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Heriot’s Blues Women player Megan Gaffney is making her case to become an Olympian after the announcement of her selection in the Team GB Sevens training squad late last week. Megan is one of 12 Scottish rugby players, six women and six men, to be selected for the two training squads and will attend the

A new Charity Team has been formed to take the lead on developing charitable partnerships for Heriot’s Rugby Club. The initiative is the brainchild of Vice President Mel McCallum, focusing on the playing group at Heriot’s Rugby Club driving a long-term partnership with a local charity. Volunteers for the group were encouraged to come forward

The new Modern Standard Coffee café has enjoyed a successful opening, continuing to serve up hot drinks in the cold weather, while navigating the challenges of COVID-19. The success for Modern Standard Coffee has extended to CEO Lynsey Harley and her staff being baristas to Scotland rugby players preparing for the Six Nations. The Blues

Two Heriot’s Blues Men players have been selected for the Scotland U20 squad with other members of the team forming part of the recent FOSROC Regional Academy intake. Finn McIlwraith and Duncan Hood both received a call up to the 36 player Scotland U20 squad, attending the first training camp earlier this month. Duncan has

Since November Heriot’s Rugby Club centre Cameron Hutchison has been training with Edinburgh Rugby. Cameron, a former Scotland U18 and U19 captain and U20 player, has been acting as emergency cover for the Edinburgh Rugby backline and was the 24th man for the team against Ulster on November 30th. The George Heriot’s School alumni was a standout player for Heriot’s

Golden Acre Foods, the main sponsor for Heriot’s Blues Women is proud to be supporting the newest Edinburgh-based women’s team in Scotland for a second season. Founded in Glasgow about 20 years ago, the company is a distributor of food and drink products to shops, schools and caterers across the United Kingdom. Golden Acre Foods

On Sunday, Broughton Women player Ruth Morgan ran 18 miles around each of the seven Edinburgh rugby clubs that have a women’s team. Joined by teammates and players from other teams for the run, including Heriot’s Blues Women to and from Goldenacre, Ruth set herself the challenge to raise awareness for women’s rugby. Team that took part

A new committee has been formed to represent the interests of senior players directly to the Board at Heriot’s Rugby Club. The introductory meeting for the new committee including player representatives, Director of Projects Calum McNiven, Operations Director Tony Delaney and Super6 Head Coach Andrew Kelly, took place virtually in late October. Player representatives from

From being part of a premiership winning team to coaching junior players on Sunday, Investec Senior Investment Director Gordon Lawrie, has been part of Heriot’s Rugby Club for almost 30 years.  Investec is the main sponsor of Heriot’s Rugby Club, a relationship that first began in 2015. Gordon believes that businesses like Investec supporting local