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Our very own David Barnes will be in the thick of the action following Scotland’s Rugby team all the way to the World Cup in Japan.

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Glasgow Warriors

Adam Hastings looks forward to renewed competition for Scotland No 10 jersey

27 September 2020 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Adam Hastings looks forward to renewed competition for Scotland No 10 jersey

Glasgow stand-off has been encouraged by more mature displays of late for both club and country …

Jamie Ritchie
Edinburgh Rugby

Jamie Ritchie gets ready to resume his rapid rise

4 August 2020 Stuart Bathgate 1

SOME outstanding international performances over the past year or so have taken Jamie Ritchie from the fringes of the Scotland squad to one of Gregor Townsend’s key performers – so much so that in recent …

Edinburgh Rugby

Hamish Watson happy to be on the comeback trail with Edinburgh

4 December 2019 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Hamish Watson happy to be on the comeback trail with Edinburgh

YOU could call it pain relief.  Players always feel disappointment when they are sidelined by injury – bitter disappointment when the injury in question rules them out of a major tournament. But in some cases, …

SRU chief executive Mark Dodson's public appeal for the national team's crucial World Cup pool match against Japan to go ahead prompted a disciplinary hearing brought by the global game's governing body. Image: © Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
International

Compromise reached in World Rugby versus SRU stand-off

14 November 2019 David Barnes 16

SRU express regret but don’t apologise and pay a donation but not a fine, while all mention of dsicplinary process has been dropped from final statement …

Mark Dodson addressed the media at Yokohama Sheraton Bay Hotel two days before Scotland's final pool match against Japan, to make the case against a cancellation. Image: © Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
Features

Scottish Rugby unlikely to take World Cup sanction lying down

7 November 2019 David Barnes 3

Analysis: dispute over possibility of crucial pool match being cancelled will damage the reputation of both sides …

South Africa scrum-half Faf de Klerk (who was arguably player of the tournament) is ecstatic as he celebrates scoring a try under the posts to extend his team's lead to 16-3 against host nation Japan in the quarter-final. Image: Fotosport/David Gibson
Features

World Cup takeaways: The Offside Line’s take on what we learned from Japan 2019

4 November 2019 The Offside Line Team 5

AS the sun sets on the 2019 Rugby World Cup, five of The Offside Line’s contributors have their say on what they made of the tournament. Nic Groom is Nostradamus Days before the tournament kicked …

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi lifs the World Cup after his team's sensational final victory over England. Image: Fotosport/Steve Haag
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Rugby World Cup 2019 in photos

3 November 2019 The Offside Line Team 1

After six and a half weeks and 48 matches, South Africa claimed the big prize with victory over England in Saturday’s final. Here is the story of the World Cup in pictures. …

Mark Dodson's comments have upset Rugby World Cup Ltd.
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Scottish Rugby indicate that they will fight misconduct charge

16 October 2019 David Barnes 6

The fall-out over the potential cancellation of Japan versus Scotland World Cup pool match will not subside …

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International

Scotland face disciplinary action over response to match cancellation threat

15 October 2019 David Barnes 11

Scottish Rugby Union Chief Executive Mark Dodson said he had taken legal advice over World Rugby’s refusal to consider postponing the match …

Peter Horne commiserates Tommy Seymour after Scotland's defeat to Japan in Yokohama on Sunday. Image: © Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
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Gregor Townsend plans to lead Scotland into next Six Nations and beyond

14 October 2019 David Barnes 3

A transition period has now begun heading into the 2023 World Cup cylcle but coach cautions against pushing too hard, too soon …

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Scotland have dropped to seventh in the world rankings. Image: © Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
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Scotland Men drop to eighth in world rankings

4 July 2022 4

Argentina leap ahead of Gregor Townsend’s side after Saturday’s victory …

Eddie Jones got the selection of Henry Arundell right this weekend but not much else. Image: © Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
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Five takeaways from Saturday’s Summer Tour matches

3 July 2022 20

Iain Morrison casts his eye over the weekend’s action and concludes that Scottish rugby is in a tough spot and Eddie Jones got something right …

Mark Bennett scored Scotland's opening try. Image: © Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
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Argentina v Scotland: Pumas power to victory in summer Test series opener

2 July 2022 42

Tries at start of the second half from Mark Bennett and Rory Hutchinson opened door for tourist fightback win but hosts prove too strong …

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