Rugby

  • 19 May 2013

    It would be stretching things to describe Gregor Townsend's reflections on the season just ended as little more than a glance in the rear-view mirror, but at the end of a campaign in which his Glasgow Warriors came achingly close to clinching a place in the RaboDirect PRO12 final, there is no question that it is the road ahead that now occupies his attention rather than the one just travelled.

  • 19 May 2013

    The Clermont bodies will be hurting this morning, but mentally they must be in bits.

  • 18 May 2013

    The problem all those lists of things you really must do before you die is that so many of the so-called unmissable experiences seem more likely to shorten your life than enhance it.

  • 18 May 2013

    David Harley, the Howe of Fife president, has paid tribute to the players who have put the Cupar outfit on the brink of retaining the overall Legacy Sevens Series title this weekend.

  • 18 May 2013

    The destination of the title will be decided today at Riverside where Jed-Forest host their 112th tournament, bringing to a conclusion the 10 gruelling rounds that count towards the competition, writes Alan Lorimer.

  • 18 May 2013

    The stories in football are not often translated into articles about rugby, but it seemed pertinent to consider Chelsea's achievement in winning the Europa League title last night as Leinster secured the Amlin Challenge Cup with a impressive victory over Stade Francais at the RDS Arena.

  • 16 May 2013

    Joe Ansbro, the centre who became the first black player to represent Scotland when he made his Test debut against South Africa in November 2010, has announced that he is to retire with immediate effect, having failed to recover sufficiently from the neck injury he suffered in a pre-season game last year.

  • 16 May 2013

    Sam Warburton might be captain of the 2013 British and Irish Lions but he does not want or expect preferential selection treatment.

  • 16 May 2013

    Elliot Daly, the uncapped Wasps back, has been called into the Barbarians squad to face England and the British & Irish Lions.