Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors have had their senior academy and professional players assigned to Premiership clubs and can release them for additional game time. Players will become available to the Premiership clubs depending on individual plans outlined by their professional club.
Edinburgh recently named 23 under-23 players as part of their new senior academy group of players with Glasgow naming 26. The expanded set-up allows for the inclusion of later developing players, up to the age of 23, and will further support the ongoing development of homegrown players.
The Arnold Clark Men's Premiership will offer an opportunity for these players to play regularly, in addition to Glasgow and Edinburgh A games, with fixtures to be announced in due course.
Glasgow Warriors players have been allocated to west based clubs whilst Edinburgh Rugby players have been drafted to Edinburgh and Borders based clubs to create alignment between themselves and clubs within their local catchment area. All pro-academy players have been split evenly across the 12 clubs.
A differential of two pro players per Premiership team will be in operation in each game throughout the season to ensure there is a fair balance of pro players being used in games. The Premiership clubs met with Scottish Rugby, Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors in June, at which time these rules were agreed.
Kenny Murray, Head of Player Transition and Scotland U20s head coach said: "The Arnold Clark Men's Premiership represents a valuable opportunity for the best young players in the country to play regularly.
"Along with their Scotland age grade matches and A game fixtures, our players will greatly benefit from competing within the Premiership this season.
"In order for our academy players to continually improve, they need to play regularly, and we aim to organise more fixtures outwith the Premiership fixture list to further increase their game time and enhance their development."
2024/25 Men's Arnold Clark Premiership Draft
Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors)
Ollie Smith (Glasgow Warriors)
Tom Jordan (Glasgow Warriors)
Kyle Rowe (Glasgow Warriors)
Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors)
Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors)
Josh McKay (Glasgow Warriors)
Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors)
Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors)
Johnny Matthews (Glasgow Warriors)
Rory Sutherland (Glasgow Warriors)
Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors)
Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors)
Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors)
Jack Dempsey (Glasgow Warriors)
Sebastian Cancelliere (Glasgow Warriors)
Sione Vailanu (Glasgow Warriors)
Richie Simpson* (Glasgow Warriors)
Matthew Urwin* (Glasgow Warriors)*
Jake Shearer* (Glasgow Warriors)
Amena Caqusau* (Glasgow Warriors)
Currie Chieftains
Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby)
Paul Hill (Edinburgh Rugby)
Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh Rugby)
Dave Cherry (Edinburgh Rugby)
Emiliano Boffelli (Edinburgh Rugby)
Jamie Stewart* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Kerr Johnston* (Glasgow Warriors)
Dan Halkon* (Glasgow Warriors)
Edinburgh Academical
Charlie Shiel (Edinburgh Rugby)
Harry Paterson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby)
James Lang (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ben Healy (Edinburgh Rugby)
Euan McVie* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Fergus Watson* (Glasgow Warriors)
Rory Purvis* (Glasgow Warriors)
Ollie Duncan* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Glasgow Hawks
Grant Stewart (Glasgow Warriors)
Sean Kennedy (Glasgow Warriors)
Ben Afshar (Glasgow Warriors)
Murphy Walker (Glasgow Warriors)
Gregor Hiddleston (Glasgow Warriors)
Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors)
Max Williamson (Glasgow Warriors)
JP du Preez (Glasgow Warriors)
Sam Talakai (Glasgow Warriors)
George Horne (Glasgow Warriors)
Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors)
Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors)
Jack Mann (Glasgow Warriors)
Callum Norrie* (Glasgow Warriors)
Jonny Morris* (Glasgow Warriors)
Tom Banatvala* (Glasgow Warriors)
Brent Jackson* (Glasgow Warriors)
Jare Oguntibeju* (Glasgow Warriors)
Ollie McKenna* (Glasgow Warriors)
Ryan Burke* (Glasgow Warriors)
Harry Provan* (Glasgow Warriors)
Rob Carmichael (Edinburgh Rugby)
Tom Dodd (Edinburgh Rugby)
Darcy Graham (Edinburgh Rugby)
Boan Venter (Edinburgh Rugby)
Mikey Jones* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Hector Patterson* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Jack Hocking* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Cammy Scott (Edinburgh Rugby)
Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ali Price (Edinburgh Rugby)
Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh Rugby)
Lewis Wells* (Edinburgh Rugby
Kerr Yule* (Glasgow Warriors)
Hamish MacArthur* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Nathan Sweeney (Edinburgh Rugby)
Mosese Tuipulotu (Edinburgh Rugby)
Patrick Harrison (Edinburgh Rugby)
Javan Sebastian (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ben Vellacott (Edinburgh Rugby)
Liam McConnell* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Nairn Moncrieff* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Isaac Coates* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Marr
Ally Miller (Glasgow Warriors)
Duncan Munn (Glasgow Warriors)
Euan Ferrie (Glasgow Warriors)
Nathan McBeth (Glasgow Warriors)
Facundo Cordero (Glasgow Warriors)
Gregor Brown (Glasgow Warriors)
Patrick Schickerling (Glasgow Warriors)
Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors)
Henco Venter (Glasgow Warriors)
Rory Darge (Glasgow Warriors)
Allan Dell (Glasgow Warriors)
Angus Fraser (Glasgow Warriors)
Logan Trotter (Glasgow Warriors)
Fin Richardson (Glasgow Warriors)
Alex Samuel (Glasgow Warriors)
Macenzzie Duncan* (Glasgow Warriors)
Ben Salmon* (Glasgow Warriors)
Aidan Cross* (Glasgow Warriors)
Joe Roberts* (Glasgow Warriors)
Alex Bryden* (Glasgow Warriors)
Archie McMichael* (Glasgow Warriors)
Ross McCann (Edinburgh Rugby)
Glen Young (Edinburgh Rugby)
Magnus Bradbury (Edinburgh Rugby)
Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby)
Harri Morris* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Jerry Blyth-Lafferty* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Mac Rutherford* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Robin Hislop (Edinburgh Rugby)
Wes Goosen (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ross Thompson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh Rugby)
Darcy Rae (Edinburgh Rugby)
Fin Thomson* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ross Wolfenden* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Tom Currie* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Selkirk
Marshall Sykes (Edinburgh Rugby)
Mark Bennett (Edinburgh Rugby)
Matt Currie (Edinburgh Rugby)
Sam Skinner (Edinburgh Rugby)
Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby)
Callum Smyth* (Glasgow Warriors)
Ollie Blyth-Lafferty* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Freddy Douglas* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Connor Boyle (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh Rugby)
Angus Williams (Edinburgh Rugby)
Jamie Hodgson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Conor McAlpine* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Johnny Ventisei* (Glasgow Warriors)
Jack Brown* (Edinburgh Rugby)
Sam Leweni* (Edinburgh Rugby)
*Denotes current senior academy players