The second-row appeared before an independent judicial committee via video link last week having received a red card for an act of foul play in the Guinness Six Nations match between France and Scotland on Sunday 26th February 2023 played at the Stade de France, Paris. The Red Card was issued as a result of […]
Scotland will start their campaign on Saturday 3 February, travelling to the Principality Stadium, Cardiff to take on Wales, aiming to retain the Doddie Weir Cup. They will then welcome France to Edinburgh on Saturday 10 February, completing the opening block of fixtures. After a first fallow week, Scotland will host England at Scottish Gas […]
Zander Fagerson returns to the front row having missed out on last weekend’s opening win over England at Twickenham, with fellow tighthead prop WP Nel moving to the replacements’ bench. 54-cap Fagerson will form a front row also containing loosehead prop Pierre Schoeman and hooker George Turner. Vice-captain Grant Gilchrist again partners Richie Gray in […]
The rugby world comes together once again to remember Doddie Weir – who passed away last November aged 52 – and the contribution that he gave to both rugby and his inspirational fundraising for Motor Neurone Disease, the condition that took him from us. The Doddie Weir Cup, which was jointly commissioned by Scottish Rugby […]
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Leading his side in the championship for the first time, blindside flanker Jamie Ritchie is joined at openside by Luke Crosbie, whose excellent recent form is rewarded with a second start for Scotland, with Matt Fagerson completing the back row. In the second row, the experienced Richie Gray and Grant Gilchrist, who is named as […]
McConnochie, who won two caps for England in 2019, is now eligible to be selected due to World Rugby’s eligibility rules allowing a capped player to switch allegiance to another country they are eligible to play for following a three-year cooling off period. Healy, who will move to Edinburgh ahead of the 2023/24 season, qualifies […]
Starting with a home fixture against Italy on Saturday 29 July, Scotland will then welcome France a week later, before travelling to face the Rugby World Cup hosts on Saturday 12 August with the venue to be confirmed. After a week’s break, Scotland will complete their summer programme against Georgia at BT Murrayfield on Saturday […]
Kenneth James Forbes Scotland was a player ahead of his time, a true trailblazer. He was also an absolute gentleman, as keen a student of the game today, to which he brought crystal-clear but kind thinking, as he was in his playing pomp. To spend time in his company while watching his beloved Heriot’s at […]