Club News

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

Heriot’s Blues Women players have been taking part in the Movember 60km Run Challenge to raise funds for suicide prevention and mental health awareness. Jacqueline Kerr, Paige Turner and Megan Taylor are part of the Euan Higgins Personal Training & Coaching team that has so far raised more than £7,000 towards the cause. Movember is

Keeping clients and athletes motivated at training during the dark and cold months ahead is the current focus for Heriot’s Rugby Super6 Strength and Conditioning Coach Jordan Welsh. Despite the challenges Covid-19 has presented since March, Jordan has used this time to work on his personal training (PT) business, Jordan Welsh Strength and Conditioning. The

Heriot’s Blues Women players have been attending Stewart’s Melville RFC Lioness weekend training sessions as guest coaches. About 15 players, aged from 8 to 15 recently took part in the hour-long practice held by Catriona Syme and Pearl Kellie, which involved fun games to develop passing and contact skills. Both Blues Women players were part

(Photo: Robert M Tollervey on the right, with the ball, and good friend John M Ross on the left – middle is JD Johnstone) We were deeply saddened to hear that former Heriot’s Rugby Club Captain and President Robert M ‘Bob’ Tollervey passed away last week, aged 91 years. Bob was Club Captain in 1956-1957

For the past two weeks Heriot’s Rugby Super6 centre Robbie Chalmers has played in the inaugural World Tens Series. The first tournament of the new international competition featuring teams of 10 players was held in Bermuda from 24 October to 7 November. Robbie, 22, played for Phoenix Middle East Rugby, one of seven professional teams

Gloomy weather couldn’t wipe the smiles from the faces of junior rugby players coached by Heriot’s Rugby Super6 players on Sunday. This was the first collaborative training session between the semi-professional players at Goldenacre and the Heriot’s Hammers junior section. The day was organised by Super6 Head Coach Andrew Kelly and Director of Junior Rugby

Heriot’s Rugby hooker Duncan Hood became the youngest FOSROC Super6 player after running onto Goldenare in early 2020 against Boroughmuir Bears at just 17 years old. He joined the Heriot’s Rugby Club in late 2019 ‘‘in order to move forward as a player’’ after a successful end to his school career with Stewart’s Melville College.

Two Heriot’s Blues Women players, Megan Gaffney and Annabel Sergeant, have been named in the Scotland team to play France at Scotstoun Stadium on Sunday. The fixture is one of three 2020 Women’s Six Nations matches for Scotland postponed earlier in the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The backline duo was named in the