Rugby: Top names to launch academy scheme
Headed by Bob Easson, high performance manager at the Scottish Institute of Sport and a former Accies coach, the academy will offer promising players aged 14-20 high intensity individual coaching on a monthly basis.
Among those lined up in an ambassadorial role are Scotland stars Mike Blair and Dave Denton as well as Stuart Moffat (ex-Scotland) and Lewis Niven, the Edinburgh prop who came through the Raeburn Place youth structure also embracing Broughton and Trinity Accies (BATS).
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Hide AdCurrent coaches and players, headed by top team mentor Simon Cross, will also be involved and club official John Wright says: “It will be the first in Edinburgh and we are very excited about something that will take place once a month until the new season.”