1) With the mid level teams (Fiji, Samoa, Italy, Georgia) fronting up at World Cup time as the professional game grows, does it really matter who we have in our group in NZ 2011? Sure we could get a couple of stinkers, but with a young team that should be together for the next three [...]
5 Reasons To Be Cheerful
November 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Categories: Blog · Scotland National Team
Can We Beat The All Blacks?
November 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments
After the widely derided World Cup ‘B’ Team played against New Zealand on their last visit to Murrayfield, it will be interesting to test our full XV against the might All Blacks. Your fearless Scottish Rugby Blog correspondent will be in attendance. But can we (unlike Scubbsy) man up, and get a result?
Yes We Can:
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Categories: Laws, Rules and Refs · Player Watch · Rugby World Cup · Scotland National Team
Weekend Roundup
October 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Glasgow 9-15 Toulose
In the first half this was there for the taking, but by the time the second half got into its stride so did Toulose, With a couple of moments of typical clinical brilliance from Jauzion and Skrela forcing Glasgow to chase the result, and they actually came very close on a couple of [...]
Categories: Adventures in Rugby · Blog · British and Irish Lions · Heineken Cup · Player Watch · Rugby on TV
Edinburgh Beat Wasps
August 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Bet you never thought you’d see that headline - indeed you may not see it again this season when the Heineken Cup warms up properly. For now though, Edinburgh Rugby seem to have given the visiting Premiership champs a decent game under the new ELVs, and more importantly held out for the win in this [...]
Categories: Magners League · Player Watch
Scotland beat Argentina for first time since I was 11
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Argentina 14 - 26 Scotland
What a shocker, eh? Did you see that one coming? Having belatedly caught the game on pay per view through Mediazone - disgustingly the only broadcast provider willing to carry it, good on them though - I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. We could mutter about how Scotland had [...]
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