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Foreign policy: Mark Dodson on improving Scottish Rugby
We’re using pro clubs to give overseas talent Scotland ‘opportunity’, admits SRU chief
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Harry Leonard confident team can thrive in Cape Town after poor Six Nations
There is a good story about the rotund prop Victor Ubogu who, on tour to South Africa with Jack Rowell’s England squad, was being lapped by his team-mates as they warmed up by running around the pitch. “The altitude’s killing me!” gasped the overweight prop.
Harlequins 30-23 Leicester: Style as well as substance give Quins title
Harlequins were crowned champions of England for the first time by defeating Leicester in a thrilling Twickenham final.
Quins came to the party by refusing to abandon their free-flowing style, which was rewarded as skipper Chris Robshaw lifted the Aviva Premiership trophy.
Club coaches to get pro chance
Following a fraught meeting with the Premier One clubs earlier in May the SRU is to set up what they are calling a coaching professional development (CPD).
Super15: Snubbed All Black steps up a Gear for Highlanders
Winger Hosea Gear raised his hand for All Blacks selection with a brace of tries as the visiting Otago Highlanders withstood a late charge by the Auckland Blues to win their Super Rugby match 27-20 at Eden Park yesterday.
Ospreys v Leinster: On two wings and a prayer
Ospreys’ chances of beating Leinster depend on their mercurial backs
Relegated Brive underline ambition with capture of Blair
Mike Blair is expected to confirm this week that he is joining French second division outfit Brive.
No hard feelings as SRU reject Scott Steele shows his mettle among the Tiger cubs
NEVER mind the aesthetics, just sit back and admire their success. Leicester Tigers have won more Premiership titles than any other club (eight and counting) and they will be hoping to add to that number next Saturday at Twickenham, writes Iain Morrison. The Midlands giants take on the surprise package of the season, Harlequins, in an Aviva final that promises to be a contrast in styles.
Scots’ try drought is thick end of the wedge for Scott Johnston
When Scotland’s touring squad was announced last Wednesday, there was a little round fella wandering around Murrayfield with the glazed eyes of a newbie. Step forward Scott Johnston, who does not officially start until the squad touches down in Australia. Your diarist engaged the native Australian who appeared a cheery sort of soul, as indeed you would be if you were paid the thick end of £200,000 per year to teach players to run around rather than through the opposition. Mind you, after scoring just four tries throughout the Six Nations that money will look well spent if Johnston can chivvy the boys in blue across the Wallaby whitewash once or twice in Newcastle.
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Interview: Ryan Grant, Glasgow Warriors prop
RYAN Grant couldn’t get a game for Edinburgh when Andy Robinson was in charge of the capital club, but now the same coach has picked the Glasgow Warriors prop for Scotland
3 commentsWe’re hungry for more glory, warns Brian O’Driscoll
BRIAN O’Driscoll believes Leinster are building a dynasty after they won a record-breaking third Heineken Cup title in four years when they beat Ulster 42-14 in the all-Ireland final at Twickenham.
Heriot’s clinch comeback win in final to sink Melrose hopes
Heriot’s produced a powerful performance against Melrose to win the Jed tournament, the final round of what has been a lengthy Kings of the Sevens competition this season, and which desperately needs a careful redesign.
Heineken Cup final: Leinster 42 - 14 Ulster: Leinster rise to greatness Picture gallery
Leinster secured their third Heineken Cup in the last four years and in doing so cemented their place at the pinnacle of the European game as the best side ever seen in this tournament.
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Leinster 19-15 Glasgow: Warrior chief’s sad farewell
It WAS a brave effort, with Glasgow outscoring Leinster by two tries to one, but Sean Lineen’s men were not quite good enough to beat the league leaders on their home turf in the RaboDirect Pro12 play-off semi-final.
Weir and Jackson still locked in stand-off for pivotal Scotland position
And so the dream died. Glasgow’s season was extinguished yesterday by a ruthlessly efficient Leinster side. Yet, if the match was characterised by a series of fascinating little duels, none was more intriguing than one between two Glasgow players.
1 commentHarlequins 25-23 Northampton: Marler pips Saints to title
Harlequins reached their first Aviva Premiership final with a nail-biting victory over Northampton, sealed four minutes from time when Joe Marler was driven over for a converted try.
More woe as Scotland fail to reach quarters again
It’s been anything but sevens heaven for Scotland this season and yesterday at the London tournament, the final leg of the HSBC World Series, the Scots once again failed to reach the quarter-finals of the cup and today, as they have done throughout the competition, will play in the bowl competition.
Contract delay has Wolves at Edinburgh’s door as pack coach Smith heads to Lyon
At LEAST one of the coaches who inspired Edinburgh all the way to the Heineken Cup semi-finals will be absent when the club starts pre-season training in July. According to one reliable source within Murrayfield, forwards coach Tom Smith will be in France next year in the second division (ProD2), hoping to help the Lyon Wolves bounce back after the club was relegated from the Top 14. Smith’s exact role within the club is uncertain, as is the immediate future of the current coach Raphael Saint-André.
