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Month: November 2016

Features

One Knight, forty-five Lions: With Sir Clive Woodward in New Zealand … chapter four

30 November 2016 Jeff Connor 1

With the 2017 British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand only months away, this is a retrospective of the last tour there. Jeff Connor, former chief rugby writer for the Scotland on Sunday newspaper, …

Melrose RFC

GUEST TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR 2017 MELROSE SEVENS

30 November 2016 David Barnes Comments Off on GUEST TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR 2017 MELROSE SEVENS

THE guest sides for this year’s Melrose Sevens, which takes place on 8th April, have been announced. Teams from Western Province in South Africa, Sweden, the Co-optimists and Harlequins will all take part in this year’s …

News

JOSH STRAUSS ON THE ART OF STAYING POSITIVE

29 November 2016 David Barnes Comments Off on JOSH STRAUSS ON THE ART OF STAYING POSITIVE

by DOUGLAS ROSS AFTER taking three years to become eligible for Scotland, you would think that Josh Strauss would be a lot more anxious about the plethora of exciting young backrows emerging at the moment …

Match Reports

Stewart’s Melville book place in School’s Cup Under-18 Final

29 November 2016 Alan Lorimer Comments Off on Stewart’s Melville book place in School’s Cup Under-18 Final

by ALAN LORIMER @ Colinton Merchiston Castle School 13 Stewart’s-Melville College 33 STEWART’S-MELVILLE completed the line-up for the Scottish Schools under-18 Cup final after defeating Merchiston Castle School at Colinton in the penultimate round. They will …

News

SMITH NAMES CLUB XV TRAINING SQUAD

29 November 2016 David Barnes Comments Off on SMITH NAMES CLUB XV TRAINING SQUAD

PHIL SMITH has named his initial 30 man training squad for the Scotland Club XV. The team will travel to Birmingham Moseley for a fixture against England Counties on 24th February with a home fixture …

News

Merchiston Castle happy with underdog tag in School’s Cup semi-final

29 November 2016 David Barnes Comments Off on Merchiston Castle happy with underdog tag in School’s Cup semi-final

MERCHISTON CASTLE SCHOOL and Stewart’s Melville College will be hoping it is third time lucky tomorrow [Tuesday] afternoon in terms of getting their School’s Under-18 Cup semi-final clash played. A frozen pitch meant that the …

Opinion

PICKING THE SCOTTISH CLUB XV … NOT AS EASY AS YOU MIGHT THINK!

28 November 2016 David Barnes 1

THE initial training squad for the Scottish Club XV will be announced tomorrow [Tuesday] ahead of playing two games during the Six Nations window, away to English Counties and at home to a team yet …

Match Reports

EAST COME OUT ON TOP IN UNDER-20 TRIAL MATCH

27 November 2016 David Barnes Comments Off on EAST COME OUT ON TOP IN UNDER-20 TRIAL MATCH

East Under-20 … 34 West Under-20 … 12 TRIAL matches can be ragged and disjointed affairs so both sets of players in this East versus West under-20s showdown deserve credit for the maturity they showed …

International

Price gets it right after long wait

26 November 2016 David Barnes Comments Off on Price gets it right after long wait

HAVING made a remarkably speedy ascent up the Scottish rugby ladder to within grasping distance of full international recognition, Ali Price had to wait an awful long time to get his hands on his first …

International

LATE TRY PROVIDES THE POLISH ON SCOTLAND WIN IN A GAME OF TWO HALVES

26 November 2016 David Barnes Comments Off on LATE TRY PROVIDES THE POLISH ON SCOTLAND WIN IN A GAME OF TWO HALVES

ALI PRICE celebrated his long awaited international debut by sparking the sweeping attack which belatedly added the gloss to this victory. A rampant first half performance provided the groundwork for the final result, but a …

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