The U18 Regional Programme macthes got underway on Sunday 1 August, with the South West travelling to Inverness to face the North West and the South East heading to Ellon to face the North East.

Reports on both games can be read below. 

North West 15 - 15 South West
 
In a tight match, both sets of players competed well for a hard fought draw in their first competitive matches of the programme.  On the score sheet for the North West were Mairi Macrae (Plockton High School), Kirsty Robertson (Braidhaugh RFC) and Hannah MacDougal (Atholl Highlanders), whilst crossing the line for South West were Cara Seery (Greenock Wanderers) and two tries for Stewartry Rugby Club's Alison Henderson.  Both side now having training on the 15 August to prepare for the next matches on 22 August.
 
Scorers: 
North West
Mairi Macrae (Plockton High School) 1T
Kirsty Robertson (Braidhaugh RFC) 1T
Hannah MacDougal (Atholl Highlanders) 1T
 
South West
Alison Henderson (Stewarty Rugby Club) 2T
Cara Seery (Greenock Wanderers) 1T
  
North East 5 - 66 South East
 
The South East squad proved too strong for the newly formed North East Squad, who are made up of players who are prodominately new to the sport but who never gave up during the match against their more experienced opponents. 
 
North East Coach, Lindsey Booth, felt the girls showed great determination throughout the game and was impressed at how the girls went about achieving their own personal goals set in the previous training session.   South East Head Coach, Mark Coull, commented: "We are really pleased with today’s performance.  The girls played well as a team, putting into practice some of the skills we’ve been working on in training.  However, the North East squad are relatively new to this level of rugby and the girls are aware they will face tougher competition in the weeks to come."

There were some standout performances from both teams, for the North East new players to the programme Sally Dunbar (Ellon RFC) and Simone Gilmartin (Ellon RFC) who was also the North East try scorer and from the South East Captain Jenny Taylor (Murrayfield Wanderers), who lead by example scoring 19 of the teams 66 points, Lana Skeldon (Gala), scoring 18 points and putting in a solid performance with the boot, and Chloe Rollie (Gala) who demonstrated her lightening quick speed on the wing. 

Scorers: 
North East
Simone Gilmarton (Ellon RFC) 1T
 
South East
Jennifer Taylor (Murrayfield Wanderers) 3T, 2C
Lana Skeldon (Gala) 2T, 4C
Chloe Rollie (Gala) 2T, 2C
Eilidh Walker (Murrayfield Wanderers) 1T
Siobhan Andrew (Gala) 1T
Rachel Cook (Murrayfield Wanderers) 1T
 
 
Next matches 22 August
North West v South East (Inverness)
South West v North East (Glasgow)