Scottish Rugby Blog

News roundup time as Joe Ansbro sadly announced his enforced retirement from rugby.

Rory mulls over Glasgow’s last game of the season, and Glasgow’s season as a whole. All in all, it wasn’t a bad effort.

Glasgow Warriors travel to Dublin to face Leinster in the RaboDirect PRO12 play-offs tomorrow and Gregor Towsend has made seven changes and one positional switch to the side that beat Connacht 20-3 in Galway last week.

Scott Johnson announced a touring squad for South Africa with plenty of heft, but plenty of inexperience especially amongst the backs.

Christie Lester gives us the rundown from Day 2 of the IRB World Series 7s at Scotstoun.

At last night’s RaboDirect PRO12 Awards, Gregor Townsend won the Coach of the Year title, while Glasgow were again the most highly represented team in the Rabo Dream Team.

Christie Lester gives us a rundown of the happenings on day 1 of the IRB World Series Glasgow 7s.

Edinburgh gave cult hero prop Allan Jacobsen the perfect send-off with a hard-fought win over a gutsy Dragons side in appalling conditions at Murrayfield this evening. Gav Harper reports.

… and Rupert Murdoch nabs the Rabo rights! It’s news roundup time.

Everyone’s favourite fantasy rugby exercise, The British and Irish Lions, kicks off in a major way tomorrow when coach Warren Gatland announces his squad. Fittingly, here at the Scottish Rugby Blog we are bringing up the rear in style, and Rory has a last minute panic about it.

Rory Lamont retires, Gemmell expands his Sevens squad, the British & Irish Cup gets a new structure and Scotland get a new forwards coach.

Hawick won promotion into RBS Premiership when they beat Dundee HSFP 39-38 in an 11 try thriller that was a superb advert both for play-offs and for Summer rugby, reports Moody Blue.