All posts tagged "Scotland"
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSaxons make four changes to squad
Elliot Stooke, Matt Hopper, Rob Miller and Tom Mercey have been added to the England Saxons squad preparing to face the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoNathan Hines joins Sale Sharks
Sale have announced the signing of Clermont lock Nathan Hines on a two-year deal. Born in Australia, he earned 77 caps...
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/ 12 years agoSaxons name squad for Irish Wolfhounds clash
Tom Varndell could wear an England shirt for the first time since 2009 after being named in the England Saxons 25-man training...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Paul Hill – England u20s & Leeds prop
Paul Hill is being forced to play something of a balancing act at the moment between club and country but the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoChris Robshaw re-appointed England captain
As expected, Chris Robshaw has been re-appointed England captain for the upcoming RBS 6 Nations. Since taking the reins for Head...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBredan Gallagher: Nutter who made Jim Telfer’s class of ’84 finest of all
Jim Telfer shakes his head in amusement and then caves in completely and laughs uproariously. It happens occasionally: “All really good...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Let’s spare a thought for Toggie and Tanky
Freddy ‘Tanky’ Turner captained Scotland one hundred years ago, a Liverpudlian by birth who worked in the family printing business and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Georgia on my mind as the cosy club stick together
Lacking a degree in applied mathematics I only look at the IRB world rankings once a year and that is in...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain urges England to look at some new faces in the World Cup build up
The seemingly routine announcement of amendments to the England elite squad on Thursday at Twickenham is the exact opposite. It is...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: This Anglo-Welsh decoy shouldn’t be discounted
Is the golden handshake across the Severn, binding the four Welsh regions to the English clubs, the solution it is being...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Don Caskie – former London Scottish & Gloucester centre and Moseley & Georgia head coach
After my playing career I coached Georgia for the World Cup in New Zealand – an outstanding experience all-round. It is...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAgent Tom Beattie recovers from “freak condition”
The end of the year is a busy period for agents as clubs look to build their squad for the following...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoWRU ‘will move their top stars to England’
The Welsh Rugby Union is proposing to sign six players and loan them to English clubs as a consequence of the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Cliff was out of this world, but Barry was untouchable!
New Year gongs will be all the rage all too soon, a good enough excuse to enter the festive spirit and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher takes a personal look at the Rugby World in 2013
BEST NEWCOMERS BTSport for their lively match day coverage and excellent Sunday lunchtime round-up show which is the must-watch rugby programme...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoQuotes of the Year
“I was the Englishman who gate crashed the Welsh party. Phil Bennett got the ball and ran up his own back...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoBreakaway or die, Welsh regions are warned
The man who created the Welsh regions is urging them to break away and join the English Premiership or face destruction.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: England only third in ‘group of death’
The Autumn Internationals provide an obvious point from which to do a stock-take on where England, Wales and Australia are two...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Iain Fullarton – former Edinburgh, Sale, Saracens, London Scottish & Scotland lock
If I had stayed at Sale I might have won a Premiership two years later, but hindsight is a great thing....
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWales v Australia preview
Dan Biggar and Alex Cuthbert have been named in Wales‘ starting XV to face Australia at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday....
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Latest News
/ 12 years ago2015 World Cup tickets price announced
The ticketing structure for the 2015 World Cup has been announced with adult prices ranging from £15 to £715 for a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Joe Marler has moved above Mako Vunipola in the prop order
As the end of this season’s Autumn Internationals are approaching, what have we learned? England set a goal of three wins...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoMake the Championship a closed shop says Kenny Logan
London Scottish director Kenny Logan has called for the Green King IPA Championship to be ring-fenced to allow professional second tier...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoGeoff Parling out for three months
Leicester Tigers suffered yet another injury blow with the news that Geoff Parling could be out for up to three months...
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/ 12 years agoFrance v South Africa preview
Philippe Saint-André has named a similar side to the one that rattled the cage of New Zealand two weeks ago to...
