Thirteen members of Scotland’s Rugby World Cup squad today thanked clubs and schools from around the country that have played a significant part in their rise to the international team. In an initiative organised by Scottish Rugby’s Community Marketing Department, the players were given the chance to donate a signed piece of their old training […]
To mark their last match at Murrayfield on the playing shirts, The Famous Grouse is offering Scotland supporters the chance to be lucky and win a special prize. Anyone sitting in a seat number 17 at the Scotland v South Africa match, in any block, anywhere in the ground will win a special bottle of […]
Jason White and his team must be looking at the score at half-time and wondering just how they managed to be so far behind. The Scots attacked the Springbok line relentlessly in the first ten minutes, with some tremendous rugby. In defence, too, the sight of Scots actually knocking back Springboks in the tackle brought […]
Scotland 3 – 27 South Africa A South African salvo of three tries in seven minutes in the second quarter sunk Scottish hopes of a World Cup warm-up victory at Murrayfield in the Bank of Scotland Corporate August Test match this afternoon. But those were to be the only tries of a highly intense contest.Scotland […]
BBC Radio Scotland are to provide live broadcast commentary of Glasgow Warriors home Magners League matches on their Friday night sports programme.The programme goes out on 810 MW from 7-10pm. The intention is that the first half will have broadcast commentary via their on-line service before switching to Medium Wave to cover the second half. […]
Bank of Scotland Corporate are extending their backing of Scottish Rugby for a further two years. It was announced today that they will sponsor the Autumn Tests in both 2008 and 2009 in a substantial six figure deal. Scottish Rugby’s Chief Executive Gordon McKie welcomed today’s announcement. He said: “It’s most encouraging to have the […]
Scottish Rugby has today announced the second phase of its sponsorship deal with John Lewis. The retailer has become its official formalwear supplier. John Lewis will supply specially tailored suits and accessories for both players and management before the squad leave for the Rugby World Cup in France next month. Scottish Rugby has today announced […]
Scotland head coach Frank Hadden and captain Jason White are once again inviting supporters along to see just what it takes to be a Scotland international rugby player. After the success of their first open training session of the summer earlier this month, the Scotland rugby squad are to repeat the initiative on Monday (20 […]
Scottish Rugby today announced that Barry Sinclair (Portobello) has been elected unopposed to fill the position of Edinburgh Regional League Representative on the Scottish Rugby Council. Sinclair succeeds George Jack, who was elected as SRU President at Scottish Rugby’s AGM in June, and will serve an initial term of two years. Scottish Rugby today announced […]
Scottish Rugby today announces its fifth new major sponsorship this year as Ford Motor Company becomes Official Vehicle Supplier in a three year, six figure deal. The deal, which will also see Ford supply vehicles during the Emirates Airline 7s, was launched at Murrayfield today by Scotland head coach Frank Hadden and a host of […]