fraser-Lyon, Curtis McDonald who is playing for Castleford Tigers in the Under-20 Play-Offs, Leeds Rhinos' Sinclair Matthews and Wakefield Trinity youngster Corbyn Kilday. Scotland play in the Regional Carnival at Leeds on 15 October before facing England Community Lions at Hull in November.

Pictured: successful Exile trialists Owen Wedgwood, Martin McNiven, Corbyn Kilday.

SCOTLAND UNDER-18 TRAIN-ON SQUAD

Jamie Mcillroy (Aberdeen Grammar), Fraser Maddox (Aberdeen Warriors / Aberdeen Grammar School), Stephen Connolly (Angus Colts), Thomas Henry (Ayr Knights), Curtis McDonald (Castleford Tigers), Miles Flanagan (Cottingham Tigers / Hull College), Travis Jones (East Hull / Hull KR / Wilberforce College), Craig Fairfield, Daryl Love, Derek McNeil, Louis Senter (Easterhouse Panthers / Cumbernauld College), Owen Wedgwood (Featherstone Lions / Balby Carr Community Sports College), Dan Turland (Gateshead Storm / Whickham Sixth Form College), Sam Herron (Grangemouth), David Scott (Hull KR), Sinclair Matthews (Leeds Rhinos / Heaton Manor Sixth Form), Louie Sutherland (London Skolars / Southgate College), Frank Barlow (Northampton Demons), Cameron Brown (Robert Gordons College), Alasdair McDougall-Stone (Sheffield Eagles / All Saints Catholic High School), Martin McNiven (Stanningley / Leeds City College of Technology), Johnny Bain (Strathallan School), Gareth Johns, Fraser Smeaton (Telford College), Corbyn Kilday (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats / Outwood Grange Academy), Shae Fraser-Lyon (Wigan Warriors)

REMEMBER  to get your tickets for the 2011 Annual awards dinner !! Tickets are £40 per head and includes a free ticket for the Scotland vs. Ireland test series international the next day at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow. Members of the Scottish national side and their management team will be in attendance for what should be a fantastic evening.

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Autumn Test squads announced

The squads have been announced for the Autumn European Test Series between France, Ireland and Scotland. All three are looking to blood newcomers with the 2013 World Cup on the horizon. Seventeen of Bobbie Goulding's 30-man squad are from engage Super League side Catalan Dragons including boom teenage hooker Eloi Pelissier (pictured), one of 11 debutants.

"It's a strong squad," said Goulding, who took over in 2009 and has seen his French side compete in a Four Nations and last year's European Cup where they lost out narrowly to the Welsh. "It's a squad that can play, and we have to compete in all our matches," he continued. Goulding's men will also face England Knights for the first time in the autumn and the former Great Britain scrum-half is under no illusion as to the threat they will pose. "The Knights players have over 1200 Super League games between them. Ten players have appeared in the Challenge Cup final or the Super League Grand Final so it's going to be tough."

The core of Les Bleus have been together for a while but another exciting newcomer is Melbourne stand-off Dane Chisolm, who qualifies through his mother and will head to Europe once the Storm's season is over. "He'll swim over if he has to," said Goulding, expressing the youngster's enthusiasm to join the French ranks. "He's being chased by the Catalans, North Queensland and Wakefield, he's a real talent. He can play anywhere in the backs and has got all the skills."

There are 13 uncapped players in the Irish squad including St Helens youngster Nathan Ashe, Leeds Rhinos prop Kyle Amor - who has been on loan with Wakefield - and the Wildcats' Stuart Howarth. Alongside them, the likes of Aaron McCloskey and Ian Cross, who have signed with St Helens from the Irish domestic competition, are given their bow alongside North Dublin Eagle Joe Taylor who has trialled at Harlequins and Leeds.

Newly appointed Ireland coach Mark Aston, who will make his debut in the competition commented, "We are looking forward to the challenges ahead of us this year. The squad is a good mix of domestic players, new young players and some experience to guide the team along the way. The experience will come from championship duo Bob Beswick and Liam Finn who have 30 caps between them and have been an integral part of the Wolfhounds since the 2008 World Cup. I will be looking for both do the same in our lead up to the next one."

