18
May
2010
Posted by A.D. at 5.29pm
Filed under: Blog, Club Rugby
Categories: Blog · Club Rugby
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Sorry for the belated piece, guys; I’m currently playing rugby in Canada and have been enjoying, *ahem*, what North America has to offer. That is a report for another day, though… So the Premier 1 season is done! Over! Finito! And what a surprising and refreshing season it has been for Scottish Club Rugby. With [...]
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Every time you turn on the news these days you are bombarded with the word ‘CHANGE’. The politicians are all screaming it. Travel agents can’t get enough of it. Even the chief exec.’s of Rangers and Celtic seem to be on the streets begging for some spare. So what is set to change in Scottish [...]
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2
Apr
2010
Posted by A.D. at 3.53pm
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This saturday sees the men’s semi’s (classic!) of the Scottish Hydro Premier Cup in which league leaders Currie travel south to face Melrose and Champions Ayr host cup holders Heriot’s. Both of these fixtures are interesting, to say the least. While it has been noted that the league’s trailblazers have been kept apart this does not necessarily mean [...]
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9
Mar
2010
Posted by A.D. at 11.12am
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A delayed roundup of last weekend’s premier 1 matches. Things are getting tight at the top as Hawks beat Dundee, Melrose got the win they had needed and every top half team is ravenously hunting for a top four spot rumoured to earn the highest placed teams a station in next years British and Irish Cup. Of course this is all supposition [...]
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19
Feb
2010
Posted by A.D. at 5.35pm
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After two games and countless shredded nerves the 6N takes a break. Good thing, then, that the weather is taking another bad turn! Front runners Currie are away, while their nearest rivals Ayr are hoping to claw Currie back with a win at home. At the other end of the table the bottom two, Watsonians [...]
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18
Feb
2010
Posted by A.D. at 7.00am
Filed under: Player Interviews, Player Watch
Categories: Player Interviews · Player Watch
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When one looks at Rory Hutton, he’ll be the first to admit, he doesn’t look like a rugby player. Tall and slender, slight with a lazy gate you could be forgiven for thinking he was an electrician, or something! Then you put a ball in the kid’s hands. When Rory played against Cardiff on the [...]
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1
Feb
2010
Posted by A.D. at 5.41pm
Filed under: Blog, Club Rugby, Rugby on TV
Categories: Blog · Club Rugby · Rugby on TV
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It had emerged over the weekend that Graham Lowe, the director of performance rugby in Scotland, intends to review the set-up of the top division. As coaches bemoan the lack of respect club sides get and call out for a semi-professional atmosphere in Scottish club rugby people are searching for alternatives. The main drive of [...]
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25
Jan
2010
Posted by A.D. at 5.25pm
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Edinburgh Accies 5-29 Currie at Raeburn Place Edinburgh Accies: S Moffat, M Coupar, G Douglas, R Browne, C Dickie, R Bonner, J Letham, D McLeod, M Strachan, L Niven, E Stuart, M Stevens, D Teague, T Drennan, G Campbell. Replacements Used: S Patience, D Wright, R Snape, P Arnold, G Peoples. Currie: G White, W [...]
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