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22 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

Rugby World Cup Beckons For Scotland Women

A squad of 26 has been announced to participate in this year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup, to be held during August and September in Surrey. The squad is a mix of experienced campaigners – including Scotland’s most capped rugby player, Donna Kennedy (110 caps) – and relatively new faces. Scotland head coach, Gary Parker, said: There […]

20 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

Scotland ‘A’ Fail To Live Up To Senior Squad Heroics

The Scotland ‘A’ team were unable to recreate the heroics of their fellow countrymen against Argentina this afternoon as they lost 33-13 to their second-string counterparts, the Jaguars, at the IRB Nations Cup. Looking back on all three matches – against Georgia, Namibia and this afternoon’s encounter with Argentina – head coach Sean Lineen said: […]

16 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

Danielli Recalled As Scotland Set Sights On Series Win

Scotland have made one change and two further positional switches from the team that started the victory over Argentina last weekend for the second and final Test of the series in Mar del Plata this Saturday.Simon Danielli, the strong-running winger, whose contribution to Scotland’s victory over Ireland in Dublin as a late substitute was much-lauded […]

16 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

Deeside Rugby Club To Move To New Pitches At Woodend

Deeside Rugby Football Club has decided to move to new playing facilities at Woodend, Banchory. At a recent Special General Meeting held at Woodend Barn, the membership voted decisively to enter into a lease agreement with Leys Estate to move to and use the newly constructed Woodend Playing fields. There was a good turnout of […]

16 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby To Establish Hall Of Fame

Scottish Rugby is to set-up its first official Hall of Fame to celebrate the glittering contribution made by Scots to the oval ball game over the years. A panel, including five times British and Irish Lions coach, Sir Ian McGeechan, will have the privilege of nominating the first inductees, who will be announced at a […]

15 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

Scotland ‘A’ Seek Further Improvement After Second Defeat

The Scotland ‘A’ team’s second encounter of the IRB Nations Cup started, but unfortunately ended, in similar fashion to their first. The youthful Scottish outfit once again let slip an early lead as they succumbed to a full-strength Namibian national team who are en route to next year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Having […]

14 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

Nick Urges Scotland To Up Their Game

Edinburgh centre Nick De Luca is calling on Scotland to up their performance for the second Test against Argentina in Mar del Plata this weekend.De Luca, who played a significant role in Scotland’s courageous 24-16 win against the Pumas in Tucuman on Saturday, believes Argentina’s understanding will be all the stronger after their first match […]

14 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

Nick Urges Scotland To Up Their Game

Edinburgh centre Nick De Luca is calling on Scotland to up their performance for the second Test against Argentina in Mar del Plata this weekend. De Luca, who played a significant role in Scotland’s courageous 24-16 win against the Pumas in Tucuman on Saturday, believes Argentina’s understanding will be all the stronger after their first […]

14 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

A’ Team To Take Inspiration From Scotland Victory

The Scotland ‘A’ team sat huddled together in a Bucharest restaurant on Saturday night to witness the senior Scotland team beat Argentina in Tucuman over 7,500 miles away. Now having reviewed their own performance against Georgia in the opening game of the IRB Nations Cup in the Romanian capital, which they lost by a single […]

12 Jun 2010 - Uncategorized

Full Time: Argentina 16-24 Scotland

Argentina 16 Scotland 24 Dan Parks scored all of Scotland’s points as they beat Argentina for the third time in the history of capped Test matches between the teams at a ground on which their opponents had never lost a game. Scotland thus became the only Northern Hemisphere nation to post a victory this weekend […]