A Return To Action
While I was away stuck in the wilderness, it seems quite a lot has happened on the rugby front:
Points on the Board
Scotland 15-15 England Usually in recent years it has been the case that Scotland are thumped by an England team, or manage to doggedly grind out a win against them with penalties despite their try line having been under severe pressure for most of the match (similar in style to the recent wins in ’06 […]
Double Trouble
Andy Robinson has announced Scotland is to have two captains for the autumn internationals – incumbent Mike Blair and widely touted replacement Chris Cusiter who led the A team to victory in the IRB Nations Cup. Whoever is on the pitch leads the team, presumably with the usual switch around the 60 minute mark (though […]
Moffat To Take Over Edinburgh
Edinburgh have promoted backs coach Rob Moffat to the position of Head Coach, filling the vacancy left by Andy Robinson’s move to the national position. BBC Report Moffat seems to have done a pretty decent job with the Edinburgh backs, but is probably a journeyman appointment rather than the “oh, wow/really?” appointment of Robinson a […]
Why I Support The Lions
Yesterday saw the announcement of a Lions test 22 shorn of any Scottish representation. Rory will still stick with them.
Andy Robinson is new Scotland Head Coach
So not only do we get a new shirt to wear in the autumn, there will be a new Scotland Head Coach in the form of Edinburgh’s Andy Robinson. Undoubtedly the best man for the job in the SRU’s eyes if not necessarily the highest profile, Robinson offers a combination of playing and coaching experience […]
Edinburgh beat Cardiff to finish Second
Cardiff 14 – 36 Edinburgh Edinburgh put together a solid performance in defence coupled with some excellent counter-attacking rugby to snatch a record second place finish in the Magners League with an away victory in the last match to be played at Cardiff Arms Park. A few decisions from Irish ref Simon McDowell that were […]
The Deadline Has Passed
So if you were planning to apply for the job of Scotland coach, you are now too late. We should get a result in the next four weeks or so. They claim to have received applications from around the world, although Andy Robinson is still the front runner. The deadline has also passed to squeeze […]
Lineen Rules Himself Out
Sean Lineen has ruled himself out of contention for the Scotland Rugby head coach’s position. Wise enough to mastermind a famous away victory in Toulouse, the original kilted Kiwi is also wise enough to know that he has unfinished business with Glasgow. He talks a lot of sense about where he is as a coach, […]
Frank Hadden Quits as Scotland Coach
According to press reports whizzing about just now, Ol’ Franky baws has jumped, possibly whilst being pushed. Scotsman BBC SRU While in recent years the team has lapsed into a fairly inconsistent sort of malaise, I feel Scottish Rugby fans (and players) will always wish Frank Hadden well simply for restoring faith and a little […]
If You’re Happy And You Know It…
Michael wrote in today with a link to the following petition to remove Frank Hadden as national coach. http://www.petitiononline.com/Frankout/petition.html While I should point out that here at Scottish Rugby Blog we do not necessarily endorse this viewpoint that Frank Hadden should go – I’m fairly ambivalent to be honest, although considerably more likely to sign […]
Building a Tank from a Shopping Trolley
Bad A-Team related joke time again. Yesterday the backup team gave the Georgians a doing (under the tutelage of Andy Robinson, Gregor Townsend and Shade Munro) in front of a pretty small crowd at Firhill. The early scheduling of 6ish was apparently at the behest of TV behemoth BBC Alba. Surely an extra hour would […]
An ill-informed look at what lies ahead…
So no sooner has season stopped than it’s up and running again. A thankfully drama-free summer for Scottish Rugby and the focus (albeit a very limited focus from the nations media) has at least been on developments on the pitch and not in the boardroom. Not that there has been much going on. The big name […]
Fresh blood…but should more be spilt?
Al Kerr takes a look at the messy goings-on in the Scotland coaching circle.
Scotland Win Calcutta Cup
In other news, pig seen taking off from Heathrow… So the boys did it against all odds and most of the expectations. We drunk rather a lot of beer and ended up in a Chinese restaurant with menus in, well, Chinese. I think we ate Jellyfish. Al is so hungover that he has gone to […]