Matt Fagerson rugby player
Matt Fagerson rugby player

Matt Fagerson

16th Jul 1998 1.86m/111kg No. 8

Steyn and Harris among four changes - Scotland name team to play Tonga

7 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made four changes to his starting side for their second Pool B match against Tonga at Stade de Nice on Sunday, 24 September. Prop Rory Sutherland and second-row...

Darcy Graham passed fit for Scotland in World Cup opener against South Africa

8 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Darcy Graham has been passed fit to start Scotland’s Rugby World Cup opener against South Africa on Sunday after his pre-tournament injury scare. The 26-year-old Edinburgh wing – seventh on...

Dempsey preferred to Matt Fagerson - Scotland name team to play South Africa

8 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has announced his squad to face South Africa in Marseille on Sunday with Jack Dempsey edging out Matt Fagerson to start at number eight. 1 Pierre Schoeman2 George Turner3...

Matt Fagerson says being at World Cup with brother Zander ‘pretty special’

8 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Scotland back-rower Matt Fagerson is savouring the “special” experience of finally being at a World Cup alongside his big brother Zander after the agony of being left at home in 2019.   The...

Scotland name team for final match before the upcoming Rugby World Cup

8 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jamie Ritchie will lead Scotland in their final match before the upcoming Rugby World Cup, as head coach Gregor Townsend today named his squad for The Famous Grouse Nations Series fixture against...

Stuart McInally to retire after omission from Scotland’s Rugby World Cup squad

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stuart McInally’s rugby career is over after the long-serving Edinburgh hooker was one of four players cut from Scotland’s 33-man World Cup squad.   The 33-year-old, who captained the...

Jamie Ritchie captains Scotland as Gregor Townsend names his RWC squad

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Head coach Gregor Townsend has today named his 33-player squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup 2023, to be held in France from next month. Captain Jamie Ritchie leads a selection comprising...

Scotland’s World Cup squad announcement looms – who is in danger of missing out?

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gregor Townsend has said that the last four players to leave the squad will be a tighthead prop, a hooker, a back-row and a scrum-half.   Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend announces his 33-man...

Scotland boss ‘confident’ Ben White will make World Cup despite injury setback

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gregor Townsend is confident Ben White will be fit for the Rugby World Cup even though the Scotland scrum-half has not travelled to France for this Saturday’s warm-up match in Saint-Etienne.   The...

Scotland Rugby World Cup Training Squad Update

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Following yesterday’s 25-21 victory over France, Gregor Townsend has reduced his Rugby World Cup training squad to 37.   Stafford McDowall, Adam Hastings, Cameron Henderson...