Dan began his rugby career at eight years old when he joined Stewart’s Melville College and was taken to rugby training by his dad to get to know his classmates. After progressing through the mini’s section, he continued his journey within the school, playing for the first XV teams throughout. He said, ‘[The school] create […]
Rudi began his rugby journey at the age of eight in the Melrose youth system, where he played alongside his school team at St. Mary’s School. When he turned 12, the back-row moved to Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, where he would play for the school during term time and return to Melrose RFC during […]
Kicking-off the competition this weekend, Garioch host Corstorphine Cougars at Kellands Park, Inverurie. It’s been a tricky start for the league newcomers, Garioch have continued to make marked improvements in their performances each week. Reflecting on the first five rounds in the competition, Nikki Simpson, captain of Garioch said: “We knew it was going to […]
Friday 14 October: Watsonians v Heriot’s The final round of regular games kicks off this Friday as current league leaders Watsonians host Heriot’s at Myreside (kick-off 7:45pm). How to watch All Friday games will be broadcasted live on free-to-watch channel FreeSports. FreeSports can be found on Sky HD channel 422, Virgin HD 553, TalkTalk […]
In the opening few minutes of the game the Scottish defence worked hard to halt the Wales attack, forcing multiple errors upon them. It took until a third lineout for Wales to recycle the ball through the phases before blindside flanker Alisha Butcher crossed the whitewash with Elinor Snowsill adding the conversion. With just over […]
Friday 7 October: Ayrshire Bulls v Stirling Wolves Less than 10minutes into the first half Bulls got the scoring off to a start thanks to a neat little chip over the top of the Wolves defence by full-back Ollie Smith which was secured down by winger Aaron Tait and converted by Ross Thompson. Near on […]