Players from Edinburgh Rugby, Glasgow Warriors and Scotland 7s have been drafted to the four British & Irish Cup teams, ahead of the cross border competition that starts on Saturday 12 October.
At the beginning of the season the same players were distributed between the ten RBS Premiership clubs. A further re-draft has now taken place to split them between Ayr, Gala, Stirling County and Edinburgh Accies.
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The British & Irish Cup falls on the same weekend as the Heineken Cup therefore players are subject to availability and liaison between the professional and club coaches.
Also, with the RBS Premiership falling on the same weekend as the first two rounds of the British & Irish Cup the league draft takes priority over the Cup.
The draft is as follows:
Ayr: Mark Bennett, Fraser Brown, Chris Cusiter, James Eddie, Chris Fusaro, Finlay Gillies, Ryan Grant, Dougie Hall, Stuart Hogg, Ruairdh Jackson, Ed Kalman, Al Kellock, Sean Lamont, Pat Macarthur, Nikola Matawalu, Byron McGuigan Gordon Reid, Josh Strauss, Scott Wight, Ryan Wilson and Jerry Yanuyanutawa.
Stirling County: Gabriel Ascarate, Kevin Bryce, Mike Cusack, Alex Dunbar, Jonny Gray, Colin Gregor, Rob Harley, Tyrone Holmes, Peter Horne, Moray Low, Sean Maitland, Peter Murchie, Leone Nakawara, Henry Pyrgos, Tom Ryder, Tommy Seymour, Colin Shaw, Tim Swinson, DTH Van Der Merwe, Richie Vernon, Duncan Weir and Jon Welsh.
Edinburgh Accies: Ben Atiga, Wicus Blaauw, Alex Black, Tom Brown, Jack Cuthbert, David Denton, Struan Dewar, Dougie Fife, Ross Ford, Grant Gilchrist, Roddy Grant, Robin Hislop, John Houston, James Johnstone, Lee Jones, Sean Kennedy, Chris Leck, Aleki Lutui, Michael Maltman, Robert McAlpine, Stuart McInally, Lewis Niven, Ross Rennie, Scott Riddell, Matt Scott, Alun Walker and Russell Weir.
Gala: Ollie Atkins, Dimitri Basalaia, Sean Cox, Geoff Cross, Nick De Luca, Alasdair Dickinson, Michael Fedo, James Fleming, Piers Francis, Grayson Hart, Gregor Hunter, James Hitherbrand, Greig Laidlaw, Steven Lawrie, Harry Leonard, Tomas Leonardi, WP Nel, Perry Parker, Mark Robertson, Greig Tonks, Andrew Turnbull, Tim Visser, Nikki Walker, Isak Van Der Westhuizen, Gregor Young and Lewis Young
Scottish Clubs British & Irish Cup fixtures for season 2013/14 are as follows:
Weekend of 11/12/13 October
Edinburgh Accies v Pontypridd
Munster A v Stirling County
Gala v Aberavon
Jersey v Ayr
Weekend of 18/19/20 October
London Scottish v Edinburgh Accies
Stirling County v Plymouth Albion
Leeds Carnegie v Gala
Ayr v Cornish Pirates
Weekend of 6/7/8 December
London Welsh v Edinburgh Accies
Stirling County v Nottingham
Bristol v Gala
Ayr v Ulster Ravens
Weekend of 12/14/15 December
Edinburgh Accies v London Welsh
Nottingham v Stirling County
Gala v Bristol
Ulster Ravens v Ayr
Weekend of 10/11/12 January
Edinburgh Accies v London Scottish
Plymouth Albion v Stirling County
Gala v Leeds Carnegie
Cornish Pirates v Ayr
Weekend of 17/18/19 January
Pontypridd v Edinburgh Accies
Stirling County v Munster A
Aberavon v Gala
Ayr v Jersey
ek raak naar as ek wp nel se naam sien,hy gaan n ster in skotse rugby word en hier is hy mis gekyk en het werner kruger en dean greyling bokke geword……
@ smallies:
Is waar, die klong van Loeriesfontein is n yster, moes hom nooit laat gaan het nie!
Dean en Werner, asseblief tog, bleddie hopeloos verkuk verby, daai twee.
1 @ smallies:
Hi smallies, well spotted there – WP Nel drafted to Gala. Yes he is well appreciated here and sounds like you also rate him, not sure why he never got higher honours in SA, but I think its about another two years, give or take a few months, and he could qualify for Scotland on residential grounds, wonder what he will do whether he will stay at Edinburgh to qualify on those grounds. Edinburgh really struggling so far this year after a bad season last one as well but hope they pick up under Mr Solomons as the season goes on and WP is happy enough to stay there to get qualified. One of my favourite moments from the rugby here last season was the sight of WP scoring a wonderful try, he ran a good distance and through a dummy any backline player would have been proud of on his way to scoring the try. Will try find the clip and post it later when I get chance if you’ve not seen that try.
@ smallies:
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@ Pietman:
Smallies and Pietman here is the WP Nel try I spoke about earlier today, really enjoyed seeing that live on the TV and it just gets better each time I see it
Dit is swak dat ons sulke talent verloor. En hoe meer mens na ons oorsese spelers kyk hoe meer mis ons hulle. Hier is WP nel nou ‘n goeie voorbeeld. Kyk ook na Kocket. En daai tyd na Derick Hougaardt. Daar is nog meer om te noem.
Dis ook die groot probleem met bok kontrakte. Want nou kry ouens soos Frans Steyn nogsteeds bok span net omdat hy ‘n kontrak het.(Wel voor sy besering)
Ons kan amper ‘n volle 23 man span maak met oorsese spelers wat ons huidige bok ‘n goeie go sal kan gee.
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