Rory takes a look through the Scotland squad that Vern Cotter announced today, and sees what clues we might get to the eventual team selection to face the All Blacks next month.
Cotter Announces Scotland Squad for November Tests
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Glasgow 37-10 Bath
Glasgow welcomed Bath to Scotstoun for the European Champions Cup. Could they stand up to the Premiership high flyers? Or would it be more plucky defiance? In the end it was, pretty much, a demolition.
Ibrox Sevens Shines at the Commonwealth Games
It was a case of mixed emotions for the Scottish 7s side as they finished 7th at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow but experienced the rarity of playing in front of a large and vocal home crowd.
Glasgow 37-34 Edinburgh
Rory takes in the re-scheduled 1872 Cup decider at Scotstoun tonight as Glasgow looked to consolidate their league position and Edinburgh to salvage some pride for their season.
Our Scotland XV: The Centres
Rory Baldwin concludes the series by looking at the thorny issue of the midfield. We locked him away from the team announcement until he wrote it!
Scotland Name 5 Uncapped in Expanded Training Squad
Scott Johnson announced his training squad today. As usual there was a nice mix of the unexpected and the pleasantly surprising.
Scotland U20 17-42 Wales U20
Scotland U20 were impressive in fits but basic errors saw their cause undone against a physical and skilful Welsh U20 side.
Scotland U20 30-17 Italy U20
Scotland chalked up their first victory of this year’s 6 Nations under- 20 championship with a spirited perfromance against Italy at Netherdale, Galashiels, writes Stuart MacLennan.
Stirling County 21-24 Bedford Blues
Moody Blue takes in a closely fought British and Irish Cup match between Stirling Country and Bedford Blues.
Young Scots Outmuscled By Wallabies
Australia U20 67-12 Scotland U20. Scotland kicked off their IRB junior world championship campaign with a stuttering performance that Australia more than capitalised on.
Bennett Aims To Let Off Some Steam
Scotland U20s 18-39 England U20s
The scoreline above does not really do justice to what was a vastly improved performance by the Scotland team who could quite possibly (but not easily) have won this game. In the end, England’s wings showed a little more confidence on the ball than the players inside – who handed over a glut of possession to Scotland (some of which was handed straight back) – and finished a couple of simple tries to put the gloss on the score.
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