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Month: March 2018

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Challenge Cup: below-par Edinburgh pay the price as Blues cruise into semis

31 March 2018 Stuart Bathgate 5

CONSISTENCY deserted Edinburgh in this Challenge Cup quarter final in one of their poorest displays of the season …

Stirling County number eight Ruairidh Leishman on the hoof
Clubland

BT Cup semi-final: Stirling County blast their way past haphazard Hawick

31 March 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on BT Cup semi-final: Stirling County blast their way past haphazard Hawick

IT has taken 23 years, but Stirling County have finally made it to Cup Finals Day after harassing Hawick out of this semi-final contest …

Melrose scrum-half Murdo McAndrew breaks during the first half of his team[s semi-final victory over Watsonians
Clubland

BT Cup semi-final: Melrose stay on track for double but Watsonians make them sweat

31 March 2018 Colin Renton Comments Off on BT Cup semi-final: Melrose stay on track for double but Watsonians make them sweat

Watsonians 10 Melrose 17 COLIN RENTON@ Myreside MELROSE remain on track for a league and cup double after seeing off battling Watsonians in a fiercely contested encounter in difficult conditions. It was a case of …

Scotland U18 v England U18
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Scotland Under-18s defeat England in Six Nations Festival opener

31 March 2018 The Offside Line Team 2

SCOTLAND UNDER-18s got their Six Nations Festival campaign off to a flying start at the Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly, Wales, this [Saturday] lunch-time, by recovering from being 27-10 down against England midway …

Gala sevens
Boroughmuir Rugby Club

Sevens season kicks-off at Gala on Sunday

31 March 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on Sevens season kicks-off at Gala on Sunday

THE Spring Sevens season gets going this Easter Sunday, with Gala hosting the Kings of the 7s curtain-raiser at Netherdale …

An Italian fan sports interesting head gear with a minature rugby field strapped to his head for his team's final match of this year's Six Nations campaign against Scotland at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 17th March
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That was the month that was: March 2018

31 March 2018 Colin Renton Comments Off on That was the month that was: March 2018

In the month that Grieg Laidlaw earned Scottish Rugby big bucks with bucks, we look at some things you might have missed …

Edinburgh head coach Richard Cockerill has several internationalists returning to the fray as his team enter the business end of the season
Edinburgh Rugby

Challenge Cup quarter-final preview: Watson nurses shoulder injury but Cockerill spoiled for choice ahead of Cardiff clash

30 March 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on Challenge Cup quarter-final preview: Watson nurses shoulder injury but Cockerill spoiled for choice ahead of Cardiff clash

HAMISH WATSON will miss this [Saturday] afternoon’s clash between Edinburgh and Cardiff Blues …

Richard Cockerill and Fraser McKenzie in conversation during Edinburgh's clash with the Southern Kings at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth last December
Edinburgh Rugby

Cockerill on McKenzie: ‘He’s surprised me because when I first arrived I thought he might be one of the first blokes leaving.”

30 March 2018 David Barnes 5

FRASER MCKENZIE will make his 100th appearance for Edinburgh when he captians the European Challenge Cup quarter-final clash …

Edinburgh and Scotland flanker John Hardie in action for Hawick against Boroughmuir
Ayr RFC

Super 6: Franchise applications close with 12 clubs in contention

30 March 2018 David Barnes 6

THE 12 clubs who have submitted applications to take on a Super 6 franchise have been announced. Ayr, Boroughmuir, Currie Chieftains, Dundee, Edinburgh Academicals, Gala, Glasgow Hawks, Hawick, Heriot’s, Melrose, Stirling County and Watsonians have all …

Stirling County versus Hawick
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BT Cup semi-finals preview: Runners, riders and verdict for the last hurdle before Murrayfield

30 March 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on BT Cup semi-finals preview: Runners, riders and verdict for the last hurdle before Murrayfield

POOR Watsonians have had just a week to lick their wounds after losing 37-8 to Melrose in the BT Premiership play-off semi-finals, before having to get back on the horse against the same opposition in …

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