Allan Massie: Rivals need to learn 80-minute game
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanWell, on the autumn series front this week, we can sit back without the anxiety inseparable from watching Scotland and contemplate the state of things in England and Wales (the Irish, of course, are sitting...
Edinburgh stars set to put Zebre to the test
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanSCOTLAND hooker Ross Ford and his club coach Alan Solomons have decided that the positive energy generated by the national team’s encouraging Autumn Test series can compensate for the fatigue...
Dylan Hartley fed up with online abuse
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanEngland hooker Dylan Hartley has reminded Twitter trolls that even “big, burly rugby players” have feelings.
Greig Laidlaw to captain Gloucester Rugby in critical London...
1 decade ago by Gloucestershire EchoGreig Laidlaw will captain Gloucester against London Irish on Sunday in a game of "critical" importance to their entire season.The Scotland ace is one of four Test stars to go straight back into the starting...
Stuart Hogg ties colours to Glasgow Warriors’ mast
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanAFTER all the will he, won’t he brouhaha of Stuart Hogg’s flirtation with Ulster Rugby at the tail end of last season the Scotland and Lions full-back decided to stick with the devil...
Stuart Hogg ties colours to Glasgow Warriors’ mast
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanAFTER all the will he, won’t he brouhaha of Stuart Hogg’s flirtation with Ulster Rugby at the tail end of last season the Scotland and Lions full-back decided to stick with the devil...
Solomons in high spirits over Edinburgh injury list
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanEDINBURGH head coach Alan Solomons believes that his squad has got through the worst of an injury crisis which threatened to engulf the team just a few short weeks ago.
Brewin Dolphin Cup: Watson’s on cusp of U18 treble
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanThe finals of the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools Cup at under-18 and under-16 level is one of the eagerly anticipated events in the rugby calendar and tonight’s conclusion to this season’s...
Finn Russell eager for chance to slay Dragons
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanFINN Russell is determined to bring the value of all the experience he has picked up over the course of Scotland’s viagogo Autumn Test Series to bear for Glasgow.
More ‘kilted Kiwis’ on way to Scottish rugby
1 decade ago by The ScotsmanScotland’s group of foreign rugby imports is poised to get bigger. Sources in New Zealand last night indicated that Edinburgh have already signed Otago flanker Hugh Blake, while the SRU are chasing...
