Scotland’s oldest cap has visited Murrayfield to wish the current team good luck for their international against New Zealand tomorrow. Mac Henderson, a sprightly 101-years-old, hopes his 100% winning record in a Scotland jersey can inspire his countrymen.Scotland’s oldest cap has visited Murrayfield to wish the current team good luck for their international against New […]
Scotland Under-20 head coach Eamon John is excited about Scotland’s opponents in the IRB Junior World Championship 2009 in June, but insists that the 6 Nations is the team s priority. Tokyo, Japan, is the base for all Pool B matches where Scotland will face Samoa, the hosts, Japan, and number two seeds England in […]
Scotland Under-20 head coach Eamon John is excited about Scotland’s opponents in the IRB Junior World Championship 2009 in June, but insists that the 6 Nations is the team’s priority. Tokyo, Japan, is the base for all Pool B matches where Scotland will face Samoa, the hosts, Japan, and number two seeds England in June […]
Scotland rugby great, David Sole OBE, is the latest star to be inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the National Museum of Scotland this week. David became the eighth rugby player to become immortalised in Scotland’s sporting history joining the likes of Gavin Hastings, Andy Irvine and the 1925 […]
Scotland’s greatest ever Olympian, cyclist Chris Hoy, will be at Murrayfield next Saturday to cheer on Scotland against the All Blacks. Hoy will be a guest of Scottish Rugby at the opening Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test. He will be joined by fellow Scottish Beijing medallist, canoeist David Florence.Scotland’s greatest ever Olympian, cyclist Chris […]
Colin Gregor, the 27 year old Glasgow utility back, was tonight called up to the Scotland squad for their warm weather training camp in Spain. The Scotland coaches decided to enlist Gregor after his Glasgow clubmate, Mark McMillan, sustained knocks to his shoulder and hip during training this afternoon.Colin Gregor, the 27 year old Glasgow […]
In a ground-breaking development for Scottish rugby, 25 future stars of the game are to benefit from Winning Mentors, a new programme that will give players unrivalled access to the experience of 23 former Scottish and overseas rugby internationalists. Speaking at today’s launch in Edinburgh, Gregor Townsend, programme manager of Winning Mentors and a former […]
Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Mark McMillan has been called into the Scotland squad for their warm-weather training camp in Spain this week as preparations are stepped up for next month’s Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Tests. Uncapped McMillan, 25, the former national under-21 captain who represented Scotland A during the summer, flew out with the home-based […]
A former Scotland captain and a fellow British Lion are among the coaching and management teams of the country’s emerging talent announced today. Tom Smith and Craig Chalmers, two iconic players in the last two decades of Scottish rugby, will be teaming up anew as part of the management team for the Scotland under-20 side, […]
Geoff Cross has been named in Scotland’s 31-man squad for their training camp next week alongside 12 other Edinburgh players and the club’s resident ‘scrum doctor says he has approached his rugby in the same way he studied medicine by focusing on getting the basics right.The 25-year-old has almost spent two years in the Black […]