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Further interview with Craig Robertson of Edinburgh on the Rugby football league FB page

This weekend see’s the NERL final to be held in Newcastle Kingston Park Edinburgh take on Jarrow KO 2pm Saturday Jarrow are keen favourites winning both league games but hopefully as in the semi final can pull it off Theres a great pod cast on ‘13 Pro Am community RL show’ 17 Aug show which speaks to both coaches (starts about 30mins in) and gives an insight into how Edinburgh is fairing with players etc The match will be streamed live on ‘Our league app’

Edinburgh hit form today beating Cramlington Rockets 38-24 in the NERL semi final play off round Meanwhile Scotland withdraw from the up and coming u19 champs in Italy 3/9/22 ‘Scotland Rugby League cited changes in their coaching staff and a lack of player availability at that age group as the reasons behind their decision not to travel.’

I would expect the lads have a background in RU purely down to the fact RL is as rare as hens teeth but with internationals etc it’s hoped they will continue to progress with RL Most clubs up here rely on RU players, as the season is so short it’s usually over before the RU season/training starts Talking to a good few RU players they do like playing RL the fact is we don’t have the clubs to offer them a regular season but we live in hope

NERL Championship Edinburgh 16 - 34 Jarrow Edinburgh now qualified for the playoffs next weekend

Scotland u16 20 - 28 England u16 massive effort from the lads coming from 24 - 10 down 10 mins into the 2nd considering there’s little or no u16 league games in Scotland this is an encouraging performance, brilliant effort to all involved in the development teams. Players coaches n volunteers

Halftime Scotland u16 10 - 18 England u16

Scot 10 - 12 Eng

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Bit of fun but could a commonwealth championship be an interesting option between world cups for instance top 6 teams in the current world rankings for example play off in 2 groups of 3 NZ Tonga Aus Eng PNG Fiji top 2 into semi n so on Then have a section 2 of groups for qualifying for the main tournament in 4 years time Cameroon, Canada, Ghana, Malta, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Samoa, SA, Vanauatu, Sco Ire Wales (you could include Samoa and say wales in the main event) Then top 2 from this play off against bottom 2 from the main event to see who joins the main event Just need someone with deep pockets to run it like I said a bit of a fun idea

(‘Thanks for the info mate. Do you know if Scotland under 16s are generally Scottish based or are they English with Scottish anscestory? ‘) As far as I’m aware all Scottish born and bred or with Scottish nationality, a lot of clubs (laughable I know we only have a handful) have been doing a lot of work with juniors Also as part of a double header Edinburgh take on Jarrow in Rd 10 of NERL KO 15:15pm Dalkeith RFC after the U16s International

So Edinburgh retained the Scottish Cup beating a spirited Vikings 56-16 and enter the Challenge Cup This weekend see’s Scotland u16’s take on England Community Lions KO 12 noon Dalkeith Rugby Club

This Saturday sees the final of the Scottish Cup Edinburgh vs Forth Valley ko 1400hrs Nethercraigs, Glasgow

Important thing is these guys stick together for next year in what’s been a season to forget for SRL

Scottish Cup semi final time Glasgow taking on Forth Valley today at Nethercraigs KO 2pm Scottish RL giving the teams some much welcome and needed (about time) coverage Winners take on Edinburgh in the final on 23rd July https://www.scotlandrl.com/2022/07/07/scottish-cup-semi-final/?fbclid=IwAR3wWHBnlIKtC1AwZVQ9v4KuVaGG4kmtZIWAa7z41EB7JgpmkqYQckBG97U&fs=e&s=cl