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31 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

Scotland Women Announce Team For France

Scotland Women head coach Karen Findlay has announced the team to take on France Women in their RBS 6 Nations opener on Friday 4 February at Viry-Chtillon (kick-off 8pm, local). Led by captain Susie Brown, the side is a combination of relatively new faces alongside some of the more experienced players who defeated the French […]

31 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

Scotland Women Announce Team For France

Scotland Women head coach Karen Findlay has announced the team to take on France Women in their RBS 6 Nations opener on Friday 4 February at Viry-Chatillon (kick-off 8pm, local).Led by captain Susie Brown, the side is a combination of relatively new faces alongside some of the more experienced players who defeated the French at […]

28 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

Girls’ Cup Qualifiers Kick Off Across Scotland

Girls’ rugby players across Scotland are gearing up for the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Girl’s Cup qualification tournaments that will take place simultaneously across the country.Following its successful introduction last season, entries have doubled this year with 27 teams turning out in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk and Inverness as an increasing number of women and girls get […]

28 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

New Head Coach For Scotland Women

With immediate effect, Karen Findlay has been appointed head coach of Scotland Women. A hugely experienced former Scotland internationalist and currently head coach at Richmond RFC, Karen takes charge of the side just a week prior to its first Six Nations fixture against France (Friday 4 February, Viry-Chtillon, kick-off 8pm, local). Karen won 85 caps […]

28 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

Scotland A 32-13 Ireland Wolfhounds

Scotland A produced a tremendous, and tremendously stirring, second half performance to see off an international-laden Ireland Wolfhounds in emphatic fashion at Netherdale on Friday night. Nick Scrivener’s team took a while to get going, but scored 23 unanswered points after half-time to record a third straight win at the Gala ground that sends them […]

27 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

Scotland A Show Their Colours

Scotland A have today been running through their final preparations ahead of Friday’s clash with Ireland Wolfhounds at Netherdale (kick-off 7.30pm, admission ). The afternoon captain’s run at the Gala ground, the team’s final training session before the match, was open to the public as a taster of what supporters from the Borders and beyond […]

26 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

Captain’S Blog: Brown’S In Town!

The 2011 RBS 6 Nations kicked off in official style today with Scotland Women’s captain, Susie Brown, at the launch in London. In the first of her Captain’s Blogs, Susie gives us the lowdown on the event – from Big Al to Brian Moore’s mouth! Wednesday saw the official launch of the Six Nations 2011 […]

26 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

Scotland Open 2012 With Calcutta Cup Cracker

Scotland will open next year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship with a Calcutta Cup cracker, and the same pattern will be followed at Twickenham in 2013. The 2012 competition will see Scotland welcome their oldest international opponents England to Murrayfield for their opening fixture. Details of the fixture list for the next two years were announced […]

26 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

Scrivener Calls For Bite Against Wolfhounds

Scotland A head coach Nick Scrivener today challenged his players to produce a combative performance and claim a third straight Netherdale win when Ireland Wolfhounds visit the Gala ground on Friday (kick-off 7.30pm, admission free). The A team have emerged victorious from each of the last two fixtures to be staged in the Borders, beating […]

26 Jan 2011 - Uncategorized

Warriors Selected In ‘A’ Team

Last week, Glasgow Warriors were once again the club with the biggest_representation in the Scotland national squad for the forthcoming RBS 6_Nations when 11 players were named in Andy Robinson’s 34-man squad. This week, they are providing half the Scotland ‘A’ team as 11 Glasgow players (six from outside the national training_squad) have been named […]