Edinburgh Rugby
Challenge Cup: below-par Edinburgh pay the price as Blues cruise into semis
CONSISTENCY deserted Edinburgh in this Challenge Cup quarter final in one of their poorest displays of the season …
Month: March 2018
Clubland
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 …
Clubland
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 …
International
Scotland Under-18s defeat England in Six Nations Festival opener
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 …
Boroughmuir Rugby Club
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 …
Features
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 Rugby
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 …
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.”
FRASER MCKENZIE will make his 100th appearance for Edinburgh when he captians the European Challenge Cup quarter-final clash …
Ayr RFC
Super 6: Franchise applications close with 12 clubs in contention
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 …
Clubland
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 …