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PRO 12 PREVIEW
Image courtesy of Scottish Rugby/SNS Group IT is crunch time as far as Edinburgh’s quest to qualify for the Champions Cup next season is concerned. They are currently sixth in the Pro 12 table, which …
Month: April 2016
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HAWICK HOOKER ROSS GRAHAM SIGNS TWO YEAR DEAL WITH YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE
Images courtesy of Scottish Rugby/SNS Group YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE have signed Hawick and Scotland club international hooker Ross Graham on a two year contract after being identified by head coach Bryan Redpath and forwards coach Dave Baldwin as …
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SCOTT PLANNING TO END EDINBURGH CAREER ON A HIGH
EDINBURGH will have a timely boost in their quest to secure top six finish in the Pro 12 this season when centre Matt Scott makes his comeback for the club after eight weeks out in their …
Match Reports
Premiership Grand Final: Ayr 26-29 Heriot’s
LORNE sausage and Nando’s are the twin secrets to his team’s success, reckons Heriots’ double winning head coach Phil Smith. “For the last three weeks I’ve been going down to Leith to get a bag …
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Preview: Premiership Grand Final: Ayr v Heriot’s
THIS is the big one, and as declarations of intent go, Ayr’s 48-10 demolition of Melrose two weeks back in their play-off semi-final at Millbrae was pretty compelling. They felt they had let themselves down when …
Banter
MIKE BLAIR: THE INSIDE LINE
THE SCHOOLMATE Peter Burns – “He played for the [Edinburgh Academy] school 1st XV for three years and in our final year he was almost a one-man team. Every year from primary five he was …
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ONWARDS AND UPWARDS FOR BLAIR
IN the end, it was not so much a decision as accepting the inevitable. With the effects of a concussion initially suffered back in December still troubling him, Mike Blair knew he was highly unlikely …
Interviews
Mike Adamson is living the Olympic dream
IT is getting on towards midnight local time, but Mike Adamson is bright and breezy when he answers the phone in his hotel room. Fresh from officiating at the Hong Kong Sevens, he has a …
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CARMICHAEL SIGNS 2-YEAR DEAL
EDINBURGH have handed former Scotland under-20 second-row Lewis Carmichael a two year contract. Carmichael had one of the most disappointing days of his fledgling career so far on Saturday when he was controversially sin-binned whilst …
Heriot's Blues
Yellow cards not Cochrane the decisive factor in Cup Final
BT BOWL FINAL: MILLBRAE 17-15 ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY BT SHIELD FINAL: HIGHLAND 27-34 CARRICK BT CUP FINAL: MELROSE 13-21 HERIOT’S AFTER the high drama at the end of the Bowl Final, and the thrilling contrast between …