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Fit-again Darryl Marfo ready to make up for lost time

28 March 2018 Stuart Bathgate 1

The Edinburgh Rugby prop is back from injury after missing the 6 Nations and is looking forward to Cardiff …

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6N: McFarland vows to fix Scotland’s line-out failings

13 March 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on 6N: McFarland vows to fix Scotland’s line-out failings

SCOTLAND forwards coach Dan McFarland has admitted that he was deeply disappointed with how his team’s line-out functioned – or, more accurately, didn’t function at key moments – against Ireland on Saturday, and agreed that …

Scotland assistant coach Dan McFarland.
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6N: Dan McFarland plots way to end Scotland’s away-day blues

28 February 2018 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on 6N: Dan McFarland plots way to end Scotland’s away-day blues

THERE are no prizes on offer for guessing what will be uppermost in the minds of the Scotland coaching team over the coming days. After a chastening defeat in Cardiff was followed by two triumphs …

Dan McFarland says his faith in Scotland's approach has not been shaken by Saturday's disaster in Wales.
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6N: Championship success is still the target says McFarland.

6 February 2018 David Barnes Comments Off on 6N: Championship success is still the target says McFarland.

SCOTLAND assistant coach Dan McFarland says that the team are still looking to finish top of the Six Nations table this year, despite Saturday’s humiliating 34-7 loss to Wales. “History would say yes,” he replied, …

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6N: Alex Dunbar and Richie Gray join George Turner on injury list

22 January 2018 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on 6N: Alex Dunbar and Richie Gray join George Turner on injury list

SCOTLAND’s injury concerns grew yesterday with the news that hooker George Turner is set to miss the Six Nations after injuring a knee in Glasgow’s win over Exeter at the weekend. Edinburgh’s Neil Cochrane has …

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Bhatti relishes being part of the thin blue line

21 November 2017 David Barnes Comments Off on Bhatti relishes being part of the thin blue line

JAMIE BHATTI always wanted to be one of the boys in blue, but for a while it looked as if it was the police force and not the national rugby team which would give him …

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Autumn Test preview: Fast and furious Scotland can see off Samoan threat

10 November 2017 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Autumn Test preview: Fast and furious Scotland can see off Samoan threat

GREGOR Townsend’s aim of getting his squad to play the fastest-tempo rugby in the world promises to produce some exciting encounters over the next couple of years, and today’s first outing at home for the …

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