Podcast: Episode 197 – King Blair Horn
On this week’s podcast we review the latest action from the URC and look ahead to the next round of the Six Nations
1872 Cup 1st Leg Preview: Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh
Big Jim and Chris Paterson look ahead to the first auditions for Scotland Six Nations
URC Round 1: Edinburgh 26-22 Scarlets
Craig pays his first visit to the brand new DAM Stadium and finds the crowd really do make a difference…
Blair to be Scotland skills coach as Hardie signs up for Edinburgh
John Hardie will stay at Edinburgh for another year, while Mike Blair will join Gregor Townsend’s Scotland coaching group on the summer tour in June.
Glasgow’s Departing Warriors
From fans favourites to one season disappointments via the irreplaceable, the players leaving the Warriors this season are an eclectic mix, writes John Anderson.
Everyone hits the road
With the season getting to the sticky end, plenty of career and transfer news in the box this week including the retirement of Chris Cusiter… includes team news for the weekend
News Roundup
No games this weekend so we take a look at some of the news from the week (and beyond), including the retirement of Mike Blair.
Glasgow 33-32 Connacht
Rory takes in an enthralling encounter at Scotstoun between Glasgow and Connacht.
Mike Blair signs for Glasgow
Former Scotland captain and British & Irish Lion Mike Blair will move to Scotstoun in the summer from Newcastle Falcons.
Mike Blair Follows Mossy into the International Sunset
Mike Blair announced he is to step down from international rugby this week. Rory Baldwin pays tribute.
Edinburgh v Toulouse Post-Match Reaction
Rory takes a big swig of Heineken and waters it down with a sprinkle of post-match reaction from both camps.
9s and 10s: Learning from the French
Fraser Gillies examines whether the French ploy of creating interchangeable half-backs could work in Scotland.
Contracting But Not Shrivelling
If you are on social networking sites your timeline will currently be clogged. In fact plugged or dammed are probably more fitting descriptions. Everyone is bleating about the weather. Somehow it has come to everyone’s attention that we are entering Scotland’s lengthy rainy season and we are ready to whinge about it as much as […]
Scotland 34 – 24 Romania
They’re harsh on their team here in New Zealand. After the All Blacks humped a stoic Tongan side by 6 tries to 1 with clinical counter attacking rugby but failed to score quite so much in the second half, pretty much everyone I’ve spoken to reckons they were truly, truly awful, or words to that […]
Wanted: Scotland Captain 2011
Under Andy “Build A Score” Robinson Scotland have improved. Split hairs if you want, but things are certainly looking better than they did only three years ago. Even the most pessimistic of supporters (i.e. any Scotsman) has to admit that. Pressure, then, is steadily mounting for the 6N and the World Cup this summer.