Richie Vernon Rugby World Cup Tour Diary Pt 3
Here’s Richie Vernon’s 3rd installment of his RWC diary:
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 […]
Richie Vernon Rugby World Cup Tour Diary Pt 2
Here’s Richie Vernon’s 2nd installment of his RWC Diary
Richie Vernon World Cup Tour Diary Pt 1
Here is the first installment of Scotland Back-rower Richie Vernon’s Rugby World Cup Diary, exclusively for Scottish Rugby Blog:
RWC Announcement
So the Scotland team are off Down Under and will be 11 hours ahead. You won’t be able to get your Twitter fix from the players and there won’t be press reports every second day. Don’t worry! We have a way you can keep up with the Scotland squad and have your player fix… We are pleased […]
Teasing Out A Career
What does a player need to develop? For some it is competition, for others it is hard work they are not used to. Freedom comes into it but restriction and focus can be the answer for many more. Success is a something attainable but the recipe is different for every individual and establishment. The legendary Pele […]
Powell Signs For Sale
Troubled Wales Number 8 and lover of medieval facial hair Andy Powell was announced as Sale Shark’s new signing, after a raft of players and staff were cut from the club last week. Good move for Sale, assuming Powelly finds somewhere safe in the North to hole up away from football fans and golf courses, […]
Scotland Training Squad for Six Nations
Robbo has done what most of us hoped he would and named Rob Harley in his training squad for the Six Nations, at the same time calling up Jack Cuthbert and Jon Welsh from the A squad. So congratulations to them. Details of both squads of players can be found after the jump.
Vernon Versus The All Blacks
The life of a professional rugby player is harder than they would have you believe. Sure, they are doing what they love – and there are hours of Xbox to play – but sometimes it gets a wee bit gritty. At least that’s according to Scotland’s starting number 8, Richie Vernon. “There’s been a tough […]
Big Stroker Ticked Off The List
Al “The Big Stroker” Strokosch has had to withdraw from Scotlands Autumn Internationals squad following an injury to his knee at the weekend.
Edinburgh’s Poor Start Continues
Edinburgh continued their poor start to the season with a largely uninspiring home loss to Munster, only narrowly missing out on the victory through the boot of Chris Paterson. Had they claimed such a victory, Munster probably would have been hard done by, having controlled large swathes of territory and most of the possession with […]
A Quick Chat With The Future: Part 2- Richie Vernon
On the 21st of November 2009 Scotland recorded a magnificent result. A win against Australia thought to be nigh on impossible in the days leading up to the fixture. It was some day. Yet while this day was special for everyone lucky enough to see such a spectacle it held extra significance for one young […]
Edinburgh Cling On, Glasgow Fall Off
During whiteout conditions at Murrayfield on Saturday where the weather played a larger role than either of the teams for a chunk of the first half, Edinburgh managed to grab a victory against Bath. It was a pity the snow came in when it did, as both teams were showing a willingness to throw the […]
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 […]