2010 - Page 7 of 27 - Scottish Rugby

9 Sep 2010 - Uncategorized

Riddell Called Up To Team Scotland

Scott Riddell, the 24 year-old Blaydon flanker, has been called into the Team Scotland Rugby Sevens squad competing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi next month as a replacement for Dave Callam who has been ruled out of the competition with a knee injury. The experienced Riddell was part of Scotland’s Plate-winning squad in […]

9 Sep 2010 - Uncategorized

Support Scotland At The Rugby World Cup

The countdown to next year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is on in earnest. It’s exactly one year from today that the tournament will begin when the hosts face their Pacific island neighbours, Tonga, in Auckland. Scotland, who have a proud record of always qualifying from their pool and reaching the knockout stages at […]

7 Sep 2010 - Uncategorized

Jeffrey To Represent Scotland On Irb

John Jeffrey, the former Scotland and British Lions back-row forward, known throughout the rugby world as the “White Shark”, is returning to international waters. Jeffrey will join Bill Nolan as one of Scottish Rugby’s representatives on the International Rugby Board. Nolan has served on the IRB, world rugby’s governing body, since 2002 and is a member […]

5 Sep 2010 - Uncategorized

I Do, Ron, Ron

For the Scotland Women’s squad, juggling training and full time jobs while negotiating three weeks’ holiday to compete in the Rugby World Cup has been a challenge but has, in most cases, at least happened in the same country. For one member of the team, however, the build-up to the tournament came when she’d just […]

5 Sep 2010 - Uncategorized

Scotland Women V Ireland

Scotland 8 – 32 Ireland Women’s Rugby World Cup, seventh place play-off5 September, Surrey Sports Park, kick-off 11.15am In their final outing at this Rugby World Cup, Scotland Women fell short of reaching seventh place in the world rankings, as Ireland controlled the game putting in five tries to the Scots’ one. By making eighth spot, […]

4 Sep 2010 - Uncategorized

Scots Shake-Up Selection For Final Play-Off

Scotland go into their final World Cup fixture against Ireland tomorrow (5 September, Surrey Sports Park, kick-off 11.15am) with the aim of further increasing their world ranking.Uncapped Lisa Martin (stand off / scrum half) comes on to the bench having joined the squad as replacement for Celia Hawthorn, who returned home with a knee injury. […]

3 Sep 2010 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby Premier One Preview

Week three of the reformed Scottish Rugby Premier One season kicks off this weekend with the top league already throwing up a number of surprises.Expect this weekend to be no different as the first Border derby of the season kicks off at Mansfield Park (Hawick v Melrose); Ayr travel to Dundee to exact revenge for […]

2 Sep 2010 - Uncategorized

Scotland’S Coaches Get Rugbyready

Every rugby coach in Scotland will this month undergo a practical coaching course as part of an extensive initiative to make the game safer and more enjoyable for all. The move is a development of Scottish Rugby’s Are you ready to play rugby? initiative launched last season to ensure that everyone involved is prepared appropriately […]

1 Sep 2010 - Uncategorized

Canada Women 41-0 Scotland Women

Scotland Women suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Canada today in their penultimate 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup match (41-0). The Canadians, clearly desperate to salvage some pride following their early exit from the competition’s top tier, came out all guns blazing from the outset. After a positive start to the game the […]

31 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Scotland Women V Canada

Scotland Women 0 – 41 CanadaFifth place semi final, Women’s Rugby World Cup In a rematch of their opening pool game, Scotland met Canada at Surrey Sports Park this afternoon, this time with the fifth place final play-off at stake. This was not to be the Scots game, however, as Canada scored six tries – including a […]