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/ 12 years agoScotland v Australia preview
Tommy Seymour has recovered from a leg injury sustained last weekend against South Africa and will start on the right wing....
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Budge Pountney – former Northampton and Scotland flanker
1. Tom Smith – Never underestimate the quiet players, he was destructive on the pitch but a true gent off it....
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSouth Africa ease past Scotland
Scotland were kept scoreless at Murrayfield today as they fell to a 28-0 defeat against South Africa. Willem Alberts got the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAutumn Internationals teams
England v Argentina England (Team news): Mike Brown; Chris Ashton, Joel Tomkins, Billy Twelvetrees, Ben Foden; Owen Farrell, Lee Dickson; Joe...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoExtra place will tempt the Celts to sign up for Champions Cup
The significant change to the play-off structure has been made in response to the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Italian Unions refusing...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Moray Low – Glasgow and Scotland prop
1. Phil John – One of the most-capped Scarlets players. Always aggressive and destructive and has been consistent over many years...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Adam Canning – Birmingham & Solihull fly-half
1. Lazy & complacent sports media There are so many people stealing a living in sports media. I can’t stand listening...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoDon’t question my Scottish heritage says new man Blair Cowan
London Irish back rower Blair Cowan insists he is no ‘kilted Kiwi’ and that his shock call-up by Scotland is the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoTim Visser out until 2014 with fractured leg
Tim Visser will be out of action for “around three to four months” with a leg injury. The Flying Dutchman sustained...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Fifty years on, the kick that rocked the world as Newport beat the All Blacks
Dick Uzzell and his old comrades will be given the freedom of Newport next week in belated recognition of something they...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Gregor Townsend still getting to grips with the enigma of French rugby
Gregor Townsend, who did rather more than simply survive five seasons of club rugby in France, has always insisted that one...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Craig Gillies – former Bath, Worcester and England lock
With 288 first team appearances over 11 years, there is no doubting Worcester Warriors are a team close to my heart....
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoScotland name five uncapped players for Autumn Tests
Scotland head coach Scott Johnson has named five uncapped players in his 41-man Scotland squad for a training camp in Glasgow...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Ireland’s new star is made in Wales
At the end of a week when English football got its knickers in a nationality twist, Ireland’s next scrum-half can be...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoThe Rugby Paper launches in Scotland this Sunday
During the Heineken Cup and ahead of the Scottish rugby Autumn Internationals, The Rugby Paper launches in Scotland on Sunday 20th October. Priced...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain looks at the opening rounds of the final Heineken Cup
The 19th Heineken Cup has been billed as the last of its kind, the collector’s edition. And winning it will be...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoStuart Hogg injury blow for Scotland
Scotland have been dealt a huge blow ahead of the Autumn internationals with the news that Glasgow full-back Stuart Hogg will...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Thom Evans – former London Wasps, Glasgow and Scotland wing
1. Cian Healy – Mountain of a man who carries the ball really well. He is so powerful and has a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Pullin much more than a master of the one-liner
John Pullin has long deserved special mention in the folklore of Anglo-Irish rugby, not so much for what he did on...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland Saxons to face Irish Wolfhounds at Kingsholm
England Saxons will face the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds at Kingsholm on Saturday, January 25 it was announced today.. The match will...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Money is not the root of all success in Europe
There’s an old saying which seems to be more and more fashionable in our game and that is, ‘money talks’. As...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoA red wave rolls off the Solent to remember Cliff
Towards the end of an inspirational life, Cliff Morgan found himself confronted one day by the question of mortality and his...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jamie Noon – former Newcastle, Brive and England centre
My defence was always good but my attack was sometimes questioned. But that’s what I did, I was known as a...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Worcester’s new director of rugby Dean Ryan about the challenges ahead
Dean Ryan is realistic about Worcester’s place in the Premiership pecking order. The Warriors are perched precariously on the lower rungs...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Let’s hope England use attack at key word
The pulse always quickens at the start of a new season, and with the Lions’ first triumph for 16 years still...
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