THE FOSROC Super6 will return next month under the new name of the FOSROC Super Series.
The first competition of the year will be the FOSROC Super Series Sprint starting next month, followed by the FOSROC Super Series Championship starting in late summer.
The FOSROC Super Series Sprint will start on the weekend of Friday April 7 where all six teams will play each other once in a traditional league format, as well as playing either Glasgow Warriors A or Edinburgh Rugby A.
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Having teams from both of Scotland’s professional sides involved in the FOSROC Super Series Sprint will provide an opportunity for the current six licence teams to test themselves against full-time professionals, supported by their respective FOSROC Scottish Rugby Contracted Academy players.
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It will also provide a closer alignment for the FOSROC Super Series teams with their respective professional team and an opportunity for Super Series players to perform in front of pro-team coaches.
The professional A sides will play three fixtures at the start of the FOSROC Super Series Sprint. Edinburgh Rugby A will play against Heriot’s Rugby, Southern Knights and Watsonians whilst Glasgow Warriors A will play against Ayrshire Bulls, Boroughmuir Bears and Stirling Wolves.
After playing in the first three rounds of the competition the professional A teams step down to allow the pro-teams to continue to prioritise the business end of their season and provide opportunity to their players who have had high-level game time and are match-ready if required.
Following a reset period in June, the FOSROC Super Series Championship will kick-off in the last weekend of July following a consistent playing window that has proved successful for the last two years.
The championship will be contested by seven teams; the six Super Series licence teams plus a development team side which will be built upon the current and future Scotland U20 side.
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The development team has been added to the FOSROC Super Series Championship to better prepare Scotland’s young players for the challenges of U20 rugby and to help ensure our players can better compete, and improve performances, against higher quality opposition in the Under-20 Six Nations and World Rugby U20 competitions.
Six former FOSROC Super6 Head Coaches; Pete Murchie, Pete Horne, Stevie Lawrie, Ciaran Beattie, Rob Chrystie and Fergus Pringle and two Assistant Coaches, Scott Lawson and Chris Laidlaw, have moved into full-time professional performance coaching environments.
Fixtures for the for the FOSROC Super Series Sprint will be announced in the coming days and broadcasting details will be confirmed in due course.
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