SCOTLAND loosehead prop Rory Sutherland appears likely to be ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations Championship after suffering a suspected broken rib in the defeat by Wales last Saturday.

EDINBURGH can go back to the top of the URC on Friday with a win or a draw against Leinster, but Adam McBurney, for one, knows well what a difficult task that can be.

SO FAR this season Glasgow have enjoyed nothing close to the amount of praise that has been heaped on Edinburgh.

FORMER Glasgow winger Lee Jones has been included in the Scotland Sevens squad for the 2022 season.

GEORGE Horne would not thank anyone for telling him this, but in many ways he is the ideal replacement scrum-half.

EDINBURGH face a stern test of both their versatility and their squad depth when they take on Benetton in the United Rugby Championship.

IT may be unwise to read too much into pre-season results, and Edinburgh were certainly not minded to make any bold predictions about the coming United Rugby Championship campaign on the back of their 50-29 friendly win over Benetton on Saturday.

THE Southern Knights are back at the top of the Super6 table at the end of round six thanks to what was in the end a comfortable 29-8 victory against Boroughmuir Bears yesterday.

GLASGOW will be at home to Newcastle Falcons in their first pre-season friendly, on Friday 3 September.

LONG-SERVING players Niko Matawalu and Alex Allan will both leave Glasgow at the end of the season, the Warriors have announced.