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| 2001–02 Amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship | |
|---|---|
| Countries |  Scotland |
| Champions | Scottish Exiles |
| Runners-up | Scottish Borders |
| Matches played | 6 |
The 2001–2002 Amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's amateur district teams.
This was the third season of the re-instated amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship. This was played in the professional era, but was intended as a stepping stone for amateurs to the professional game in Scotland.
The following season, the Scottish Inter-District Championship once again ran with professional sides; as the SRU re-convened the Border Reivers side. Along with Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby they fought out the sponsorship named Bank of Scotland Pro Cup.
An amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship was not then played again till the 2022-23 season, when it was again returned by the SRU, to help selection for the Scotland Club XV side.
The Caledonia -Borders match was postponed due to frost but later played, result shown below.[1] However all matches were played.[2][3][4][5]
The Glasgow Herald correctly called the two districts that would be fighting out the Inter-District Championship; the Borders and Glasgow District. The Borders as they would be buoyed by the reformation of the Border Reivers side; and Glasgow District as the side had a number of - at the time, potential (which was realised for some) - professional players in their ranks.[6]
the Borders have the extra incentive of knowing a new professional team will be set-up in their district next season, the Ayrshire native - who may find himself closer to home than expected today if weather conditions force a switch from Dalziel to Ayr or Ardrossan - is one of several elsewhere with good reason to be very motivated.
This Glasgow squad in particular contains a string of potential professionals, Sinclair's Hawks team-mates Duffy, Richard Maxton, Rory McKay, and Chris Docherty among them as well as West's Ross Lothian, his Scotland sevens squad colleague who crucially claimed two tries on Thursday.
This was the last amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship for many years. With the return of the Border Reivers, a professional Inter-District Championship was played the following season, but this was then abandoned in favour of the Celtic League.
The Scottish Rugby Union decided to re-instate the amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship in 2022-23 season. They stated:[7]
The move to bring back the historic competition was made following an amended motion presented by GHA at the Scottish Rugby AGM in July 2021, where 72 clubs to 46 voted in favour to revive the tournament.
The competition, which was first established in 1953, used to be competed for annually in the amateur era by Edinburgh, Glasgow, the South, the North and Midlands and, laterally, the Scottish Exiles.
The Inter-district Championship continued to be played at the amateur level until 2002 with players selected to represent Glasgow, Caledonia, Edinburgh and the Scottish Exiles.
2001-02 League Table[edit]
| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | TBP | LBP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Borders | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 57 | +85 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Glasgow District | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 70 | +30 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Scottish Exiles | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 74 | +17 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Caledonia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 99 | -22 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Edinburgh District | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 176 | -110 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Results[edit]
Round 1[edit]
| 22 December 2001 |
| Scottish Borders | 21 – 6 | Scottish Exiles |
| Try: Caldwell, Roxburgh Con: MacRae Pen: MacRae (3) | Preview Report | Pen: Aitken (2) |
| Riverside Park Referee: M Hall (Boroughmuir) |
Scottish Borders: S Paterson (Gala); G Caldwell (Melrose), C MacRae (Melrose), D Gray (Gala), B Ruthven (Melrose); C Laidlaw (Jed-Forest) (G Douglas, Peebles 79), G Cowe (Kelso); B McDonnell (Jed-Forest), M Landels (Hawick), D Paxton (Kelso) (H Fraser, Melrose 64) , J Szkudro (Jed-Forest), S MacLeod (Hawick), T Walker (Gala) (T Weir, 69), B Keown (Hawick) (J Dalziel, Melrose 79), A Roxburgh (Kelso)
Scottish Exiles: B Hinshelwood (Worcester); C Aitken (London Scottish), P Baird (Kettering), S Manson (Harrogate), A McLean (Coventry); G McDonald (Moseley), D Bruce (Reading); N Lloyd (Wakefield), F Gladstone (Rugby Lions) (J Buchanan, Kettering 59), A Grierson (Reading), D Whitehead (Arras) (J Kelly, Bracknell 75), S Begley (Old Belvedere), D Jackson (Bracknell) (J Summers, Reading 69), J Murray (Tynedale), L Hamilton (Wakefield) (S Wands, Waterloo 40)
Caledonia:
Edinburgh District:
Round 2[edit]
Edinburgh District:
