Stewart’s Melville captains Michael Crawley (under-18) and Paul Henderson (under-15) revealed today that Scotland’s inspirational 9-8 victory over Australia on Saturday (21 November) has spurred them on to do the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools Cup double.As the only school guaranteed a place in both cup quarter-finals, the pair joined Scotland co-captain and former Schools Cup […]
Former Scotland and British and Irish Lions, Craig Chalmers and Peter Wright, have returned to assist head coach Eamon John in the Scotland under-20 age-grade management team. Following John’s appointment last week, Chalmers and Wright will coach the age-grade side that finished fourth in the 2009 shadow 6 Nations; defeating Wales (18-17), Italy (14-10) and […]
Following the success of Scotland A’s 38-7 victory over Tonga at Netherdale on Friday (20 October), Scottish Rugby is delighted to announce that another three representative matches are heading for the Borders.Around 4000 fans turned out to cheer on Scotland A’s emphatic win and now the local supporters are to be repaid with another three […]
Scotland have made three changes and one further positional switch in their team for Saturday’s Murrayfield meeting with Argentina.Following the 9-8 victory over Australia last weekend, head coach Andy Robinson describes the changes as “subtle”. They see 24-year-old Edinburgh flanker Alan MacDonald introduced for his first cap, alongside the return of Ben Cairns (his fellow […]
TrainingTraining has now moved indoors to Govan Police Station. Meet time is 17:45 in the car park to be escorted in. Training together makes a HUGE difference on the pitch come match day so make every effort to get along to at least one training session per week!MatchesThis coming week there is the prospect of […]
The Women’s Rugby World Cup 2010 (WRWC) was officially launched today (Monday) at the home of England Rugby, Twickenham Stadium. The Rugby Football Union will host the sixth WRWC in August and September next year with the aim of producing the biggest and best WRWC so far. The world’s best 12 sides will battle it […]
The Women’s Rugby World Cup 2010 (WRWC) was officially launched today (Monday) at the home of England Rugby, Twickenham Stadium. The Rugby Football Union will host the sixth WRWC in August and September next year with the aim of producing the biggest and best WRWC so far. The world’s best 12 sides will battle it […]
Ben Cairns praised the atmosphere generated by the crowd at Netherdale during the 38-7 win over Tonga and believes the Scotland ‘A’ players showcased their merits for selection for senior honours ahead of next week’s Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test against Argentina at Murrayfield (28 November).Cairns produced an impressive display in front of a […]
Scrum-half Rory Lawson will be on the bench for Scotland for tomorrow’s Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test against Australia. Lawson (Gloucester), 28, who has been capped 15 times, replaces Mike Blair who failed a fitness test on his injured ankle this morning. Lawson’s promotion to the Scotland squad means that Edinburgh’s Greig Laidlaw will […]
Scotland Women will face France, Canada and Sweden in Pool C of the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup in England. The premier 15-aside tournament in the women’s game, which will be played from next August 20 to September 5, will feature three pools of four teams with defending champions New Zealand, hosts and 2006 runners-up […]