Is this really the start of the rugby season? We’re a week or two out yet but the uptake of news that one feels obliged to cover seems to be increasing daily. Still, it makes a change from endless football.

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Scotland will play their November international against Samoa at Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen on Sat 27th November, 2.30pm. Cue massive excitement from the P & J and gushing interviews with any of the following: Chris Cusiter, Jason White, Willie Miller. Anyone fancying a blustery day out in Aberdeen in November should head over to the [...]

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Two of Scotland’s long lost wounded full backs, Rory Lamont and Chris Paterson, are returning to Scotland duty for Andy Robinson’s summer training camp in St Andrews. They come back into a Scotland side finally finding its winning hat and find their favourite shirt (well, Rory’s at any rate) filled by a vastly improved incumbent [...]

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Hopefully you were all watching the match as Scotland clinched a historic victory in Argentina at the weekend, but if you weren’t then you can see some highlights here.

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Nick De Luca has been the unlucky victim of a backs reshuffle by Andy Robinson that sees Simon Danielli in on the wing and Max Evans shuffle in to his regular position at 13. De Luca had some luck making line breaks on the outside of the Argentinian defence last week and presumably the thinking [...]

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Argentina 16 – 24 Scotland For once in recent Scottish rugby memory we are greeted – nay, even rewarded – by a final scoreline that reflects the actual game that preceded it. Based on the way they played, Scotland should have been the only team that won this match, although time has taught us this [...]

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Rory Lawson has been given the nod at 9 for Scotland, presumably to bring some Cusiter-style nuggetry to the half-backs in a side that is otherwise pretty similar to the sort we saw throughout the Six Nations.

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Chris Cusiter has all but ruled himself out of at least the first test due to his wobbly knee, in stating he expects not be able to train fully till later in the week. Robbo had earlier said he would need to be training by today to be considered for inclusion. Argentina’s squad contains a [...]

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A quick post on last night’s bore-fest against Japan. Free entry, a free programme, minimal queues to grab a beer and a sunny evening.  The perfect recipe then to see a strong Scotland side warm up with a convincing victory over a Japan select?  Well not really, as despite all the potential it was really [...]

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While I was away stuck in the wilderness, it seems quite a lot has happened on the rugby front:

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