Scotland have named 16 uncapped players in their squad with Castleford's exciting teenage hooker Daryl Clark and Wakefield centre Josh Griffin among just five faces totally new to the Scotland set-up. Clark's team mate 18-year-old Ben Blackmore, Josh Barlow of Halifax and Swinton's former England U16s rugby union full-back Alex Hurst are the other new recruits, w the other 11 uncapped players who having appeared for Scotland at lower levels.

Clark made an explosive start to his Super League career earlier this year, drawing plaudits from experts throughout the game and also highly rated is Oxford-born Griffin, younger brother of England prop Darrell. Clark's Castleford team-mate Paul Jackson brings a decade of Super League nous to the squad, while young Wakefield half-back Gareth Moore returns after missing last year's campaign.

With Danny Brough selected by England and Ben Fisher having an off-season operation, McCormack looks set to return to his successful 2009 creative unit, with Gareth Moore, John Duffy and record cap winner Andrew Henderson in the pivot roles. The squad is further evidence of the work being done by Scotland Rugby League's development team. Nine of them have played for Scotland ‘A', eight have donned the shirt for Scotland Students and Hull FC pair Chad McGlame and Crawford Matthews and Hull KR flier David Scott are all stepping up from Scotland Under-18s. Former Easterhouse Panthers products McGlame and Scott are among five players in the party who learned to play rugby league in Scotland. The squad will go into camp at Heriot-Watt University the week before playing Ireland at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow.

RLEF AUTUMN EUROPEAN TEST SERIES


Scotland v Ireland - Sunday October 16 - Scotstoun, Glasgow (2pm)
France v Scotland - Saturday October 29 - Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan (3pm)
Ireland v France - Saturday November 5 - Thomond Park, Limerick (8pm)


IRELAND SQUAD


Liam Harrison (Barrow Raiders), George Flanagan (Batley Bulldogs), Damien Blanch (Catalan Dragons), Elliott Cosgrove (Dewsbury Rams), Liam Finn (Featherstone Rovers), Ryan Fieldhouse, James Haley, Paul Handforth, Bob Beswick (Halifax RLFC), Jamie O'Callaghan, Jason Golden (Harlequins RL), Gregg McNally (Huddersfield Giants), Luke Ambler, Kyle Amor, Callum Casey (Leeds Rhinos), Joe Taylor (North Dublin Eagles), Paddy Boyle (Oxford RL), Nathan Ashe, Aaron McCloskey, Ian Cross (St Helens), Sean Gleeson, Ryan Boyle (Salford City Reds), Vinny Finnigan, Tim Bergin (Sheffield Eagles), Ged Corcoran (Toulouse), Lemeki Vaipulu (Treaty City Titans), Stewart Howarth (Wakfield Trinity Wildcats), Tyrone McCarthy (Warrington Wolves), Kurt Hegarty, Simon Finnegan (Widnes Vikings)


FRANCE SQUAD


Olivier Arnaud (Avignon), Olivier Elima (Bradford), Romaric Bemba, Teddy Sadaoui (AS Carcassonne), Thibaut Ancely, Jean Philippe Baile, Jason Baitieri, Thomas Bosc, Remi Casty, Vincent Duport, Jamal Fakir, Tony Gigot, Cyril Gossard, Eloi Pelissier, Mickael Simon, Cyril Stacul, Frederic Vaccari (Dragons Catalans), Andrew Bentley, Kane Bentley, Julian Bousquet, Damien Cardace, Florian Quintilla, Mickael Tribillac (FC Lezignan), Maxime Herold (Limoux), Dane Chisolm (Melbourne Storm), Maxime Greseque (SM Pia), Thibaud Margalet (St Esteve XIII Catalan), Kevin Larroyer, Gregory White (Toulouse Olympique).


