GREGOR TOWNSEND has backed Cornell du Preez to add serious firepower to the Scottish back-row after the South African-born breakaway was added to the starting team to take on the All Blacks at BT Murrayfield …
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 …
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 …
15. Stuart Hogg – 7 out of 10 A try after 1min 32secs suggested that this might be another bravura afternoon, but precious few moments thereafter to shine. His miss pass was crucial in the creation …
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 …
GREGOR Townsend is hopeful that Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw will have recovered from his broken leg in time for next year’s Six Nations Championship, and is taking encouragement from the speed with which the scrum-half …
SCOTLAND captain Greig Laidlaw will be out of action for 10-12 weeks after being diagnosed with a broken leg, his French club ASM Clermont Auvergne have announced. The scrum-half took an ankle knock in his …
THERE was a delicious irony in the moment when the lesser-spotted Scott Johnson made one of his increasingly rare public appearances yesterday afternoon by absent-mindedly stumbling into the wrong hospitality suite in Murrayfield’s North Stand, …
Tremendous stuff from Scotland – On balance Australia maybe just about deserved to scrape it – if only on the strength of their incredible self-belief and confidence after Will Skelton’s crazy 68th minute yellow card. …
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