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Month: June 2018

Glasgow Warriors

New captain Van der Merwe aims to help kickstart Canada’s recovery

5 June 2018 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on New captain Van der Merwe aims to help kickstart Canada’s recovery

IF you don’t get to play against the best teams, you’re unlikely to get better yourself. And if you’re not getting better, the best teams will hardly go out of their way to play against …

Doddie'5 Ride
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Doddie jumps on his bike to promote Ride of the Legends event

4 June 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on Doddie jumps on his bike to promote Ride of the Legends event

Doddie’s Ride, which involves two different events to accommodate cyclists of all ability and experience, will take place on 12th August …

Scotland Under-20
International

World Rugby U20 Championship: Scotland still winless after being blown away by Argentinean power

3 June 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on World Rugby U20 Championship: Scotland still winless after being blown away by Argentinean power

Scotland remain winless in campaign after being outmuscled by Argentina in a four try to one defeat, and they now have four days to regroup and recover before taking on England in their final pool match …

Cameron Hutchison
International

World Rugby U20 Championship: Argentina next up for fit again Cameron Hutchison

3 June 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on World Rugby U20 Championship: Argentina next up for fit again Cameron Hutchison

The Centre missed all of this season with a combination of a knee and a shoulder injury, but he is now fit again …

Blair Kinghorn got his first taste of International rugby during the Six Nations, and is now hungry for more
Features

Scotland summer tour 2018: Cockerill’s tough love spurred Kinghorn on

3 June 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on Scotland summer tour 2018: Cockerill’s tough love spurred Kinghorn on

Blair Kinghorn has taken on board advice and is now desperate to prove that he can be trusted to be a front-line internationalist …

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That was the month that was: May 2018

1 June 2018 Colin Renton Comments Off on That was the month that was: May 2018

Pushed referees, flying kicks, clever training drills, dodgy tattoos, even dodgier nose jobs and the Scots in France … …

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Clubland

AGM motions put SRU executive and Agenda 3 under the microscope

1 June 2018 David Barnes 1

The progress of the Agenda 3 project, which aims to revolutionise the club game in Scotland, will come under scrutiny at the SRU’s AGM on 4th August through two motions which seek to assert the rights of the clubs …

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