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Isaac Coates’ journey; from Driffield to Super Series, and second row to stand-off

“I was playing football when I was five or six, but I didn’t really like it that much. So my mum asked if there was any other sports I wanted to try and I knew there was a local rugby team, so I went down and starting playing there. I moved clubs up to Driffield […]

Podcast | Gary Heatly

Gary joins Chris and Caroline at Scottish Gas Murrayfield to look back on Scotland’s Rugby World Cup performance and ahead to this weekend’s first WXV 2 fixture v South Africa. “After securing the win over Spain at Hive Stadium, the team need to utilise that momentum and confidence going into this first match against South Africa […]

Rachel Malcolm | In Focus

Jim Turner, Berwick RFC | Grassroots Spotlight

Chelsea Gillespie – Getting back into the middle

Having started playing netball at a young age in her native New Zealand, Chelsea quickly realised she was “a bit too competitive” for social team sports and took to umpiring the game instead. It wasn’t until she was fifteen and her dad – a former player, coach and referee – brought her along to one […]

Post-Ireland Reactions

Fiona McIntosh on first Scotland call up

Explaining her journey to her first Scotland call up, the lock said: “I started playing rugby when I was young as my dad coached and my brother played and I wanted to do everything that my brother did!  “I started playing rugby, going along on Sundays, and I had a little break in the middle […]

Girls school rugby on the rise | Scottish Women & Girls in Sport Week 2023

Luca Bardelli – From Braidholm to Millbrae to Scotstoun

Luca called GHA home until he was 21- years old making his way through the pathway at the club from the minis section where he started at age four all the way to the men’s 1st XV team. “My dad played rugby his whole life, so I think I got into it because of him. […]

Agriculture, nutrition & rugby | Dumfries Saints