Kicking down the door and shouting “Sucka” (while no-one really gets hurt) like the Mr-T of sports journalism that we are, I bid you welcome to a new season of rugger-based ramblings. Oh, wait, the season hasn’t started yet. Still, there is some stuff to report, namely that two of Scotland’s favourite sons went head [...]
Scottish Rugby Blog is Back
August 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Categories: Player Watch
Magners League Ends
May 11th, 2008 · No Comments
So another season of Magners League rugby comes to an end, another disappointing year for the Scottish pro-teams. Oh, no, wait. That’s not entirely true, is it?
With wins away at Llanelli and Munster respectively yesterday, Edinburgh and Glasgow secured fourth and fifth places in the table, which I am pretty sure are record highs for [...]
Categories: Magners League · Player Watch
Scottish Players sign on the dotted line
May 2nd, 2008 · 6 Comments
According to BBC news, Kelly Brown, Dan Turner and Thom Evans have all signed new contracts with Glasgow. In slightly more exciting news, Jim Hamilton has finally left Leicester and signed a 3 year deal to bolster Edinburgh’s second row, in a move that has been rumoured for some time. It’ll do him good to [...]
Categories: Magners League · Player Watch
Two Point Perspective - Pro Team Round-up
April 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Edinburgh 15 - 13 Leinster
Leinster turned up in Edinburgh needing “only” 4 tries and the victory to clinch the title. Despite Edinburgh’s best efforts to throw it away in the dying minutes, the home lads clung on against heavy pressure from the Leinster forwards to grab the points and move up to fourth in the [...]
Categories: Magners League
Weekend of Rugby
April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Al’s moving house this weekend, and I’m off on a course on Saturday so it seems likely that we’ll miss the bumper crop of rugby stuff on the TV this weekend, mostly on Saturday. However here’s a list, so you don’t have to miss a thing.
The Glasgow - Edinburgh Magners League derby takes place tonight [...]
Categories: Magners League · Rugby on TV · World of Rugby
Pro Team Round-Up
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Edinburgh 15-19 Toulouse
Edinburgh were unlucky to lose this one – if David Blair had kicked a few more points this game would have been a first major scalp for Edinburgh. However, it’s unfair to lay the blame for what might have been at the foot of the diminutive Edinburgh fly-half, as this was another reasonably [...]
Categories: Heineken Cup
