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March 2017: The stories that didn’t make the headlines
Colin Renton brings us some of the stranger rugby stories from around the world from the month just past. …
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FEBRUARY 2017: THE STORIES THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE HEADLINES
by COLIN RENTON Cooper Cops Stick for Boxing Bout Australian international Quade Cooper was the subject of ridicule on social media after being pictured with his latest opponent as he attempts to combine rugby with …
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JANUARY 2017: THE STORIES THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE HEADLINES
by COLIN RENTON The Sick’s Nations The RBS Six Nations kicks off this weekend. The tournament is a keenly anticipated annual feast of rugby and rightly promotes itself as a contest featuring the best players …
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DECEMBER 2016: THE STORIES THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE HEADLINES
by COLIN RENTON Lies, damned lies and statistics: Scotland, the third best team in the world They say that statistics can be manipulated to make them say what you like and a glance at the …
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NOVEMBER 2016: THE STORIES THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE HEADLINES
by COLIN RENTON A few miles left on the clock Jonathan Best, the Grenoble flanker who will be out of contract in the summer, is desperate to find a new club. So desperate, in fact, …
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10 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THE BT PREMIERSHIP THIS WEEK (ROUND 6)
The cream always comes to the top. Currie’s young guns are beginning to find their feet, with Harvey Elms again to the fore. Heriots’ problems are perhaps more deep rooted than Phil Smith initially thought …
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SECRETS FROM FONT ROMEU REVEALED
JIM HAMILTON has given a jaw dropping insight into what exactly went on at Scotland’s 2015 Rugby World Cup training camp at Font Romeu in France. Speaking on episode one of The Rugby Pod podcast …
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BEN CHALMERS IS A SHOOT-OUT HERO IN FRANCE
By Colin Renton FORMER Scotland Under-20 stand-off Ben Chalmers helped Bordeaux-Begles to a penalty shoot out victory in an extraordinary final of the French Under 23 Championships against Clermont Auvergne in Limoges on Sunday. Four …
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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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Peake over the moon with Dall t-shirt
Peake over the moon with Dall’s t-shirt …