Kerr Yule has signed on for his third season in the Glasgow Warriors academy. Image: © Craig Watson –
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GLASGOW WARRIORS have conformed their senior academy cohort for the 2025-26 season with 23 players on the list, including five new faces with Seb Stephen, Jackson Rennie, Dylan Cockburn, Jack Oliver and Cameron van Wyk added to the group that will train on full-time contracts alongside Franco Smith’s squad.
Stephen is already familiar to Warriors fans having been drafted into a senior squad for the final game of the 2024-25 regular season putting in a standout performance against Leinster at the Aviva Stadium, with the Scotland Under-20s hooker having started the season playing for Edinburgh Accies in the Arnold Clark Premiership.
Second/back-row Cockburn and winger van Wyk are also currently in Italy with the Scotland Under-20s team, having imprsssed this season playing in the Premiership with Ayr and Melrose, respectively.
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Scrum-half Oliver – son of former Scotland scrum-half Greig – joins from Munster having spent time in the Warriors environment at the end of least season when played he played for an U23 side away in Treviso.
Prop Rennie currently plays for Ellon RFC’s U18 side, and has previously been named in a Scotland U18 Development squad, as well as represented Glasgow Warriors U18 during the February 2025 inter-city fixtures against Edinburgh.
“We are excited by the potential within this group and are looking forward to them learning from and bringing energy to our environment this coming season,” said Smith.
“The academy has been a successful breeding ground for talent in recent years, last season Jare Oguntibeju and Duncan Munn both signed pro contracts having forced their way into the senior side.
“With a slightly smaller senior squad next season there will be likely be more opportunity for some of these players to pull on a Glasgow jersey and I hope they are excited and motivated to do so.”
Glasgow Warriors 2025-26 Academy squad:
- Props:
- Props:
- Ollie McKenna
- Jackson Rennie
- Jake Shearer
- Locks:
- Back-row
- Dylan Cockburn
- Macenzzie Duncan
- Archie McMichael
- Jonny Morris
- Rory Purvis
- Scrum-half:
- Brent Jackson
- Jack Oliver
- Stand-off:
- Centre:
- Alex Brydon
- Ben Salmon
- Kerr Johnston
- Johnny Ventisei
- Kerr Yule
- Back-three:
- Harry Provan
- Fergus Watson
- Cameron van Wyk
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