Samoa 27-17 Scotland
Scotland slumped to a disappointing first ever defeat to a dogged Samoan side, who showcased their abilities with ball-in-hand early on and eventually ran out winners in Durban.
Glasgow All Set For Dublin Showdown
Glasgow Warriors travel to Dublin to face Leinster in the RaboDirect PRO12 play-offs tomorrow and Gregor Towsend has made seven changes and one positional switch to the side that beat Connacht 20-3 in Galway last week.
Edinburgh go for youth while Glasgow get Horney
Edinburgh and Glasgow are both in action tomorrow night, both games are on the telly too. Harry Leonard finally gets a start, while Pete Horne is handed the 10 shirt for Glasgow.
Townsend Looks For Continuity
Gregor Townsend went for the familiar with his first team of the season proper.
Sevens Tour Diary: Port Elizabeth
Pete Horne updates us with a report from inside the Sevens Squad as it visits South Africa.
Sevens Tour Diary: Dubai
Pete Horne and Colin Gregor report in from the bright lights and heat of the desert Sevens in Dubai.
Sevens Tour Diary – Gold Coast Part 2
Day 2 Day Two started a tad earlier so we were up and away to the ground before we had much time to think. This wasn’t a bad thing as we focused in straight away on the task at hand: a big Polynesian side from the tiny island of Niue.
Sevens Tour Diary – Gold Coast Part 1
In the first of a new series, Pete Horne gives us an exclusive view inside the Scotland Sevens squad.
The Abbreviation And Its Words
The SRU made it abundantly clear yesterday that Scotland was moving into a new era as they announced a full-time sevens squad.
Singing In The Rain
Well done to Edinburgh for a good result away from home facing down an admittedly poor Cardiff team and coping with the usual performance from G. Clancy esq. Did I say Edinburgh? Oh, I meant Glasgow. Telling the difference between the Scottish pro teams must be getting hard for poor old BBC Wales, who made […]
U20s edged out by Samoa, Lions Win
Scotland 14 – 17 Samoa (view coverage here) Scotland U20s battled bravely but an inability to find the cutting edge in slippery conditions saw them beaten with a last play of the game drop goal. For large parts of the game Samoa survived on instinctive handling rather than any particular shape to their game, and […]