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Ali Price

Ali Price made his international debut for Scotland in their 2016 Autumn Test win against Georgia, defeating them 43-16 at Rugby Park in Kilmarnock. Having made his Scotland debut off the bench in a 2016 Autumn International Test against Georgia at Rugby Park, Ali Price has gone on to win more than 50 caps for […]

Ross McCann

Tim Swiel

English-born, but raised in Cape Town, stand-off Swiel came through the ranks at Western Province, where he represented the regional age-grade sides at U16, U18 and U21 levels. Swiel joined The Sharks – where he developed his game under Sean Everitt – before making the move to English rugby, signing for Premiership side Harlequins after an […]

Scott Steele

Steele – who attended the city’s Merchiston Castle School – returns north from Harlequins, where has been part of the Twickenham Stoop set-up since 2020. A product of Dumfries Academy and Dumfries Saints, Steele has so far earned four caps for Scotland, making his international debut in the away Guinness Six Nations victory against Wales […]

Ben Healy

Healy, who qualifies for Scotland through his grandparents, made his Scotland debut in the 2023 Guinness Six Nations against Italy, and represented the thistle in the Rugby World Cup in an electric performance against Romania. A product of Glenstal Abbey School and the Munster Academy, Healy made his professional debut against Edinburgh Rugby in November […]

Duhan van der Merwe

The Springbok age-grade internationalist joined the club from Top 14 club Montpellier, where he made three league appearances for the senior side and has crossed the whitewash on each occasion. Prior to making the move to the northern hemisphere, van der Merwe made two appearances for Super Rugby franchise, Blue Bulls, after playing for the […]

Mark Bennett

Bennett missed the first half of the 2017/18 campaign through injury, but returned with a bang as he scored a dramatic winning try – his first for the club – in the 29-24 victory over Leinster in February 2018. The centre was back to his explosive self to begin the 2018/19 season, but injury struck […]

Chris Dean

The centre – who came through the ranks at North Berwick and Edinburgh Academy – has represented Scotland at every age-grade level, while his leadership abilities saw him captain Scotland U17 at the Wellington Festival in 2011. At just 19 years of age, Dean was the first Scot to score a try at the 2013 […]

Darcy Graham

Adept at both fullback and wing, Graham finished the 2018/19 season with seven tries while his brace of scores against England in the Calcutta Cup retaining 38-38 draw at Twickenham put the winger on the international map. An astute and attack-minded player, Graham scored two tries in his eight caps for Scotland U20, including a […]

Charlie Shiel

He has represented Edinburgh at under-16, under-17 and under-18 level, and made his first appearance for Scotland under-18 as a second-half substitution in the age-grade’s tie against England, at Kingston Park, in March 2015. The scrum-half was included in John Dalziel’s Scotland under-20 squad for the 2016 Six Nations, and made his first appearance off […]