Edinburgh have secured the services of 22-year-old centre Matt Scott on a new deal that will keep him at the club until the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Scott put pen to paper on a two-year extension back in January, at a time when he was still considered an academy prospect in his final year of university, studying Law.
Despite already making great strides in his debut season, Scott rose to greater prominence in the international window where he made a try-scoring debut in Scotland A's 35-0 win over England Saxons in February before earning his first cap for Scotland in the Six Nations in March.
A month later and Scott had added a Heineken Cup quarter and semi-final to his resume, before being selected to start all three matches on his first Scotland tour where he achieved Test victories over Australia, Fiji and Samoa.
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scot_rsa says...
Agreed melkdave. This guy staying in Scotland is great news. He is the best inside centre we've had in years and brings more skills than previous crash-it-up 12s. I've been very impressed with his defence too especially on the summer tour. Staying at Edinburgh will cement his relationship with Laidlaw, de Luca, Visser and Brown for Scotland and bring through promising 10s like Leonard and Hunter. Good news all round.
Posted 22:22 10th October 2012
melkdave says...
Good for him and Edinburgh,and Scotland,to be honest ,he has shown alot of potential so far,and could be a world class player in the making.God knows Scotland and scottish rugby need those big time,,to galvanise the supporters and get them back watching rugby union matches ,rather than boriing old football.
Posted 14:11 10th October 2012