Strathallan signs Andrew Douglas as the new Director of Rugby

The former Scottish Rugby Game Development Manager will help Andrew Henderson, our Director of Strathallan Rugby Academy and the School's other coaching staff, to continue to grow the game at all levels across the school.

Originally from Gifford in East Lothian, Andrew has always had a real passion for rugby, he is an ex-Haddington RFC and Heriots FC player, also playing age-grade rugby for Scotland. One of his favourite rugby memories was winning the Scottish Cup with Heriots in 2009. His rugby philosophy is simple in that he wants his players and teams to play an exciting brand of rugby and have fun while doing it developing life-long skills which can be translated into all aspects of life both inside and outside the rugby environment.

Andrew has spent the past 10 years working at Scottish Rugby, originally working as a Coach Development Officer for the North Region and more recently as the Game Development Manager for the West and East regions, developing the pathways from grassroots to professional through the coaches, referees and player and game protocols. During his time at Scottish Rugby, Andrew also coached several age-grade district squads from U16 to U20 and was also the attack coach for the Scotland U16 Reds along-side coaching club rugby at West of Scotland FC, Glasgow Hawks and Boroughmuir RFC.

Andrew said, “I’m really excited to get started at Strathallan, the school has a fantastic rugby history and I’m looking forward to working with the staff and pupils to build on the current programme and push on to further success.”

Andrew Henderson, Director of Strathallan’s Rugby Academy, said, “I’m delighted to welcome Andy to the team, we’ve worked together before, and I have no doubt his skills and expertise will translate to top-tier coaching and support for all our pupils and players.”

Strathallan has a long history of success on the field when it comes to rugby. We are proud to say 6 former pupils have been selected for this year's Rugby World Cup (Jamie Ritchie (C), Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson, George Horne, Murphy Walker, and Ollie Smith) and our soon-to-be Captain of School, Joe T has recently made history for Team Scotland with the Rugby 7s team at the Commonwealth Youth Games.