IT goes without saying that there is never a good time to suffer a serious injury, but Lewis Carmichael’s enforced absence last season came at a particularly inappropriate moment. Having made a dynamic, try-scoring Test …
SUMMER signing Ruan Steenkamp goes straight into the Edinburgh starting line-up for tomorrow’s home friendly against Ospreys, a week after joining from the Bulls in South Africa. The openside takes his place in the pack …
RICHARD Cockerill believes that Edinburgh’s new stadium can become a more intimidating venue than BT Murrayfield for teams to visit, and that it should be possible to sell it out every week once it is …
Assistant coach provides injury update and points out that visiting team contains a number of players with a point to prove …
Hamish Watson will not be back in time to play for Scotland against France but could come into contention for final two Six Nations matches …
ZANDER Fagerson appears certain to miss Autumn Internationals after surgery, while Mark Bennett’s spell on the sidelines to stretch into the Six Nations …
STUART BATHGATE In Edmonton IT’S the time of year for graduation ceremonies, and all being well, one will take place here tomorrow night – just a year after the dress rehearsal. The man concerned is …
SIX uncapped players have been named in the Scotland squad for the summer tour to Canada, the United States and Argentina – including 23-year-old Harlequins stand-off James Lang, a former Scotland Under-18 cap. The other …
MARK Bennett will give Edinburgh an edge and help them escape the “polite public schoolboy” tag which still dogs them, Richard Cockerill believes. The head coach is sure he has already gone some way to …
EDINBURGH youngster Lewis Carmichael has been sent to Australia on a loan deal with struggling Super Rugby side Western Force until the end of the southern hemisphere season. The 21-year-old second-row, who is in his first year as …
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