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NERL RD 4 Cramlington 44 - 22 Edinburgh SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP RD 3 Aberdeen 70 - 22 Forth Valley

Game day sees 2 unbeaten sides in NERL as Edinburgh head off to play Cramlington Rockets KO 1:30pm Eastfield playing fields Cramlington Scottish National league sees Aberdeen v Forth Valley KO 2pm Woodside Sports Complex Aberdeen

Glasgow 26 - 52 Forth Valley Vikings Vikings make it 2 in a row with Glasgow making progress with every game played, well done to all the players The Vikings travel north to Aberdeen next Saturday to take on the Warriors Warriors taking this last year 84-10 but the Vikings are a year older wiser smarter so should be a good game KO 2pm Some highlights of the Eagles Catterick game

Edinburgh come away from Newcastle as NERL 9s Champions 2022 with 4 out of 4 wins in the round robin then narrowly beat Jarrow Vikings 16-14 to take the tournament

Edinburgh have a free weekend but travel to Newcastle this Thursday to play in the North East League 9’s tournament KO 12:30pm at Kingston Park Scottish National League returns this weekend Rd 2 which see’s Glasgow take on Forth Valley at Glasgow club Nethercraigs KO 2pm Scotland RL announced new development days for our U16’s on 5th June at Dalkeith rugby club Meanwhile recent good turnout for the U19’s and Students prior to a tri nations event in Ireland in June

Edinburgh 64 - 12 Catterick

Edinburgh take on Catterick Crusades today KO 2pm Royal High School Edinburgh RD 3 NERL link to match day program below

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Edinburgh looking to aim big with plans on developing there player pathways through u16 and academy players, be financially viable train and retain there own coaches, hopefully re model the club and become 100% fan based owned and aim to be Scotland’s 1st professional club, Im sure more details of the strategy will be published soon

Edinburgh take on Durham today at Houghton RFC 2pm KO after a re-jig of NERL fixtures which has seen Yarm ARLFC withdrawal from the league No news whatsoever of any Scottish Championship games being played today

Scottish league Rd 1 Forth Valley 66-32 Glasgow

Highlights Wallsend vs Edinburgh now live on Edinburgh’s FB page

It is a shame, I’m not 100% sure why so won’t speculate On a positive note Aberdeen are back Glasgow seem to be getting good numbers turning up and a few younger lads, Forth valley going from strength to strength, only 3 teams is disappointing but we still have 3 teams. Hopefully RL Scotland are working behind the scenes though their lack of communication/updates is always frustrating Edinburgh though continue to grow on and off the field and representing Scottish RL well in NERL

Sad news but Fife Lions have announced that they are unable to compete this season and hope to be back next year

Forth Valley Vikings also had a season opener against a Scottish Barbarians side running out winners 70-6 (roughly) at Hillfoots RFC Tillicoultry Charity match in aid of State of Mind

Edinburgh kicked off their NERL season with a 46-28 victory over Wallsend Eagles at Wallsend The Scottish league kicks off next weekend Forth Valley vs Aberdeen Glasgow vs Fife

Strathmore RL have packed in Edinburgh will enter a team in the Scottish Cup

Edinburgh entertaining NERL this year as planned, and with such a strong and established team this is probably better for them, just wondering if they have enough players to have entered a 2nd string in the domestic league???? but no Strathmore guessing there concentrating on RU for this year

Season fixtures now published with the interesting omission of Edinburgh and Strathmore and no real news to suggest why, maybe Edinburgh playing in NERL this year? Strathmore certainly posting RL related content on FB Double rounds this year I’ll keep you posted when I know more May 14th - Forth Valley v Aberdeen Glasgow v Fife May 21st - Fife v Forth Valley Aberdeen v Glasgow June 4th - Aberdeen v Fife Glasgow v Forth Valley June 11th - Forth Valley v Fife Glasgow v Aberdeen June 25th - Fife v Aberdeen Forth Valley v Glasgow July 22nd - Fife v Glasgow Aberdeen v Forth Valley

No news yet Edinburgh certainly but they did mention last year going back to the NE league Glasgow doing a lot of fundraising at moment organised a fundraising night on the 12th Feb (see their FB page) they have a signed Huddersfield top family tickets for Saints v Hull K R game Forth Valley actively promoting there sponsors Aberdeen have said they aim to join this year Strathmore active on FB and will probably be their, hopefully completing a full season Fife no idea Scotland RL certainly doing/organising development days with one this Sunday at Dalkeith

Scotland RL appoint Scott Simon as head of chair, replacing Keith Hogg Scott has a PhD in Elite coaching, is an accredited strength and conditioning coach, was voted Elite Sport Coach of the Year 2021, and is as happy at the coaching coal-face as he is in the Board room. Scott is an ex rugby league player, representing the RAF, Combined Service, Wales A and Students as well as Great Britain Students. He played professionally for The London Broncos in Super League 7 before having to prematurely retire through injury.

Highlights Good result considering Team has only been together a week or so and 1st game since 2018 Important thing now is getting more games prior to the WC but god knows how that’s going to happen

Game to be live streamed on Ourleague app

Scotland’s 20 man squad for the Jamaica clash Final Squad: Danny Addy James Bell Ryan Brierley (VC) Kieran Buchanan* Davey Dixon Charlie Emslie* Dale Ferguson (C) Guy Graham* Ben Hellewell Liam Hood Ben Kavanagh Sam Luckley Joe McClean Kieran Moran Will Oakes Rob Oakley* Jack Teanby* Oscar Thomas Alex Walker Lachlan Walmsley* *uncapped players Unavailable due to injury: Lachlan Coote Kane Linnett Matty Russell Lewis Tierney Sam Herron Lewis Clarke Matt Hogg David Scott Brandon Wilkinson Callum Mclelland link here https://www.scotlandrl.com/2021/10/19/bravehearts-squad-for-jamaica/?fbclid=IwAR2AdSsjbdMTrKLZl9ST9Rjm_6MUwUkkuAPuaFF5GhSt6nQYumjYpz1O1j0

Scotland squad to face Jamaica: Terrill, S Toal (Barrow), Buchanan (Batley), Scott (Coventry), Dixon, Oakes (Dewsbury), Clarke, Hogg, Hall (Edinburgh Eagles), Ferguson (Featherstone), Kavanagh (Halifax), Linnett (Hull KR), Moran (Keighley), Hellewell, Brierley, Hood, Russell, Bell (Leigh), Oakley (London Broncos), Emslie (Millom RLFC), Addy, Luckley (Salford), Coote (St Helens), Mitchell (Strathmore Silverbacks), Brooks (Swinton), Walker (Wakefield), McLean, Herron (West Wales), Phillips, Walmsley, Graham, Thomas (Whitehaven), Teanby (York). Initial training squad will be whittled down to 20