Glasgow District:
| 27 December 2001 |
| Scottish Exiles | 16 – 3 | Caledonia |
| Try: Murray (56) Con: Aitken (56) Pen: Aitken (37, 39, 71) | Report Report | Pen: Price (3) |
| Murrayfield Stadium Referee: G Davies (Fettesians/Lorretonians) |
Scottish Exiles: M Worthington (Coventry) (C Anderson, Cardiff, 80); C Aitken (London Scottish), P Baird (Kettering) (J Hurst, Reading, 56), S Manson (Harrogate), A McLean (Coventry); C Day, H Trelawney (both UWIC); J Kelly (Bracknell), J Buchanan (Kettering), A Grierson (Reading) (R Mathieson, London Welsh, 61), D Whitehead (Arras), S Begley (Old Belvedere), D Jackson (Bracknell), S Wands (Waterloo) (R Brown, Tynedale, 77), J Murray (Tynedale) (J Summers, Reading, 70)
Caledonia: B Price (Aberdeen GS FP); R Lewis (Stirling Co), M Fleming (Kirkcaldy), J Davidson (Grangemouth), R Gilmour (Kirk-caldy); D Adamson (Stirling Co) (C Sangster, Stirling Co, 47), A Knight (Boroughmuir) (D Roberts, Boroughmuir, 79); R Higgins (Kirkcaldy) (C Reid, Stirling Co, 67), I Stanger (Aberdeen GS FP) (K Dickinson, Dunfermline, 77), B Prescott (Aberdeen GS FP), K Fraser (Kirkcaldy), Jason Syme (Dunfermline) (D Jessiman, (Kirkcaldy, 51), Jamie Syme (Kirkcaldy), J McKenzie (Aberdeen GS FP), C McDonald (Kirkcaldy)
Round 3[edit]
| 29 December 2001 |
| Glasgow District | 24 – 8 | Caledonia |
| Try: Couper (11), Good (42), McKay (63) Con: Duffy (11,42,63) Pen: Duffy (17) | Report | Con: Bethune (74) Pen: Price (19) |
| Millbrae Referee: D Changleng (Gala) |
Glasgow District: B Price (Aberdeen GSFP); R Lewis (Stirling Co), M Fleming (Kirkcaldy), J Davidson (Grangemouth) (C Sangster, Stirling Co 64 min), R Gilmour (Kirkcaldy) (D Gray, Dundee HSFP 51); D Adamson (Stirling County) (T Lightoller, Boroughmuir 48), R Bethune; R Higgins (both Kirkcaldy), J Ramage (Dundee HSFP), B Prescott (both Aberdeen GSFP), K Fraser, D Jessiman, J Syme (all Kirkcaldy), T Dinnen (Aberdeen GSFP), C McDonald (Kirkcaldy)
Caledonia: F Sinclair (East Kilbride); R Lothian (West of Scotland), R Good (Ayr), I Leighton (Glasgow Hawks), R Couper (Boroughmuir); S Duffy, K Sinclair; E Murray, C Docherty (all Hawks) (N Meikle (Ayr), G Sykes (Ayr) (L McIntyre (Hawks), S Hutton, R McKay, N McKenzie (all Hawks), J Shaw (Currie), R Maxton (Hawks)
| 29 December 2001 |
| Scottish Borders | 60 – 0 | Edinburgh District |
| Try: McDonnell Farmer Twigley x 2 Lightbody x 2 Irving Johnstone Szkudro C. Dalgleish Con: G. Dalgleish | Report |
| Poynder Park Attendance: 500 |
Scottish Borders:
Edinburgh District:
Round 4[edit]
| 3 January 2002 |
| Caledonia | 29 – 38 | Scottish Borders |
| Try: Strang, Nielson, Pickup, Goodall Con: Strang 3 Pen: Strang | Report | Try: Stevenson, Twigley 2, C. Dalgleish, G. Dalgleish Con: G. Dalgleish 4 Pen: G. Dalgleish |
| Duffus Park |
Caledonia:
Scottish Borders:
Scottish Exiles:
Glasgow District:
Round 5[edit]
Glasgow District: F Sinclair (East Kilbride), R Lothian (West of Scotland), I Leighton (Glasgow Hawks), S Little (Ayr), R Couper (Boroughmuir), R Armour (Glasgow Southern), D Frame (Stirling County), S Duffy (Glasgow Hawks), K Sinclair (Glasgow Hawks), I Monaghan (Currie), G Sykes (Ayr), N Meikle (Ayr), L McIntyre, R McKay (both Glasgow Hawks), J Vos (Glasgow Southern), T Wright (Ayr), J Shaw (Currie), R Maxton, N McKenzie (both Glasgow Hawks), G Blackburn (Stirling County), D McNeil (Glasgow Hawks), S Bryce (Dalziel)
Scottish Borders: S Paterson (Gala); G Caldwell, C MacRae (both Melrose), D Gray (Gala), B Ruthven (Melrose); C Laidlaw (Jed-Forest), G Cowe (Kelso); B McDonnell (Jed-Forest), M Landels (Hawick). H Fraser (Melrose), J Szkudro (Jed-Forest), Scott MacLeod (Hawick), T Walker (Gala), B Keown (Hawick), A Roxburgh (Kelso). Subs C Brown (Jed-Forest), J Currie (Peebles), T Weir, J Dalziel (both Melrose), David Irving, G Douglas, C Turnbull (all Hawick)
Edinburgh District: R Cook (Boroughmuir); C Keenan (Boroughmuir), D Snodgrass (Haddington), L Graham (Boroughmuir), G Sharp (Stewart's-Melville FP), M Duncan (Currie), C Cusiter (Boroughmuir), G Talac (Heriot's FP), J Taylor (Heriot's FP), M Welch (Heriot's FP), B Snodgrass (Haddington), R Barrie (Heriot's FP), B Fisher (Boroughmuir), C Harrison (Heriot's FP), O Brown (Boroughmuir)
Substitutes: A McLean (Heriot's FP), T McGhee (Boroughmuir), C Black (Currie), J Osborne (Watsonians), C Gregor (Watsonians), G Dykes (Haddington), G Lawson (Heriot's FP)
Scottish Exiles:
References[edit]
- ^ "Delight for McHarg as Exiles show benefit of a recent game". HeraldScotland. 28 December 2001.
- ^ "Borders' hard work reaps reward". www.telegraph.co.uk. 19 December 2001.
- ^ "Rugby Union results and details". www.telegraph.co.uk. 27 December 2001.
- ^ "Plea to save the district matches". HeraldScotland. 7 January 2002.
- ^ "Rugby Union results and details". www.telegraph.co.uk. 8 May 2001.
- ^ "Ambition could be the key for Glasgow INTER-DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP". HeraldScotland. 29 December 2001.
- ^ Gould, Caitlin (January 18, 2023). "The Scottish Inter-district Championship is set to return in May 2023". Scottish Rugby.
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