Scottish Rugby is to scrap its Super 6 club series and reinstate a national “A-team” as part of a comprehensive restructure of the professional game.
URC clubs Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors will also add second-string A fixtures and develop academy structures.

The Super 6 has been a halfway house for five years between the national league and the two URC clubs. But the six clubs involved will not have their licences renewed.

The competition involving Ayrshire Bulls, Boroughmuir Bears, Heriot’s, Southern Knights, Stirling Wolves and Watsonians will end in November.

The new plan is design...