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22 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Scotland Training Camp Disrupted

Scottish Rugby can confirm that ten England-based players failed to attend today’s National Squad training camp after having been informed by their clubs that they were not allowed to travel to Murrayfield. It is understood that the players, namely Alasdair Strokosch, Alasdair Dickinson, Rory Lawson and Scott Lawson (all Gloucester), Sean Lamont and Euan Murray […]

17 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Exclusive: Mcmillan On First Scotland Call

On his return from Connacht with the Glasgow squad this weekend, no matter the result, Glasgow’s new scrum-half, Mark McMillan, will be grinning from ear to ear come Monday morning.The reason for his beaming demeanour is that on Tuesday morning, he received a text message from the national management team informing him that he has […]

17 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Scotland Call For Mcmillan

On his return from Connacht with the Glasgow squad this weekend, no matter the result, Glasgow’s new scrum-half, Mark McMillan, will be grinning from ear to ear come Monday morning.The reason for his beaming demeanour is that on Tuesday morning, he received a text message from the national management team informing him that he has […]

16 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Four Uncapped Warriors In Scotland Squad

After only two competitive games for Glasgow, Mark McMillan has been handed a place in the Scotland training squadUncapped Warriors Max Evans, Mark McMillan, Moray Low and Dan Turner have all been named in Frank Hadden’s squad of 50 who will begin Scotland’s preparations for the busy autumn programme with a training session at Murrayfield […]

16 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Seven Uncapped Players Named In Scotland Squad

Coach Frank Hadden has named seven uncapped players in a squad of 50 who will begin Scotland’s preparations for the busy autumn programme with a training session at Murrayfield next Monday. Of that group, centre Max Evans and prop Geoff Cross were both part of the national squad’s summer tour to Argentina (though neither had […]

16 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Swru Announces Successful Trialists

The SWRU has announced the successful participants from the Scotland Women’s squad trials held at Lasswade on Sunday (details below). Over 75 players attended the SWRU trials with players taking part in position specific training in the morning, led by the SWRU performance coaching team, and a trial match in the afternoon.From this trial, players […]

11 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Hills On The Hunt For Honours

Sundays sees the first step along the road to representative honours for the Hilljills girls who are taking part in trials in a bid to be selected for the Scotland Women’s training squad. Lindsey Smith, Charlie Lewis, Hazel Belinski and Susie Brown will take part in the open trials on Sunday. Lindsey, part of the […]

10 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby Honours Community Coach Graduates

Scottish Rugby honoured 13 of its community coach apprentices at a graduation ceremony led by Scotland back-row forward Ross Rennie at Cochrane Hall, Alva, today. This year’s graduates, which include Scotland under-20 prop Lewis Niven and 2006/2007 Scotland Womens’ player of the season Tanya Griffith, started their vocational programme in August 2006, have all achieved […]

8 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Braving The Elements With Scotland’S Rugby Stars

Scottish Rugby today launches an exciting communications and marketing campaign where you can catch the Scotland players in a different yet compelling light. The campaign, named We are Scotland, is planned to last for two seasons and draws on nature and the elements that characterise Scotland’s stunning landscape, linking them to rugby.Scottish Rugby today launches […]

8 Sep 2008 - Uncategorized

Warriors Brave The Elements For Scotland

Glasgow Warriors centre Andrew Henderson was at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh today to help launch an exciting new communications and marketing campaign for Scottish Rugby.The campaign enables the Scottish public to catch Henderson and some of Glasgow’s other Scotland players in a different yet compelling light.The campaign, named We are Scotland, is planned to […]