THE last time Blair Kinghorn started a game on the wing was when Edinburgh defeated Glasgow Warriors at Scotsoun in the final game of the 2016-17 season just over ten months ago, and he reckons …
BLAIR Kinghorn will make his first start for Scotland against Ireland on Saturday, replacing the injured Tommy Seymour in the only change to the 15 that began the last two Six Nations victories. …
NOTORIOUS English bulldog Richard Cockerill admitted yesterday that he had mixed emotions as he sat in the West Stand at BT Murrayfield on Saturday evening and watched several of his Edinburgh players fulfil key roles …
GREGOR TOWNSEND has stuck with the same starting fifteen as defeated France last time out for Saturday’s Calcutta Cup clash against England at BT Murrayfield. There are three changes on the bench, with tight-head prop …
EDINBURGH coach Richard Cockerill has said that settling in a permanent home will be a significant step forward for his team, whose PRO14 match against Leinster tonight could be their last appearance at Myreside. Cockerill …
RICHARD COCKERILL happily admits that he is using this weekend’s Challenge Cup fixture against Stade Francais as an opportunity to experiment with his Edinburgh squad, but insisted that his tinkering should not negatively impact his …
PRESUMING the Scotland squad to be announced on Tuesday had not been finalised beforehand, Edinburgh’s match against Stade Francais on Friday was the last chance for several players to persuade Gregor Townsend that they merited …
BARELY three months ago, Richard Cockerill insisted that Blair Kinghorn was far too error-prone to merit inclusion in the Scotland squad for the Autumn Tests. Now, after a spell in which the full-back has been …
COACHES usually have to wheel out their big guns for European games, but Richard Cockerill is in the happy position of being able to keep his powder dry this Friday as he looks ahead to …
IT IS common in Scottish football to hear coaches complain that their players’ attacking skills are undervalued by the press and public alike. “If he was Brazilian, you’d be raving about a goal like that”, …
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