THE top two teams from last season face each other at Millbrae after contrasting starts to the season. Elsewhere, Currie, Glasgow Hawks and Stirling County all put their unbeaten records on the line against three …
IT would be stretching it to claim that the rebranding of the team over the summer to become Currie Chieftains has been the most important factor in the club’s rip-roaring start to the season, because …
SOME tough calls this week, particularly at inside centre where Craig Jackson is unfortunate to miss out to Robbie Nelson, outside centre where Harvey Elms could easily have got the nod ahead of Nyle Godsmark of Melrose, and …
TOP TRY SCORER 5 – Fraser Thomson (Melrose) 4 – Sam Pecqueur (Melrose) 2 – Frazier Climo (Ayr), Mark Hare (Boroughmuir), Harvey Elms and Ben Robbins (both Currie Chieftains), Kiran McDonald, Kyle Rowe and Penalty Tries …
Melrose sparkled again versus Boroughmuir, taking their try count to 17 in two games – solid up front – sharp hands – incisive running – clinical finishing – with their only possible concern maybe being their goal kicking. But the phony …
GLASGOW HAWKS have not got much joy from their league encounters against Ayr in recent seasons, having failed to pick up a win home or away against their west coast rivals since 2010-11; and we …
JUST for fun, here is The Offside Line’s BT Premiership team of the week. An honourable mention to 39-year-old Gary Holborn, anchoring the Stirling County scrum in their away win at Heriot’s. John Lydgate said: …
THE BT Premiership’s pro player draft for the 2017-18 season has been unveiled, with 98 squad members from Edinburgh Rugby, Glasgow Warriors and the Scotland 7s set-up being allocated to the country’s top ten domestic …
Let’s not worry about picking the Lions squad for four years time, what about the plight of the Springboks today? Plus a few words in praise of Currie Chieftains. …
The draw for the first round of next season’s BT Cup has been announced with some mouthwatering local derbies on the menu. The matches will be played on 18th November. The format of the competition has been altered to a sixteen team straight knock-out tournament, featuring all ten clubs from last year’s BT Premiership and the top six clubs from National One. …
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