Samoa 33 - 36 Scotland: Scots through in thriller
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanSCOTLAND stumbled into the World Cup quarter-finals but only after a nerve-shredding 36-33 win over Samoa in Newcastle.
Interview: Gavin Hastings on his wife’s battle with Parkinson’s
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanThe Scotland legend talks frankly about his wife Diane’s battle with Parkinson’s disease and how love, humour and positivity are helping them cope
Samoa come up short as rumours swirl of island strife
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanIT WAS so hot during Scotland’s 2012 tour to Samoa that, when one middle-aged journalist who should have known better decided to jog back to his hotel from training, one of the players noted that...
Finn Russell can put Scotland on road to redemption
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanNEWCASTLE-upon-Tyne was effectively Scottish from 1139 to 1157 during the Border Wars and it will be again today as an expected 100,000 Scots descend on the great city of England’s north-east for...
Ross Ford and Matt Scott face concussion tests
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanHOOKER Ross Ford and centre Matt Scott have been named in the Scotland team to face Samoa in the must-win Rugby World Cup Pool B match tomorrow but both must complete return-to-play protocols before they...
Scotland's Russell returns to face Samoa
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumScotland's Russell returns to face Samoa
Russell and Ford fit for Scotland
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsScotland are close to full strength as Finn Russell and Ross Ford are passed fit to face Samoa.
In numbers: Scotland’s Rugby World Cups
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanAHEAD of Scotland’s crunch match with Samoa this weekend, here are the key numbers that tell the story of Scotland’s Rugby World Cups past and present.
Scotland v Samoa: Kick-off time and TV coverage of the Rugby...
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleScotland are one win away from securing their place in the last eight of the Rugby World Cup.Vern Cotter's side face Samoa at the weekend knowing a win would mean a quarter-final clash with either Australia...
Could the Wallabies achieve a historic World Cup Grand Slam?
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auNo Wallabies side has achieved the Grand Slam (defeating the four home nations – England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales – on the same tour) since 1984, but the current side could achieve a World...