SCOTLAND SQUAD

NAME - CLUB - CAPS:


Dave Arnot  - London Skolars - 2 caps
Josh Barlow - Halifax - uncapped
Sam Barlow - Halifax - 3 caps
Ben Blackmore - Castleford Tigers - uncapped
Nick Broere - Edinburgh Eagles - uncapped
Brett Carter - Workington Town - 1 cap
Daryl Clark - Castleford Tigers - uncapped
Callum Cockburn - Edinburgh Eagles - uncapped
Paddy Coupar - Edinburgh Eagles - 7 caps
John Duffy - Leigh Centurions - 10 caps
Josh Griffin Wakefield  Trinity - uncapped
Andrew Henderson - Sheffield Eagles - 16 caps
Jack Howieson - Sheffield Eagles - 9 caps
Alex Hurst Swinton - Lions - uncapped
Paul Jackson Castleford - Tigers - 4 caps
Giles Lomax Edinburgh - Eagles - uncapped
Neil Lowe Hunslet - Hawks - 14 caps
Chad McGlame - Hull FC - uncapped
Brad Massey - Coventry Bears - uncapped
Crawford Matthews - Hull FC - uncapped
Gareth Moore - Wakefield  Trinity - 3 caps
Lee Paterson - Swinton Lions - 8 caps
Jordan Rice - York City Knights - uncapped
David Scott - Hull KR - uncapped
Jack Stearman - York City Knights - uncapped
Mike Stewart - Lincoln City - uncapped
Mitch Stringer - Sheffield Eagles - 6 caps
Alex Szostak - Sheffield Eagles - 11 caps

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Win tickets to the Grand Final

Because we love all of our Facebook friends, we have decided to give you the chance to win two tickets to the Engage Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford 

All you have to do, is post your funniest Rugby League story to our Facebook Page, this can be from training, while attending or playing matches or on tour. Once you have posted your story to the Scotland Rugby League page, you have to invite your friends to "Like" the page, and then to "Like" your post on our wall. The story with the most "Likes" will win the tickets.

The winner will be announced on Tuesday 4th October - 5pm. We will be not be accepting entries after the closing time, so be sure to get yours in early and remember to invite your friends to "Like" your story. Good luck !

Details for the match are as follows:

Engage Super League Grand Final

Kick Off - 6.00pm

Saturday 8th October

Sir Matt Busby Way

Old Trafford

Manchester

M16 0RA

Have your purchased your tickets for the 2011 Scotland Rugby League Awards Dinner yet ?

Tickets are £40 per head and includes a free ticket for the Scotland vs. Ireland test series international the next day at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow. Members of the Scottish national side and their management team will be in attendance for what should be a fantastic evening.

Saturday 15th October

07:30pm

Jury's Inn

Jamaica Street

Glasgow

We will have a 3 course dinner, followed by the awards presentation, a raffle and auction, and to finish the evening off a disco. Players, friends, family and fans are all welcome.

As with everything we do at Scotland Rugby League, all the proceeds from the dinner will be ploughed straight back into the game, so come and support the event and support the game in Scotland at the same time!

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Scotland Squad to showcase Scottish development.

Steve McCormack has named the Scotland squad for the upcoming Autumn tests and it has a far more “Scottish” feel to it, than squads of previous years, with a lot of players having previously been selected through the grandparent rule. The numbers speak for themselves with 11 players coming into the team, having represented Scotland at lower levels, and with 5 of the players having actually played in the Scottish amateur leagues, learning their trade this side of the border.

This is an indicator to the great progress that Scotland Rugby League is making, and with the increasing popularity and amount of rugby league teams in Scotland, more home grown players are starting to make their way into the national team, and also beginning to filter into the Super League academy systems. Whereas there is no doubting the commitment and passion of previous players who previously represented Scotland due to their heritage, it could be the home grown heroes who shine during theses test matches.

The ones who have dreamed of pulling on a Jersey since they first picked up that ball, at a training session for Easterhouse, or Edinburgh, where the passion may burn a little brighter for them when they exit the tunnel for the first time to represent their country. These could be the players that see Scotland make a real impact at these Autumn tests and begin to show the rugby league world what their players are capable of.

So get down to Scotstoun on October the 16th and get and support the national team against France !!

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Edinburgh Eagles show RESPECT

Edinburgh Eagles qualify Touchline Managers...

A RESPECT presentation was held at Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC last week with the evening revolving around RFL's RESPECT programme, which is a code of conduct for players, coaches, match officials, spectators and volunteers within the game of rugby league.

The evening was presented by Peter Wharton the RFL's Match Officials Development Officer for the region, the evening also included qualifying the attendees as Touchline Managers.

With the conclusion of the evening all in attendance had a better understanding of what their roles and responsibilities they have within the game of rugby league.

