Posted by Rory at 1.32pm
Filed under: Magners League, Rugby on TV
Categories: Magners League · Rugby on TV
A new look Edinburgh team under new coach Rob Moffat will seek a return to winning ways in Cardiff on Friday. Some of the changes are enforced by injury – Edinburgh still have a long list of injured including Jim Hamilton, Dave Callam and Ross Rennie – while others like Lions Ross Ford and Mike [...]
Posted by Rory at 11.31am
Filed under: Magners League, Player Watch, World of Rugby
Categories: Magners League · Player Watch · World of Rugby
Losing weekend for our pro-teams which was hardly inspiring, but it’s not all doom and gloom.
Glasgow were beaten by a strong Ulster team with Simon Danielli having a hand in both tries. Glasgow will however have been buoyed by the news that the Evans brothers Thom and Max are to stay at Glasgow until after [...]
Posted by Rory at 2.45pm
Filed under: Magners League, Rugby on TV
Categories: Magners League · Rugby on TV
Hugoooooooooo vs Mossy, head to head for the Scotland full-back shirt, being given 40 minutes game-time apiece vs Llanelli Scarlets at the new Parc Y Scarlets (my Welsh is good, eh?), Sunday, 4pm ish, S4C (English commentary on the red button). Who will emerge triumphant?
My guess would be whoever plays the second half, which seems [...]
Posted by Rory at 3.15pm
Filed under: Player Watch
Categories: Player Watch
Scott Macleod has announced he is signing for Edinburgh, part of the SRU’s growing effort to herd in some of our lost sheep and get them playing rugby in the Scottish meadow again. Apologies for the over-extended pastoral metaphor there.
He has recently been out of favour for Llanelli following a second drugs testing incident – [...]
Posted by Rory at 2.33pm
Filed under: Player Watch
Categories: Player Watch
Lovers of all things Aberdonian such as the above mentioned newspaper may be interested in rumours that Chris Cusiter is not coming “home” to Glasgow (and possibly crippling the SRU salary budget) but off to join fellow North East man Jason White at Clermont Auvergne. According to an article in French sports paper L’Equipe (and [...]
Posted by Rory at 9.59am
Filed under: Player Watch, Scotland National Team
Categories: Player Watch · Scotland National Team
Bit of breaking news: ahead of Frank Hadden’s announcement of his reduced squad to face New Zealand next month, lock Scott MacLeod has thrown his availability into severe doubt with the revelations that he has reportedly failed a second drug test, this time for “higher than permitted levels of testosterone”. MacLeod has insisted he is [...]
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