Rhys Tait selected for Emerging Scotland team to face Italy Under-23’s
9th December 2024
Doncaster Knight, Rhys Tait has been selected to be apart of Scottish Rugby’s ‘Emerging Scotland’ team.
On Saturday 14 December at Hive Stadium, Emerging Scotland will take on Italy Under-23s. This will be Emerging Scotland’s first game, involving the best young players in the country and coached by the Scotland men’s national team coaching staff.
The match forms part of the National Academy pilot programme which was launched in September to add increased value to the development of a selected group of promising players. Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has coached the players during the programme along with forwards coach John Dalziel, defence coach Steve Tandy, scrum coach Pieter De Villiers and skills/contact coach Pete Horne.
Rhys Tait was born in the small town of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, where he started his rugby career with Hawick minis. He then moved on a scholarship to prestigious rugby school, Sedbergh, where he continued to develop his game, and was rewarded with international caps at his age group. The back row represented Scotland at Under 16 and Under 18 level, before having the honour of captaining the Under 20 team at the 2021 Six Nations.
Thanks to his performances in the U20s Six Nations, Rhys signed his first professional contract with Glasgow Warriors and worked his way through the academy. Rhys came to Doncaster on loan towards the back end of the 2022/23 season, before signing a full-time contract with the Knights last season.
Head Coach Joe Ford said: “We are all really proud of Rhys. He has been on fire this season and this oppertunity is a real credit to all his hard work. And also a credit to Daz’s [Darren Fearn’s] hard work too. He’s been great for Rhys and all the forwards in helping them develop their game.”
Everyone at Doncaster Knights wishes Rhys good luck for the game against Italy U23’s!
Congratulations Rhys!