Laidlaw and Weir are way out of slump for Scotland
IF you want to understand the damage done to Scottish rugby’s reputation by being kicked out of the World Cup before it got interesting and then finishing second in every Six Nations game, then look no further than this summer’s tour schedule. It opens with a Test match against Australia that takes place on a Tuesday evening in the rugby league heartland of Newcastle on a rugby league pitch belonging to the Newcastle Knights. If Scotland get any worse they’ll find themselves playing on the beach.
Heineken Cup: Are Leinster the best rugby side in Europe?
Heineken Cup holders Leinster have deservedly carried all before them this season and it will take a Herculean effort for Ulster to wrench the trophy from their grasp, says Iain Morrison
Jed crowned Kings but Watsonians spoil party
JED-FOREST lifted the Borders Kings of the Sevens Series yesterday after their closest challengers, Melrose, were knocked out of the Selkirk Sevens by Kelso in the quarter-finals.
Glasgow Sevens: It’s sevens heaven. . . apart from the results video
At SCOTSTOUN yesterday there was sun, tries aplenty and enough fancy dress to stage a mardi gras. Where Edinburgh never really warmed to the HSBC World Sevens Series, Glasgow opened its heart in welcome, placed a friendly arm around the event’s shoulder and in doing so instantly made the tournament its own.
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Falcons teeter on the brink
Newcastle face relegation from the Aviva Premiership despite their crunch basement battle against fellow strugglers Wasps ending with a hard-earned victory.
Kelso Sevens: Watsonians take first ever Kelso trophy
Watsonians underlined their commitment to sevens rugby by winning the Kelso tournament for the first time in their history with victory over Jed-Forest in what was a repeat of last Sunday’s Peebles Sevens final and in so doing moved into third place in the Kings of the Sevens race.
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Edinburgh 44-21 Treviso: Paterson try adds a gloss finish to Edinburgh victory on emotional night
ON A night when a true Scottish great said farewell to the playing side of rugby, Edinburgh made sure that Chris Paterson went out in style with a satisfying victory over Treviso.
4 commentsEmotional Lineen gets set for goodbye
It WAS an emotionally-charged atmosphere come the final whistle at Firhill as several members of this Glasgow squad, players and coaches alike, will be moving on at the end of the season, including head coach Sean Lineen, writes Iain Morrison.
Rugby: Edinburgh’s new boy is a dedicated follower of fashion
It’s not often that the contrasting worlds of fashion and rugby collide, at least not since Thom Evans was forced into retirement.
Sale 10 - 24 Harlequins: Sharks end time at stadium with defeat
Harlequins secured top spot in the Aviva Premiership table with a 24-10 triumph over Sale in the Sharks’ last ever game at Edgeley Park.
saints march into semis
Chris Ashton’s Franklin’s Gardens farewell lasted only 19 minutes, but it was long enough for the England winger to score the try which set Northampton on the way to the Aviva Premiership play-off semi-finals for the third successive year with a 42-14 win over Worcester. Saracens-bound Ashton took only five minutes to mark his final home appearance with a try before retiring hurt 14 minutes later.
Leinster lead the way as top four confirmed
Leinster will host Glasgow in the RaboDirect Pro12 play-offs next week at the RDS in Dublin as the Irishmen finished their regular season on top of the table with an 18th league victory. A try from prop Jack McGrath and points from the boot of stand-off Ian Madigan saw Leinster home 22-18 at Newport Gwent Dragons.
Glasgow 24 - 3 Connacht: Warriors push on to Dublin
They were never likely to win too many points for artistic interpretation but Glasgow Warriors extended their season by at least one week after beating their bogey team Connacht in their final ever game at Firhill last night.
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Heineken Cup: Ulster 22-19 Edinburgh: Brave Edinburgh go down with their heads held high as Ulster shade semi-final video
EDINBURGH’S magical, mystery European adventure came to an premature end yesterday evening in Dublin but Michael Bradley’s men went down fighting and walked off the Aviva field with heads held high having played their part in a pulsating semi-final that was in the balance right up until Ruan Pienaar’s fifth penalty of the match on 74 minutes.
36 commentsMike Blair’s Perpignan move in doubt
MIKE Blair’s move to French side Perpignan appears off after the club announced massive budget cuts.
4 commentsIain Morrison: As tough a Test as Scottish club rugby has ever faced
NO WONDER Irish rugby is in such rude health after feasting on a rich diet of Heineken Rugby for most of the last decade.
Hawick take the Langholm crown
Hawick took the Borders bragging rights at Milntown yesterday when they won the Langholm Sevens for the second time in three years by beating Melrose 31-10 in the final.
7 commentsBiarritz blitz Brive
Biarritz reached their third European final in six years with a one-sided 19-0 victory over Brive at the Stade Aguilera.
Richard Bath: Au revoir from the Aviva
‘Edinburgh left nothing out on the park. They came with an audacious game plan’
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Rugby: Nathan Hines on a membership drive
Three players have Heineken Cup wins with two clubs and ex-Scotland lock could join them, writes Iain Morrison
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