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Pro Teams - Edinburgh RugbyThe start of the new season is almost upon us and, as the players enter thefinal stages of preparation for the new campaign, we take a look at whatEdinburgh Rugby have been up to this summer to ensure a year-round fix forrugby fans.The club have made a bigpush this summer to be asactive as possible in thecommunity, with summercamps back by populardemand.One initiative taken by theclub was the volunteerweek, which saw the players,coaches and backroom staffoffering their services to localorganisations and charities.Some serious fence painting during thesquad’s community weekIn association with Forth Oneradio, the club were keen togive something back to thecommunity which supportsthem each week come gameday.During the course of the week the black’n’red army were painting fences,clearing up rubbish and varnishing benches all in aid of local causes. Onelocal organisation, the Big Issue charity, even challenged the squad to a oneoffrugby match!The team jumped at the chance to play with and against employees andbeneficiaries of the Big Issue in what was an inspiring day for all.The Viss can’t miss? Tim’s given the slip by a Big Issue player at thebig Touch challengeThe big story to come out of Murrayfield involving rugby matters during theoff-season, however, was the appointment of experienced South African, AlanSolomons, as new head coach.New head coach Alan Solomons takes thechair during August’s Edinburgh RugbyOpen EveningThe former Springboksassistant coach, whosteered the Barbariansto wins over five toptier nations (England,Scotland, Wales,South Africa and NewZealand) and ledclubs to silverware inboth the northern andsouthern hemisphere,will spearhead a top-ratecoaching team including Stevie Scott, whose work as interim head coach wasrewarded by a full-time assistant (forwards) role.Edinburgh Rugby managing director, David Davies, was delighted with theappointment of “such experienced, respected and passionate coaches.”He added: “I’m confident they will provide the foundations for our long-termobjective of becoming a force on the domestic and European stage.”Greig Tonks and Matt Scott launch the Edinburgh Rugby kits,with new sponsor BT SportAnother key signing made by Edinburgh Rugby in the off-season was thecontract extension of last season’s Player and Player’s Player of the year, GreigTonks.The former Northampton Saints full-back signed for the capital city club inthe summer of 2012, and had a fantastic debut season, starting all but twopossible matches for the club (26/28 games) before earning his first seniorinternational cap on Scotland’s 2013 summer tour of South Africa.One player who may line up alongside Tonks this season at Edinburgh, isscrum-half, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne who returned from 13 weeks in New Zealandas part of the Macphail Scholarship.The prestigious scholarship (now in its ninth year), offers the most promisingyoung Scottish talents the opportunity to further their rugby development byimmersing themselves in New Zealand rugby and culture.With previous winners including Grant Gilchrist, Roddy Grant and HarryLeonard, Hidalgo-Clyne will be hoping he can follow suit and prove himself tobe a regular in years to come.Season tickets for the 2013/14 are still on sale and the club are extendingan invitation to all fans to what is sure to be an action-packed year.Edinburgh Rugby’s new matchday announcer Forth One’s DJ Boogie,flanked by Ewan McQuillin and Chris AuldP6.TEAMtalk...AT THE HEART OF SCOTTISH GRASSROOTS RUGBY | SEPT’13
Pro Teams - Glasgow WarriorsIt’s been a busy summer with 14 Glasgow players on Scotland’s tour to SouthAfrica and three on the Lions victorious tour of Australia.“I’d like to be successful here. It was areally exciting prospect to beable to come back and I’m gladI’ve had the opportunity to dothat.”Tyrone Holmes and Richie VernonThe returning Lion - and his pal Stuart HoggStuart Hogg, Sean Maitland and Ryan Grant made their Lions debuts, whileTim Swinson, Peter Murchie, Peter Horne, Fraser Brown, Tommy Seymour, AlexDunbar and Pat MacArthur all won their first Scotland caps.Now the focus is very much on the build-up to the forthcoming season, withthe new campaign kicking off at Scotstoun Stadium on Friday 6 Septemberagainst Cardiff Blues.In the Heineken Cup theWarriors were drawn withdefending champions Toulon,Cardiff Blues and Exeter Chiefs.There has been an additionto the Warriors coachingteam with former Ayr headcoach Kenny Murray joiningas assistant coach, alongsideShade Munro and Matt Taylor.BT Sport have been announcedas the club’s new mainsponsor as part of a four-yearpartnership with ScottishRugby, while there’s beenrecord season ticket sales, withmore than 2,200 membershipsalready snapped up.A number of new players havechecked into Scotstoun thisKellock and Weir have designs on the new kitsummer, including Argentineinternational centre GabrielAscarate, Fijian-capped propJerry Yanuyanutawa and South African-born flanker Tyrone Holmes, who alsoqualifies to play for Scotland.Returning to Glasgow after a two-year spell with Sale Sharks is Scotland capRichie Vernon, who spent four years in Glasgow before moving to the EnglishPremiership.The 25-year-old said: “It feels great to be back, in a lot of ways it feels like I’venever left. Not too much has changed but it’s good to be back and I’m excitedto be here.“I have some unfinished business at Glasgow, having spent four years here thelast time. It feels like my hometown club.The Warriors’ kids summer camp was a sell-out, with more than 130 childrenattending the three-day camp at Scotstoun. Players such as Mark Bennett,Gabriel Ascarate and Jonny Gray were all on hand to provide coaching.The squad travelled to the north-east of Scotland for a two-day training campin Aberdeen, which included a kids coaching session involving a number oflocal rugby clubs.As part of the trip to Aberdeen a Glasgow Warriors XV played AberdeenGrammar in a practice match at Rubislaw. The Warriors came out on top in a53-0 win, ahead of further pre-season friendlies against Harlequins and ExeterChiefs.Warriors go wild at the summer campFun and games with Niko at Warriors’ open dayLog on to www.scottishrugby.org or follow Scotland on@ScotlandteamP7.
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