Scotland U17 Squad Announced
The Camanachd Association is pleased to announce the Scotland Under 17 squad for the Tour of Ireland at the end of the month. The annual tour, which has been taking place for over twenty years, sees the country’s elite shinty players play shinty/hurling challenge matches against their Irish counterparts.
This year’s tour will once again be sponsored by RICruden, an established Mechanical and Renewable business who uphold an exceptional reputation for high quality installations and are based in the Highlands of Scotland.
Greg Matheson, Mechanical Contracts Manager at RICruden, said, “In what will be our fourth-year, supporting the Scotland U17s on their Tour of Ireland has become a proud tradition for us, and we’re delighted to be behind the squad once again. Backing the next generation is at the heart of what we do at Ri Cruden, and its that same belief that drives our apprenticeship programme – and seeing our logo on the strips as these young players makes us genuinely proud. The whole team at RI Cruden will be cheering them on from home.”
National Development Manager Ronald Ross commented, “We are looking forward to once again returning to Ireland for two highly competitive games, just as we saw last year. The squad has an element of consistency this year, with over half the squad getting their first taste of shinty/hurling in 2025. Congratulations to all of the players selected on achieving the honour of representing their country.”
2026 Scotland U17 squad:
Ali Taylor – Caberfeidh *
Seumas Henderson- Caberfeidh *
Louie MacLellan – Beauly
Alfie MacLeod – Glenurquhart
Doug Brockie – Glenurquhart
Matthew Sloss – Newtonmore
James Coyle – Newtonmore
Jacob Alexander Bain – Newtonmore
Hayden Taylor-Ramsay – Kingussie
Toby Thain – Kingussie *
Macleod Dawson – Kingussie *
Jay MacRae – Kinlochshiel *
Kieran Martin – Kinlochshiel
Iain Graham – Skye *
Ruairidh MacSween – Glasgow Mid Argyll *
Auryn Kerr – Col-Glen
Scott Campbell – Oban Camanachd *
Dean Robertson – Bute *
* denotes first call up
The squad travels over the Irish sea on Sunday 26th July, taking part in training and cultural activities before facing Dublin at their home stadium, Parnell Park, on Monday 27th and taking on Meath on Tuesday 28th (venue tba).
