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Scotland rugby union team: Fixtures, squad, key players, head coach and kit

As one of Scotland's most popular sports, the national rugby union team is passionately supported throughout the country.

Home Scotland rugby internationals at Murrayfield are always terrific spectacles, with the Scots regularly situated inside the top 10 of the World Rugby rankings.

Here is everything you need to know about the Scotland men's national rugby union team.

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Scotland rugby union fixtures

Six Nations 2025:

  • Saturday 1st February 2025: Scotland v Italy, Murrayfield Stadium (14:15 GMT)
  • Sunday 9th February 2025: Scotland v Ireland, Murrayfield Stadium (15:00 GMT)
  • Saturday 22nd February 2025: England v Scotland, Twickenham Stadium (16:45 GMT)
  • Saturday 8th March 2025: Scotland v Wales, Murrayfield Stadium (16:45 GMT)
  • Saturday 15th March 2025: France v Scotland, Stade de France (20:00 GMT)

Scotland rugby union squad

Squad list

Forwards:

Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh), Josh Bayliss (Bath), Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow), Gregor Brown (Glasgow), Dave Cherry (Edinburgh), Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh), Scott Cummings (Glasgow), Rory Darge (Glasgow, co-captain), Jack Dempsey (Glasgow), Matt Fagerson (Glasgow), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow), Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh), Jonny Gray (Bordeaux Begles), Patrick Harrison (Edinburgh), Will Hurd (Leicester), Jack Mann (Glasgow), D'Arcy Rae (Edinburgh), Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh), Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh), Rory Sutherland (Glasgow), Marshall Sykes (Edinburgh).

Backs:

Fergus Burke (Saracens), Matt Currie (Edinburgh), Jamie Dobie (Glasgow), Darcy Graham (Edinburgh), George Horne (Glasgow), Rory Hutchinson (Northampton), Huw Jones (Glasgow), Tom Jordan (Glasgow), Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse), Stafford McDowall (Glasgow), Finn Russell (Bath, co-captain), Kyle Rowe (Glasgow), Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh), Ben White (Toulon), Arron Reed (Sale).

Six Nations 2025 squad lists for every team

Key players

Finn Russell

Arguably the face of Scottish rugby at present, whose role in Netflix documentary Full Contact shone a light on his laid-back character, Finn Russell is renowned as one of the
best fly-halves in the world.

Capable of magical moments with ball in hand and a reliable kicker, Russell is a maverick-type player whose high risk, high reward playing style can both reap rich rewards and lead to costly errors on occasion.

The Bath player is often at the heart of Scotland's successes, with Gregor Townsend's side regularly looking to play through Russell as much as possible to make maximum use of his world class playmaking talent.

Duhan van der Merwe

With Finn Russell acting as Scotland's primary creator, it is often flying wing Duhan van der Merwe who applies the finishing touches.

A big and powerful back with staggering speed and power, Van der Merwe is a prolific tryscorer for the Scots who represents a constant danger to the opposition.

Van der Merwe's sensational try against England during the 2024 Six Nations will not only go down as one of the best ever recorded in the competition, but arguably in the sport's overall history, collecting the ball well inside his own half before embarking on a blistering individual run which cut the English defence apart at Twickenham.

Scotland rugby union head coach

Gregor Townsend

A supremely talented player himself, collecting 82 caps for Scotland mostly as a fly-half between 1993 and 2023, Gregor Townsend was named head coach of the national rugby union team in 2017.

Endorsing a high tempo, counter-attacking style of rugby, Townsend is a strong communicator whose ethos revolves around constructing a formidable team spirit.

Scotland rugby union kit

The Scotland national rugby union team traditionally wear an all navy blue home kit.

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