Is England’s Velvet Revolution Myth or Reality?
New guest writer Cameron takes a look at what sort of England team we can expect to pitch up at Murrayfield this weekend.
Category: Six Nations
The Captains’ Captain
Alan Dymock, somewhat bizarrely, argues that Scotland will have more than one captain on the pitch come the Calcutta Cup.
Less Revving With Ford As Captain
Ross Ford, so often described as softly spoken, is Scotland’s captain for the RBS 6 Nations.
He has to keep up the grunt, but does he need to deliver eloquent speeches, too?
Ed Kalman Gets The Call
Ed Kalman has been called up to the Scotland squad as a replacement for the injured Moray Low.
Rumours, Rumblings And Some Rare Robinson Speculation
You’ve heard of yin and yang, right? The Taoist notions that polar opposites give rise to one another through their mere existence, in the natural world at least? Well I never thought I’d accuse Andy Robinson of being a Taoist, but in yesterday’s squad announcement he displayed his need for yin and yang; the light and the dark; the positive and the negative; the real and the fictional. In effect he has given with one hand and taken away with the other.
Scotland Six Nations Training Squad
Full details of the old and new faces in the Scotland training squad for the 2011 Six Nations.
Filling Out The Corners
Tomorrow Andy Robinson will announce his extended training squad for this year’s Six Nations (starting a month from now with a match against England), and as Alan pointed out in his earlier piece there are very few players guaranteed a spot in the starting team, so picking a captain will be hard.
What about the fringe players making a claim for a spot – who might get the call up?
Captain, My Captain
Tomorrow is a big day. In fact for some it is the first step towards their childhood dream. An extended 6 Nations training squad will be named and it is entirely likely that within the vanguard there will be a few fresh faces.
Supporters Car Park Returns to Murrayfield
Scottish Rugby has confirmed today that it is to reintroduce car parking on the pitches behind the West Stand at Murrayfield, an element that for some was a key part of the Six Nations experience.
The (Very) Long and Winding Road
The corner is long. Very long. But could it be that last weekend gave Scottish rugby the first true glimpse of a better road ahead?
2012 Six Nations Referee Appointments
It’s our old mucker George. And yes, we do have Alain Rolland as well…
Six Nations Jumbo Mega Round-Up
Well it might not be mammoth, as it’s all in the past now isn’t it and we want to start looking forward to the World Cup, but it will be woolly. Here we look back at the feast of um, something, that was Six Nations 2011.
Round 5 Six Nations Review
In which we take a look at the final weekend of the Six Nations, 2011 style. More round-up and end of term type nonsense coming soon.
Scotland Injury Update
We’ll be back later in the week with our Week 5 Six nations round up and a look back at the tournament as a whole, but for now here is injury information on our battered team hot of the SRU Presses.
Super Saturday Twitter Rantathon
Keep track of our thoughts on the days action.