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Scotland Rugby League Awards Dinner 2011

SCOTLAND RUGBY LEAGUE AWARDS DINNER
Tickets now on Sale

Come and join us at the inaugural Awards Dinner to recognise the best players, teams, and volunteers in rugby league in Scotland - from the professional game to grass roots and community level.

Tickets are £40 per head and includes a free ticket for the Scotland vs. Ireland test series international the next day at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow. Members of the Scottish national side and their management team will be in attendance for what should be a fantastic evening.

Saturday 15th October

07:30pm

Jury's Inn

Jamaica Street

Glasgow

We will have a 3 course dinner, followed by the awards presentation, a raffle and auction, and to finish the evening off a disco. Players, friends, family and fans are all welcome.

As with everything we do at Scotland Rugby League, all the proceeds from the dinner will be ploughed straight back into the game, so come and support the event and support the game in Scotland at the same time!

Click the button below to buy yours today

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Great discount for all of our Facebook friends !

We will be offering all of our Facebook friends a great discount for purchasing tickets for the upcoming Scotland vs. Ireland match at Scotstoun Stadium.

The process is simple, all you have to do is "Like" the Scotland Rugby League Facebook Page, click on the "Scotland vs. Ireland" tab, get your code and follow the step by step guide when purchasing your tickets.

We would love to hear about your experiences from the match, so please post any funny stories that may have happened at the game, or if you want to upload pictures from the day to the page, please feel free to do so.

Here are the details for the match, we hope you have a great day, enjoy !

Kick off 2pm

Sunday, October 16th

Scotstoun Stadium

Scotstoun Leisure Centre 

72 Danes Drive 

Glasgow

G14 9HD

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Wheelchair Rugby League Launch

Scotland Rugby League to Launch Wheelchair Rugby League in Glasgow's East End.

Scotland Rugby League in partnership with the West of Scotland Wheelchair Sports Club, Easterhouse Panthers Amateur Rugby League Club, Glasgow City Council and the RFL will launch Wheelchair Rugby League on:

Saturday 24th September 2011

Whitehill Secondary School

280 Onslow Drive

Dennistoun

Glasgow

G31 2QF

Wheelchair rugby league is a version of wheelchair rugby based expressly on rugby league. It was developed by French rugby league player, coach and official, Robert Fassolette in 2004. Unlike other wheelchair sports people without disabilities are allowed to compete in top level competition. The Sport has been officially recognised by Sportscotland.

The aim of the session is to introduce the game of Wheelchair Rugby League to anyone who wishes to try the sport out, the day will commence at 10am and is a come and try day that will consist of skills/drills culminating in a small tournament finishing at 3pm.

There will be other sessions following this inaugural event that will run on a monthly basis.

Anyone wishing to attend should contact Mark Senter (Scotland Rugby League National Development Manager) in the first instance to ensure a place.

Email Mark

Tel: 07764627252

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Eagles to take on Hawks

Edinburgh head south for Semi - Final

The Scottish Rugby League Conference Champions the Edinburgh Eagles are to head south this Sunday in the Rugby League Conference Premier Semi Final where they will play Parkside Hawks (Hunslet).

The Eagles, undefeated in 2011 will take on an impressive Hawks outfit that will be aiming to clip the Eagles wings in what is expected to be a close encounter. Edinburgh were drawn against Peterlee Pumas in the quarter final stages of the National Competition and were the first Scottish team to progress past that stage.

Should the Eagles progress into the Final they will be playing either Accrington & Leyland Warriors or Hammersmith Hill Hoists in Coventry on the 11th September.

Edinburgh are delighted to have progressed this far.

"It's been a big couple of weeks for the club, we regained the Scottish Title and have gone unbeaten in the domestic competition which was one of our goals for the 2011 season. To progress into the national competition and to be the first Scottish team to progress this far is great for not only the club but rugby league in Scotland. Hopefully we can pull out another win out of the bag. I didn't think we played particularly well against Peterlee in the last round but we've been working on the elements where we went wrong and hopefully the boys will put that into use."

Edinburgh Eagles vs. Parkside Hawks

2:00pm Kick Off

Sunday 4th September at

Winlaton RFC, Axwell View, Blaydon on Tyne, NE21 6NF

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