England v Scotland – Player Ratings
Cammy Black does not rate the Scotland players after a car crash of a game for Scotland at Twickenham
Scotland 9-15 England
2016 RBS 6 Nations Round 1: the Calcutta Cup. Which Scotland would turn up? Rory Baldwin watches, and waits…
Eddie Jones & Rotten Patter
Cameron Black looks ahead to the Calcutta Cup and what we can expect from Eddie Jones’s England. Will Jones’ banter work, or will it backfire?
5 Key Points For Beating England
Cameron Black looks at how Scotland can overcome the Auld Enemy on Saturday (includes team)
Why Should the Scottish, Irish and Welsh Unions not Sweat Over BT’s Bucks?
The SRU can only say certain things about BT’s deal with Premiership Rugby Ltd., but they appear pretty cool on the whole issue.
RBS 6 Nations: Scotland 6 – 13 England
This game was nervvy and tight, but Stuart Lancaster’s new England won at Murrayfield for the first time since 2004.
And So It Begins…
Be prepared to give up the next few weeks of your life… The RBS Six Nations is about to start this weekend. Who are you scared of? Who will shine? Who will win? Alan Dymock presents a 6N Team Guide.
Is England’s Velvet Revolution Myth or Reality?
New guest writer Cameron takes a look at what sort of England team we can expect to pitch up at Murrayfield this weekend.
The Same Barb, But A Fresh Wound
New revelations pour in today about the English World Cup fiasco. Personal revelations. The kind that cannot be ignored because they were taken confidentially and meant for in-house evaluation. A series of reviews were carried out by the RFU, the RPA (Rugby Players Association) and the combined Premiership rugby clubs and were presented to the […]
England And Scotland: Pt 3
As the first 2 parts have stated, England have a pack with runners, a midfield that can crash and whippets out wide. Scotland have picked a team with a need and runners of their own. They have abrasion and risk in equal measure in their selections. Scotsmen think they can win this. Englishmen have an […]
England And Scotland: Pt 2
In an effort to show a genuine response from a genuine guy, I have not altered this in any way. This is an email I got from Berni Stortoni at the start of the week:
England And Scotland: Pt 1
Pete South from RugbyFanCast gives us his views on tomorrow’s titanic clash from an English perspective..: And so, three teams remain in Pool B. Georgia and Romania have huffed and puffed, and threatened to blow the houses of England and Scotland down, but now both teams are consigned to four years in the wilderness before […]
Falling Off The Summit
Welcome to the precipice. In front of you is a sharp drop. A fall from grace. Behind you is a queue of people waiting to push you off. That same queue of people that always said Scottish rugby wasn’t very good. You always ignored them. Hoping that the glory days would return. Now you have […]
England And Scotland Must Follow Northern Hemisphere Rivals To The Party
Sometimes we get a little too Albacentric, here. We can lose perspective. Thankfully, Pete South from RugbyFanCast.com is here to give us some perspective from, um…. down South:
RWC Build-Up: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Men
Despite the Scottish cessation of activity at the weekend there was still plenty of rugby being played. We saw Australia show how antiquated South Africa’s rugby may have become in just a few short years. We saw Wales expose England’s lack of skills throughout an entire XV. We saw the French recline and accept gifts from Ireland. […]