England 17, Scotland 33After almost three hours of spectacular rugby sevens on display at Murrayfield this morning, Scotland took the field against England in soaring temperatures and scorched their way to their second ever victory over their cross border rivals.Scotland’s only previous victory over England came in the Plate final of the Wellington Sevens where […]
Scottish Rugby has teamed up with Radio Borders to give rugby fans in the birthplace of rugby sevens, the Scottish Borders, live coverage of the Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s Festival this weekend (Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May).Of course the best bet for fans in the Borders is to head up the A7 and A68 […]
Scotland ‘A’ head coach Andy Robinson has added hooker Andrew Kelly and back row forward Calum Forrester to his squad for the 2009 IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest, Romania (Friday 12-Sunday 21 June) after the withdrawals of Ross Ford and Scott Newlands.Hooker Ford, who had been appointed vice captain for the trip, has been called […]
Edinburgh stars Allister Hogg, John Houston, Roddy Grant, Jim Thompson, Andrew Turnbull and Greig Laidlaw all made significant contributions to help Scotland 7s progress through to the semi-final stages of the Emirates Airline London 7s at Twickenham at the weekend.Unfortunately Scotland 7s were unable to defeat hosts England in the last four, despite Houston crossing […]
Scotland Women qualified for the 2010 World Cup in England today (21 May) with a 38-18 win over the Netherlands in the FIRA European Championship.The sides exchanged kicks early on before two tries from hooker Sarah-Louise Walker and number 8 Susie Brown put Scotland in front, however a late penalty kick and unconverted try from […]
Scottish Rugby’s Chief Executive Gordon McKie updates supporters on progress in the search for a new Scotland coach in this exclusive Scottish Rugby website podcast.In the interview the chief executive also reflects on Edinburgh’s runners-up success in the Magners League and praises their head coach Andy Robinson for that achievement.Scottish Rugby’s Chief Executive Gordon McKie […]
There is to be a new representative for Premier Division 3 clubs on the Scottish Rugby Council. Clubs in that division have endorsed the candidacy of Jim O’Neill (Irvine). He has served his club as youth convener, second XV manager, touch-judge and, his current position, fixtures/referees secretary. In the past he played for Dalziel and […]
Edinburgh’s Chris Paterson, has been voted as the 2008-09 Player of the Season by the Scotland Rugby Supporters Club after enjoying a productive campaign for both club and country._During his first season back in EH12 after a year-long stay at Gloucester, Paterson contributed 196 points three tries, 32 conversions, 38 penalties and one drop-goal and […]
Scottish Rugby announces Edinburgh 7s broadcast partner. As the Scotland 7s team took to the sky today bound for the penultimate leg of the IRB Sevens World Series in London this weekend, Scottish Rugby announced that the Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s Festival at Murrayfield on 30 and 31 May will be broadcast live on Sky […]
Scotland Women took to the penultimate step towards World Cup qualification with a convincing 71-0 victory over Belgium in the FIRA European Championship in Enkoping, Sweden.With eight tries in the first 40 minutes which included a Donna Kennedy hat-trick, a brace each from Lucy Millard and Cara D’Silva, and a single effort from Veronica Fitzpatrick, […]