Rugby Archive

  • Party time
    Sunday 29 April 2012

    Nineteen years have now gone since Scotland did the whole of rugby a favour by showing the world how not to run a sevens tournament.

  • Warriors bid to make it a night remember
    Sunday 29 April 2012

    Who says you don't know what you've got till it's gone?

  • Ford is Best-ed in push to be Lions Test hooker
    Sunday 29 April 2012

    Little more than a month ago two international captains who were seen as the front-runners to be deemed the best of British (& Irish) next year lined up against one another in Dublin's Aviva Stadium.

  • Ulster 22 Edinburgh 19: Step too far for Bradley's braves
    Sunday 29 April 2012

    Later today the good people of Dublin might regain control of their city, but last night it was in the hands of an occupying army of delirious Ulster fans who had just watched their side win a fierce and physical contest and march on triumphantly to the Heineken Cup final at Twickenham in three weeks' time.

  • Ulster's young fly-half out to prove age is no barrier when it comes to guiding his side to the final
    Saturday 28 April 2012

    Paddy Jackson was still in short trousers and more interested in football than rugby when Ulster defeated Colomiers 21-6 to win the 1999 Heineken Cup.

  • Nick Oswald recalls a game in which Ulster and Ireland left Edinburgh and Scotland behind
    Saturday 28 April 2012

    Part of Nick Oswald's business these days is selling images commemorating sporting history, but there is one big moment that he needs no visual aid to help him recall.

  • Both of Warriors' Player of the Season awards go to rookies
    Saturday 28 April 2012

    Chris Fusaro won the battle of the youngsters to land the Glasgow Warriors Player of the Season award, yesterday.

  • Stirling odds-on for repeat win
    Saturday 28 April 2012

    Stirling County are expected to win a second successive Under-18 SRU Youth Cup title tomorrow on the international pitch at Murrayfield where they face Selkirk YC in a repeat of last season's final.

  • Jed-Forest aim to extend lead
    Saturday 28 April 2012

    Langholm and Peebles are the venues for this weekend's Borders sevens tournaments, the circuit moving to Milntown today and The Gytes tomorrow for rounds five and six in the Kings of the Sevens Series.

  • Feud which put Edinburgh on the road to Dublin
    Saturday 28 April 2012

    It was all looking very familiar to seasoned observers as the Scottish campaign in the Heineken Cup got under way on November 12.

  • Coach is happy for pressure to be all on opponents
    Saturday 28 April 2012

    Edinburgh's rugby players are aiming to set up the capital's greatest ever day of sport by playing in the final of the Heineken Cup on the same day as Hearts and Hibernian contest football's Scottish Cup final.

  • Interview: The doc, the dogs and a belief in success
    Saturday 28 April 2012

    As arguably the smartest member of the Edinburgh party that set off for Dublin yesterday, the logic offered by Geoff Cross, a qualified doctor, in outlining why he reckons being underdogs favours his team in Dublin today was hard to counter.

  • Key battles
    Saturday 28 April 2012

    London Irish 19 Edinburgh 20

  • Nine to depart in Glasgow clearout
    Friday 27 April 2012

    Sean Lineen, the outgoing Glasgow Warriors head coach, has confirmed that more than half a team will follow him out the door next month.

  • Previous meetings will have no bearing on this, says Denton
    Friday 27 April 2012

    The relish with which Dave Denton expresses his expectations for tomorrow's match with Ulster in the Heineken Cup semi-finals tells you everything you need to know about the Zimbabwean-born Scot's approach to rugby.

  • By the skin of their teeth
    Friday 27 April 2012

    Sometimes, as Tony McWhirter asserted, there is no rhyme nor reason to what happens in a cup competition and the former Ulster forward knows of what he speaks.

  • Teenage Scot plays rugby league . . .for Pakistan
    Thursday 26 April 2012

    A Scottish teenage rugby player has made his international debut .

  • Hines has inside track
    Thursday 26 April 2012

    Nathan Hines believes that his knowledge of Heineken Cup opponents Leinster can help Clermont Auvergne defeat the defending champions in Sunday's semi-final in Bordeaux, writes Colin Renton.

  • Bristol pick up Rennie, Douglas
    Thursday 26 April 2012

    Bristol yesterday signed two Scottish players as they stepped up preparations for a return to the English top flight.

  • Tindall poised to join exodus
    Thursday 26 April 2012

    Mike Tindall, the former England centre, has been linked with a move to the French Top 14 after failing to agree a new deal with Gloucester.

  • De Luca says Ulster will be tougher than Toulouse
    Thursday 26 April 2012

    Ashamed as he is of Edinburgh's form in their domestic competition, Nick De Luca believes the intimate knowledge Ulster have of that will make them tougher opponents than four-times Heineken Cup champions Toulouse.

  • Catt favourite to become England's third 'wise man'
    Thursday 26 April 2012

    Stuart Lancaster, the England coach, has confirmed he will retain the same "three wise men" coaching structure he had in place for the RBS 6 Nations, despite the loss of Andy Farrell.

  • Scott's law
    Wednesday 25 April 2012

    As the prospect of a crucial clash of dates between his two careers looms ever larger, Matt Scott hopes that the world of academia will prove more sympathetic than he knows those challenging him on the rugby field will be.

  • Another Gala occasion in store
    Wednesday 25 April 2012

    Four days after their RBS Cup final triumph over Ayr at Murrayfield, Gala will be seeking to add to an already impressive set of achievements this season when they face Hawick in the Border League final tonight at Philiphaugh.

  • North: 'weird' without Gatland
    Wednesday 25 April 2012

    George North admits it will be "weird" when Wales travel to Australia without Warren Gatland, but insists they can emerge victorious despite the absence of their coach.

  • Clubscene: an enthralling season with plenty of winners and losers
    Tuesday 24 April 2012

    Another pulsating Scottish club season climaxed last Saturday when Gala defeated Ayr 24-10 in the Scottish Cup final at Murrayfield.

  • Dogged and driven, just like Cusiter
    Tuesday 24 April 2012

    When compiling the list of the greatest games in which he played, Chris Cusiter is never going to place his performance against Treviso on Sunday anywhere near the top.

  • The Ulster question
    Tuesday 24 April 2012

    Mike Blair claims he will have no regrets whatever happens but Saturday's Heineken Cup semi-final between Edinburgh and Ulster may show whether he was right or wrong to turn down the Irish province's overtures when he decided to stay in his home city two years ago.

  • Edinburgh go through motions in Cardiff
    Monday 23 April 2012

    Edinburgh's Heineken Cup stars watched from home with their feet up as the second string showed spirit and some ability, but were never going to threaten a victory.

  • Season which had brought promotion concludes with Gala day at Murrayfield Season which had brought promotion concludes with Gala day at Murrayfield
    Monday 23 April 2012

    Gala capped a stunning season that has brought a return to the top flight when they outclassed Ayr in the RBS Cup final on Saturday.