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13 Aug 2023

Match Report: France 30-27 Scotland

Scotland kicked off at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard through Blair Kinghorn, sending the match ball cleanly into France’s 22. Almost immediately, Dupont returned with a clearance kick to the half-way line, gifting Scotland a lineout. George Turner and the rest of the forward pack delivered a perfect set piece with vice-captain Grant Gilchrist delivering the ball in […]

5 Aug 2023

Scotland 25-21 France

At half-time, there was little hint of the pyrotechnics that were to follow. Tries from Darcy Graham, Pierre Schoeman and Dave Cherry and ten points from the boot of Finn Russell did the business and left France – who had dominated the first-half – shell-shocked. The World Cup warm-up continues with Part 2 against Les […]

5 Aug 2023

FOSROC Super Series Championship | Review of Round 2

Friday 4 August: Stirling Wolves v Ayrshire Bulls After some very controlled phases from the Wolves, Gregor Hiddleston got their first five points on the scoreboard in the 8th minute by crashing through the Bulls defence. Marcus Holden secured the extras from close range. The first try came for the Bulls after 23 minutes when […]

Match 14 – SCOTLAND v SAMOA – World Rugby U20 Trophy 2023

30 Jul 2023

Match Report | Scotland U20 83-10 Samoa U20

The opening try came for Scotland U20 debutant Monroe Job in the first five minutes of play when he got his hands on the ball at the helm of a driving maul and crashed over the line. After a penalty was conceded by Samoa for collapsing the scrum, Dan King kicked to touch. A perfectly […]

29 Jul 2023

Scotland 25-13 Italy

A crowd just shy of 50,000 saw Darcy Graham mark his international return with a brace of sparkling tries, taking his Scotland tally to 18. Remember his last international outing, last November had seen him cross for a hat-trick against Argentina. And in the closing stages, Josh Bayliss, introduced from the bench, claimed a fine […]

Match 12 Pool A SCOTLAND v URUGUAY – World Rugby U20 Trophy 2023

25 Jul 2023

Match report: Scotland U20 v Uruguay U20

Uruguay kicked off the scoring when some quick passing allowed their centre to slip past Scottish defence and dot down over the line on the right side. Scotland were almost in a for a quick response, but a penalty conceded by Craig Davidson just half a meter short of the whitewash stripped the opportunity from […]

World Rugby U20 Trophy_ Pool A – Scotland v USA (1)

20 Jul 2023

Match Report | Scotland U20 40-13 USA U20

A break from a maul in the USA’s 22 allowed the Young Scots to open the scoring for the match. A quick pass from Ben Afshar to Finn Douglas on the wing let him sprint past the USA defence and touch down over the white wash. Afshar got the extras. Shortly after, the USA centre […]

World Rugby U20 Trophy_ Pool A – Scotland v Zimbabwe

15 Jul 2023

Match Report | Scotland U20 64-33 Zimbabwe U20

Scotland got the points scoring underway within three minutes with a nifty off-load to Dan King who passed out to co-captain Ben Afshar. Afshar spotted a gap in the Zimbabwean defence and sprinted past, dotting the ball down over the line. At the eight-minute mark, a perfectly executed line out allowed the young Scots to […]

24 Jun 2023

Match Report | Spain U20 20-43 Scotland U20

The match began with a strong start from the men in blue as a perfectly executed lineout allowed hooker Corey Tait to get his hands on the ball, slip through the defence and dive over the line. A penalty was soon conceded by the Scots for not rolling, allowing Spain to take a penalty kick, […]

21 May 2023

Report: The South v Caledonia Reds

The scoring started from the very first phase. After Caledonia Reds gathered the kickoff, Bruce McNeil one a jackal penalty at the breakdown. Craig Dods booted the penalty over from the edge of the 22 on the left side with just 13 seconds gone. The north district levelled the score in the 5th minute. After […]