Match Report Archives - Page 8 of 10

24 Feb 2023

France v Scotland Under-20 | Match Report

After almost 10 minutes of impressive attack and defence from both teams, France passed out to scrum-half Léo Caronneau on the wing who dived over the whitewash. France’s conversion was successful. However, Scotland had a quick response as the back line set things alight when Geordie Gwynn, who had just joined the field to replace […]

11 Feb 2023

Report | Scotland 35-7 Wales

Captain Jamie Ritchie received the Doddie Weir Cup from Doddie’s widow Kathy as Scotland piled on 22 unanswered second-half points. They ran in five tries in total through George Turner, Kyle Steyn (2), Blair Kinghorn and Matt Fagerson and the man pulling the strings was Finn Russell, in arguably his most influential Championship display at […]

5 Feb 2023

Report: Edinburgh Rugby win U18 Intercity Derby

It was a fabulous day for rugby as Glasgow kicked off towards the Riverside Stand at DAM Health Stadium in the sun. And it was the Warriors who had much of the opening possession. After attacking down the left, a long pass was nearly intercepted but fell to Sam Leweni, who rounded the last defender […]

4 Feb 2023

Report | England 23-29 Scotland

Never before had Scotland posted a successive sequence of a draw and two victories at Twickenham but the statistics were blown apart courtesy of a four-try bonus display from Gregor Townsend’s men, a pulverising brace from Player of the Match Duhan van der Merwe, and cracking scores from Huw Jones and Ben White. All three […]

3 Feb 2023

Report | England U20 41-36 Scotland U20

The Friday Night Lights shone down on the Twickenham Stoop as the teams in white and navy ran out onto the pitch. An early penalty for England in the first play of the game saw Monty Bradbury kick into the corner, bringing play five meters from Scotland’s try line. An English play out to the […]

28 Jan 2023

Tennent’s Women’s Premiership Final 2022/23 | Match Report

It was a quick start for Cougars as they opened the scores at a sunny Bridgehaugh in the opening five minutes. A scrum tight to the try line opened things up for the play to be taken blind by stand-off Tanya Griffith before reaching winger Lorna Young who crashed over the line to score in […]

24 Jan 2023

Tennent’s Women’s Premiership | Semi-Finals Match Reports

Corstorphine Cougars v Watsonian FC On Saturday 14 January, Corstrophine Cougars hosted Watsonian FC at Union Park in the first of the Tennent’s Women’s Premiership play-offs. Cougars finished second in the regular season, followed by last year’s champions, Watsonians in third. With wind and rain dampening the conditions, it was a tricky for both sides […]

7 Dec 2022

National Schools Cup Finals 2022/23 | Match Reports

U16 Schools Shield Final: Howe of Fife/Bell Baxter High School v North Berwick High School – 11am, BT Murrayfield Stadium Bowl It was a bright start for Howe of Fife / Bell Baxter as Findlay MacIntosh crashed over the line to open the scoring, with Ross Maitland adding the extras. North Berwick immediately retaliated when […]

13 Nov 2022

Scotland 23-31 New Zealand

Scotland came oh so close to adding to a penalty try and a cracking Darcy Graham score with the Hawick-raised winger denied another for a foot in touch, Fraser Brown pinged within millimetres of the try line just before the interval and there was another near miss within sniffing distance in the second-half. Three missed […]

30 Oct 2022

Watsonians 43-24 Ayrshire Bulls (AET) – FOSROC Super6 Final

A high kick from Richie Simpson which he gathered himself on the Watsonians 22 gave the Bulls the early territory, but they were unable to take advantage despite spending much of the opening eight minutes in the Watsonians half. It was Watsonians who were first to close, after Jason Baggott’s delicate chip over the top […]