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FORMER Scotland women’s football team captain Gemma Fay has been appointed as Scottish Rugby’s new Head of Women and Girls’ rugby. Fay, who won 200 caps as goalkeeper in a 19-year career, joins from sportscotland where …
IT takes a lot to throw John Barclay off his stride, either on or off the pitch, and yesterday’s Scotland press conference at Oriam was no exception. Whether the topic was his impending move to …
THREE players – tight-head prop WP Nel, second-row Tim Swinson and flanker Rob Harley – have all been ruled out of the remainder of Scotland’s Autumn Test schedule. Jon Welsh of Newcastle Falcons has been …
STUART HOGG says that Scotland are not interested in just making up the numbers when they take on New Zealand next Saturday, stating that his team are targeting a first ever win against the world’s …
AN ALL-ROUND improvement will be needed by Scotland before they meet the All Blacks on Saturday. That much was obvious long before the end of their 44-38 win over Samoa yesterday – but according to …
FIFTEEN months have passed since Gregor Townsend was first announced as Scotland coach. Six months since he actually took over from Vern Cotter and named his squad for the summer tour. Four and a half …
GREGOR TOWNSEND says he has absolute faith in Darryl Marfo’s ability to step into international rugby after handing the 27-year-old loose-head prop his Scotland debut against Samoa on Saturday. Marfo is the only uncapped player …
by COLIN RENTON EDINBURGH RUGBY have been linked to the South African stand-off or full-back Jaco van der Walt, with reports in Johannesburg suggesting that he has signed a three-year deal with the Myreside-based outfit. The …
GOOD timing is the key to what John Barclay does so well on the pitch, and the Scotland captain has just shown the same quality off the pitch as well, returning from injury in the …
TOP TRY SCORER 13 – Fraser Thomson (Melrose) 10 – Sam Pecqueur (Melrose) and Jack Turley (Heriot’s) 9 – Ross McCann (Melrose) 8 – Kyle Rowe (Glasgow Hawks) 6 – Frazier Climo (Ayr) and Jordan Edmunds …
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