Eleven selected for U20 Six Nations

• 22 Jan 2025
• News

Eleven Edinburgh Rugby players are named in Scotland U20’s 34-player squad for the upcoming 2025 U20 Six Nations.

The group consists of 19 forwards and 15 backs, and will get their championship underway at home to Italy U20 on Friday 31 January at Hive Stadium.

Freddy Douglas – who was capped at senior level against Portugal in the recent Autumn Nations Series – is selected in the squad as he nears a return to full fitness after picking up an ankle injury against Gloucester in December.

Douglas is joined in the back-row by Ollie Duncan (number 8), with Ollie Blyth-Lafferty and Jamie Stewart (props) both selected by Head Coach Kenny Murray.

Christian Lindsay (lock) – who joined the club’s academy from Loretto at the start of the season – also features among the forwards.

Edinburgh are well represented throughout the backs as scrum-halves Hamish MacArthur and Hector Patterson, and stand-offs Isaac Coates and Ross Wolfenden are picked among the half-backs.

Jack Brown (full-back) and Nairn Moncreiff (winger) also get the nod in a talented back-three unit.

Head Coach Murray said: “We’re really excited to work with this group during the Six Nations and for them to deliver the performances we know they’re capable of.

“We’ve got a really exciting squad with a combination of players who were involved in our U20 Trophy win last summer as well as new additions. The players really enjoyed playing in front of our fans at Hive Stadium across the Trophy campaign so having three home fixtures in the Six Nations this year is great for them.

“This is the beginning of a big year for us as we make our return to the World Rugby U20 Championship in summer, so we want to start strong and play well across the Six Nations with five performances that we can be proud of.”

Scotland U20 squad for 2025 U20 Six Nations

Forwards

Billy Allen – Dungannon RFC
Ollie Blyth-Lafferty – Edinburgh Rugby
Freddy Douglas – Edinburgh Rugby
Oliver Duncan – Edinburgh Rugby
Oliver Finlayson-Russell – St Andrews University
Mark Fyffe – Edinburgh University
Bart Godsell – Loughborough University
Dan Halkon – Glasgow Warriors
Christian Lindsay – Loretto School/Edinburgh Rugby
Reuben Logan – Northampton Saints
Oliver McKenna – Glasgow Warriors
Charlie Moss – Montpellier
Will Pearce – Cardiff Metropolitan University/Bristol Bears
Joe Roberts – Glasgow Warriors
Jake Shearer – Glasgow Warriors
Pat Spence – Heriot’s RFC
Seb Stephen – Edinburgh Academical Football Club
Jamie Stewart – Edinburgh Rugby
Ryan Whitefield – Biggar RFC

Backs

Jack Brown – Edinburgh Rugby
Isaac Coates – Edinburgh Rugby
Noah Cowan – Brunel University/Ealing Trailfinders
Angus Hunter – Heriot’s RFC
Hamish MacArthur – Edinburgh Rugby
Nairn Moncrieff – Edinburgh Rugby
Hector Patterson – Edinburgh Rugby
Guy Rogers – Surrey University/Harlequins
Matthew Urwin – Glasgow Warriors
Cameron van Wyk – Ayr RFC
Johnny Ventisei – Captain – Glasgow Warriors
Fergus Watson – Glasgow Warriors
Campbell Waugh – Glasgow Hawks
Ross Wolfenden – Edinburgh Rugby
Kerr Yule – Glasgow Warriors