Another year, another pretty miserable Six Nations for Scotland. Our celtic cousins over the sea celebrate their shiny new Grand Slam – created out of gritty Munster-like determination (and a missed penalty) rather than any sort of fantastic rugby – and those in Wales cry into their Brains after slumping to fourth in the table [...]

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Don’t forget a) to change your fantasy team ahead of the weekend – last chance to snatch victory or *cough* make an impact *cough* – and b) that you can catch England U20s vs Scotland U20s live on Sky Sports tonight. Scotland are (numerically at least) still in with a shout of victory in the [...]

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… into the sunset. Or maybe just to Japan. When will we see his like again? Wayne Barnes will now take over the Grand Slam decider on Saturday.

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Thom’s ok, big Stroker’s ok. So that’s that out of the way. Scott Gray in? Okay, he’s looked sharp off the bench and played well season-long against these guys in the GP, so that’s justified on form. On the other hand, also sharp Chris Cusiter not in to replace out of form and probably injured [...]

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That’s assuming he has a pair, of course. Or is it a set? Frank Hadden has delayed announcing his team for the Calcutta Cup pending injury updates on Thom Evans (shoulder) and captain Mike Blair (back). After a stinger against Ireland, the big stroker Al Strokosch has been cleared for training and should retain his [...]

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“And now the end is near…” I ain’t no Las Vegas crooner, able to sweet talk the ladies and the local Mob in equal measure, but just like Ol’ Blue Eyes even I can see that the end is near for Frank Hadden.  After another frustrating afternoon at “Fortress” (more like a soggy cardboard box crumbling [...]

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“Back” when Scotland and Edinburgh were one dimensional in attack and never got the ball past 12, at least you could count on Rob Dewey. When within 10 metres of the line, it would be “Rob Dewey time”. Chuck him the ball and let him have a batter – at close range he was trick [...]

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A world first Scottish Rugby Blog exclusive interview for you here. Last week former Scotland, London Irish and Saracens hooker Robbie Russell was kind enough to sit down and let us pick his brains about a few things, including Scotland’s chances tomorrow, his career highs and lows and his current business – running Shudoo, an [...]

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So here are the dates of Scotland’s World Cup games and locations for 2011. At least it allows us to start planning already! It looks like we get to go all over, to Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch and then Auckland for the biggie…and perhaps beyond? Although it means back to back matches with the two top [...]

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Hadden’s gone for Hamilton, with Hines on the bench. You’ve got to feel for Ally Kellock who has dropped out of the 22 altogether despite an assured lineout performance against Italy. The other bench spot goes to Nick De Luca. Match preview to follow tomorrow if I can find the time! Meanwhile all the teams [...]

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