Scottish Rugby Blog

Not only is it the final weekend of the RBS 6 Nations, it’s also St Patrick’s Day today, as England take on Ireland in the final fixture of the tournament.

Scotland under-18 head coach, Eddie Pollock has made two changes to the squad that held Wales to a draw until the visitors crossed the line in the closing minute last Sunday at Braidholm.

Andy Robinson announced the squad today for the final match in Scotland’s largely disappointing Six Nations campaign, and there were few surprises. Italy also announced their most capped team ever.

Graham Shiel is taking an expanded squad to Hong Kong for the next leg of the IRB Sevens plus an invitational 10s tournament.

Edinburgh Rugby today thanked one of the side’s longest standing stalwarts, Simon Webster, who has left the club by mutual consent.

Today it became official that Gregor Townsend will replace Sean Lineen as Glasgow Warriors head coach next season, with Lineen being put in charge of player recruitment for the SRU. This one shook many people. The timing was poor.

Everyone should maybe move on and focus on Italy because this loss -this heavy loss- to Ireland came about because the Irish were much better.

A well supported Scotland travelled to Dublin hoping to repeat the feat of two years ago and snatch victory from a misfiring Irish side. Unfortunately, it was Scotland who misfired, again.

The IRB committee has finally ruled on Steven Shingler’s eligibility. But the ruling may not be final. Clear?

Scotland’s team is almost identicle to the one that beat France, but the tactics will be ever so slightly different. Robinson talks of ‘chokes’ but it will be something else he is looking at…

Competition now closed.

Andy Robinson only made one change but emphasised the need to target Ireland’s ‘World Class’ back-row and to nullify the Irish ‘choke tackle’.

Weekend four (and a half, if you are Irish). Still no wins for Scotland. Here’s the team that aims to change that.

After a long injury lay-off, talented centre Mark Bennett returns to the Scotland under-20 set up as they seek their first win in this year’s RBS 6 Nations.

Alan Dymock caught up with GUINNESS ambassadors Scott Lawson and Chris Cusiter. The message? The entire squad will play against Ireland with the exact same tempo and belief that ran France close and could have beaten England.