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Ayrshire Bulls

Super6 Sprint: round two team-of-the-week

25 April 2022 The Offside Line Team Comments Off on Super6 Sprint: round two team-of-the-week

Heriot, Stirling County and Watsonians all well-represented after picking up wins …

Boan Venter scored an injury-time try to secure a draw for Edinburgh versus Scarlets. Image: © Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
Edinburgh Rugby

Scarlets v Edinburgh: late surge salvages draw for visitors in final match of 2020-21 season

13 June 2021 The Offside Line Team 2

Two tries in the final five minutes from Jack Blain and Boan Venter shows capital outfit’s fighting spirit …

Edinburgh lock Lewis Carmichael.
Edinburgh Rugby

Edinburgh v Connacht: key players return from injury for home team

24 October 2020 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Edinburgh v Connacht: key players return from injury for home team

LEWIS CARMICHAEL and Henry Pyrgos will make a welcome return from injury tomorrow in Edinburgh’s home PRO14 match against Connacht. Carmichael, who has been out since February, starts alongside Andrew Davidson in the second row, …

Jacob Henry celebrates with team-mates following his try against France last Friday. Image: © Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
International

Jack Hill added to starting XV for Scotland Under-20s clash versus Wales

11 March 2020 David Barnes Comments Off on Jack Hill added to starting XV for Scotland Under-20s clash versus Wales

Jack Blain returns from ankle injury to take a bench slot as Sean Lineen’s men look to finish a promising Six Nations campaign in style …

Features

U20 World Champs: relegation is an opportunity to rethink youth development strategy

24 June 2019 Alan Lorimer 16

Alan Lorimer discusses the reasons behind, and the implications of, Scotland’s relegation from the World Rugby U20 Championship …

International

U20 World Champs: Scotland relegated after heavy defeat to rampant Fiji

22 June 2019 David Barnes 4

Carl Hogg’s side slump to a fifth consecutive defeat after Pacific Islanders produce a breathless exhibition of free-flowing rugby …

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U20 World Champs: Italy sink Scotland in swamp conditions

17 June 2019 The Offside Line Team 2

Carl Hogg’s side must now regroup for relegation-decider against Fiji on Saturday …

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U20 World Champs: Scotland ring the changes again for Georgia decider

11 June 2019 David Barnes Comments Off on U20 World Champs: Scotland ring the changes again for Georgia decider

Wingers Rory McMichael and Jack Blain, and second-row Ewan Johnson, are the only players to start all three pool matches …

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12 changes in Scotland U20 team to face New Zealand

7 June 2019 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on 12 changes in Scotland U20 team to face New Zealand

SCOTLAND Under-20s coach Carl Hogg has named a radically different team for tomorrow’s clash with New Zealand, keeping just three players from the starting line-up that lost the opening game of the U20 World Championship …

Scotland Under-20s captain Connor Boyle scored the second of his team's ten tries.
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Scotland Under-20s lower Old Glory with ten-try demolition

28 May 2019 The Offside Line Team 4

Carl Hogg’s side will travel to Argentina for the start of the World Rugby U20 Championship bolstered by big win over SRU partnership club …

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