Edinburgh have announced their team to face the newly Dan Parksified Cardiff Blues on Saturday (available on S4C, k/o 1830):

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… and you may as well blank Mystic Meg and serve Paul the Psychic Octopus with a wedge of lemon because who knows what’s going to happen this season! The opening weekend saw rafts of new signings, an early start, the beginning of a shiny new league and cup set-up and the champions falling at the [...]

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Glasgow have had to pull out of the pre-season tournament they won in France last year due to a lack of fit players – apparently they cannot field a full squad of 22 able to play. Compounding this is the news that Johnnie Beattie and James Eddie both face sizeable layoffs after shoulder surgery. Couple [...]

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Moves to Stade Francais were suggested at some point, but big Jim Hamilton has opted to join the big Scottish contingent at Kingsholm. Does this mean that Ross Ford’s lineout will go all to pot again, as it seems to have grown in usefulness since for club and country since Hamilton came back from injury [...]

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Seeing as there is nothing left for the Scottish teams to think about now the season is done, here are some transfer tidbits as attention turns to next season for the pro-teams and everyone else gets to thinking about the summer tours.

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…As well as a few old ones. Ally Hogg continues the rehab of his playing career and he will be one of the old heads relied on to guide the younger players through the tournament. I would also look for hooker Fergus Thomson to make a big push here for senior selection in the autumn [...]

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Scotland have announced a strong(ish) Sevens squad for the final two World Series events of the season taking place in the UK.

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The only new face is Jim Thompson, although it’s good to see Alex Grove back challenging for the centre spots. The Scotsman touts rumours that he may be set for Edinburgh which would be interesting as they already have Houston, Cairns and De Luca all competing in the midfield. Cairns has (again) missed out here [...]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/glasgow/8662569.stm Glasgow have added to the gaps in their roster left by the departure of several second row players at the end of the season. And yes folks, new man Aly Muldowney is Scottish qualified. Anyone had the pleasure of watching Mosely this season? Will there be a few more hidden exiles unearthed in the [...]

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Former Scotland and Lions cross-code legend Alan Tait is to take over control of the Newcastle Falcons following the departure of his long time partner in crime. Great to see another Scottish coach being given a chance to cut his teeth at the highest level of club rugby. Hopefully the policy of using the Borders [...]

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