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EDINBURGH have confirmed they have signed Connor Boyle, Rory Darge and Sam Grahamslaw subject to medicals. Head coach Richard Cockerill first said in early May that the three Scotland Under-20 caps would be joining his …
FORMER Scotland prop Ali Dickinson has joined Bristol Bears as scrum coach, agreeing a three-year contract with the English club. Now 36, he had been working in the same capacity with the SRU since retiring …
Director of performance rugby Jim Mallinder insists that the developmental value of the programme means that any link-up with England and Wales will be for the Olympics only …
Rugby returns to new Zealand in style, with a party atmosphere, plenty of drama and a generally positive response to new breakdown guidelines …
The talented playmaker came to prominence at Glasgow Warriors as a stand-off, then reinvented himself as a full-back, and picked up 33 Scotland caps along the way …
Scotland’s trup to South Africa and then New Zealand became an impossibility after the Covid-19 pandemic took grip …
National team head coach Gregor Townsend discusses a trio of South African-born players who could wear the thistle in the next year …
Veteran journalist, sports historian and author Steve Finan has produced a doorstopper book with over 200 black and white photos which will invoke warm nostalgia in any rugby fan, even from those too young to remember …
Playmaker, who qualifies for Scotland through his father and Jamaica through his mother, is determined to help raise standards in the Caribbean …
The former scrum-half and coach was a ferocious competitor for both club and country …
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