Cat Cochrane
2014 Rugby Blogger
I'm delighted to be covering Rugby Sevens in the lead up to the Commonwealth Games. I am determined to sort my props from my hookers to bring some under the radar insight to the sport's mini variant. As a lover of all sports with the exception of few, I currently combine studying Practical Journalism with part-time freelance feature and review writing.
Find me @pseudo_writer
I'm delighted to be covering Rugby Sevens in the lead up to the Commonwealth Games. I am determined to sort my props from my hookers to bring some under the radar insight to the sport's mini variant. As a lover of all sports with the exception of few, I currently combine studying Practical Journalism with part-time freelance feature and review writing.
Find me @pseudo_writer
Latest articles from Cat Cochrane
Meet Team Scotland's 12-man Rugby Sevens Squad
As the players posed for the media in their new kit, team coach and head of performance development for Scottish rugby, Stephen Gemmell, spoke of his squad picks. He said: "I have selected a group of players that can be successful at home games. This is the most important selection I have ever made and the biggest ever for Scotland Sevens.
New Zealand All Blacks: An Insight into a Rugby Sevens Phenomenon
With only South Africa, Samoa and Fiji having stood in their way of lifting the World Sevens crown in the last ten years, the All Blacks continue to position themselves as the benchmark to which all other nations aspire.
Rugby Sevens: 45 games, 2 days, 16 nations and 1 gold
With a keen 10.30am start for both days of competition, spectators are assured their sporting money's worth as 16 teams take to the turf of Ibrox Stadium to serve up a total of 45 games over two 12-hour stretches.
Rugby Sevens: born in Scotland, and coming back to Glasgow
Fans of the sport won't be too shocked to read that New Zealand have won gold on each of the previous occasions since 1998. As if dealt the sporting hand of fate, on Day 3 of the Games Scotland will face the All Blacks in the group stages of the competition.