Iain Morrison: To go - Johnson or sevens squad?
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanThe SRU is attempting to link the decision with the expected loss of the Glasgow leg of the HSBC Sevens series and you fancy that the SRU’s Australian director of rugby Scott Johnson has already made...
England game is not Wales' biggest challenge at Rugby World Cup - it's Fiji, insists Warren Gatland
1 decade ago by The TelegraphConsidering the task ahead, Warren Gatland is remarkably relaxed. Tanned, smiling, chatting amiably and freely, and sporting a beard that is more the result of some over-relaxation while back home in...
HSBC Sevens World Series: South Africa and Fiji qualifying for Olympics after day one in Glasgow
1 decade ago by The Telegraph– Glasgow Sevens gallery HSBC Sevens World Series leaders South Africa and Fiji were the first to qualify for rugby's return to the Olympics next year when they reached the Glasgow Sevens quarter-finals...
No Euro hangover for Toulon
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Toulon showed no signs of a hangover after their unprecedented third consecutive European title with a five-try 37-21 demolition of struggling Castres in the Top 14 on Saturday. Leigh Halfpenny scored...
Ireland's Healy sidelined after neck surgery
1 decade ago by RBS 6 NationsLeinster coach Matt O'Connor has moved to calm any fears over Cian Healy's World Cup hopes after the Irish prop underwent neck surgery.
Owen Farrell stays positive despite enduring a horror story of a season
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsOwen Farrell is putting a brave face on it. But the inescapable truth is that this season has been a horror story. “I’ve taken it for what it is,” he says philosophically. “It is all part...
SA v Fiji in quarterfinal showdown
1 decade ago by Rugby 365South Africa will face Fiji in the Cup quarterfinals in round eight of the Sevens World Series in Glasgow on Sunday. With the BlitzBoks losing their pool decider 19-24 to New Zealand - who maintained...
Glasgow 7s: Top guns ease through
1 decade ago by Rugby 365The top three sides on the Sevens World Series table all record wins as the first round of pool matches at the Glasgow leg were completed. South Africa, Fiji and New Zealand - separated by just nine...
Hines can't wait to get going under Cotter
1 decade ago by RBS 6 NationsFormer Scotland star Nathan Hines is relishing the prospect of teaming up with Vern Cotter after announcing he will take up a coaching role upon his retirement this summer.
POLL: Will Paul O'Connell heed Brian O'Driscoll's advice and finish his playing career in France?
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentBrian O'Driscoll believes that Paul O'Connell would be the ideal man to propel Toulon to a fourth successive European crown, but will the Ireland captain move to France?
