Originally Posted by
Sheikh
- Scotland has identified that they have a problem with players having to make the step up from amateur rugby to Pro 12 level with Glasgow and Edinburgh (sounds familiar!) so they are intending to install a semi-pro league between club rugby and Pro 12. I don't know if this means that the top level of club rugby (clubs like Hawick, Melrose, Stirling, Heriot's, etc) becomes semi-pro, or there will be a new level created (like the NRC). I have noted that some of the old powerhouses of Scottish rugby like Selkirk and Edinburgh Academicals are now plying their trade in the 3rd tier of Scottish rugby. How the once mighty have fallen!
* Edit: sorry, the last couple of months!