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Six Nations: Scotland make four changes ahead of France match
SCOTLAND rugby coach Andy Robinson has made four changes to the side that lost in Wales and opted for a new midfield partnership against France as he seeks a first win in five Tests.
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Six Nations: French prompt change but not total revolution, says Andy Robinson
Expediency of ending sequence of defeats means the creativity fans crave must wait
Six Nations: No reason why Hogg isn’t ready for first start, says mentor Jim Renwick
PRESSURE and international rugby go hand-in-hand but, as some fear that expectations may grow too great too quickly on the shoulders of 19-year-old Stuart Hogg, the player himself is taking it in his stride.
Six Nations competition: Win four tickets to Scotland v France
OFFICIAL beer of the 2012 Six Nations tournament Guinness has teamed up with The Scotsman to offer you and three of your friends the chance to get behind Scotland in their upcoming clash with France at Murrayfield.
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Rugby: Allan Jacobsen backed to win call to Lions
As Allan Jacobsen savours becoming Scotland’s most capped rugby prop forward, another celebrated denizen of the front row today insisted there were fresh fields for the 33-year-old still to conquer – starting with Sunday’s RBS Six Nations clash against France at Murrayfield.
10 commentsRugby: Harry Leonard leads young Scots
Harry LEONARD, who returned from a rugby scholarship in New Zealand to make three Heineken European Cup starts for Edinburgh this season, will captain Scotland when they meet France in the under-20 Six Nations on Friday night at Galashiels.
Six Nations: Ireland are unchanged for Italians
IRELAND have named an unchanged starting XV for Saturday’s RBS Six Nations clash with Italy at the Aviva Stadium.
Rugby Club International: Gala’s Miller given stand-off role
GALA stand-off Lee Miller has been handed a debut for the Scotland Club International side that will take on their French counterparts in Ayr on Friday (7.30pm).
Six Nations: France coach sticks with side he picked for Paris
FRANCE coach Philippe Saint-André has produced no surprises in his team selection for Sunday’s match, but has spent the past fortnight trying to improve his players’ fitness for the test he expects at Murrayfield.
Six Nations: Craig Chalmers backing Stuart Hogg to spark Scots
AS STUART Hogg prepares to become the latest young talent handed a Scotland starting jersey, there is a sense that the team is on the cusp of something. It all hinges on the selection nous and timing of Andy Robinson and his coaching team.
24 commentsSix Nations: Sam Warburton is back to lead Wales
SAM Warburton has recovered from injury and will captain Wales when they bid for the Triple Crown against RBS Six Nations title rivals England at Twickenham on Saturday.
Six Nations: Scotland’s pace key to beating France
Scotland require to pour on the pace in all areas of the pitch in order to get their RBS Six Nations Championship campaign up and running against France at Murrayfield on Sunday.
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Six Nations: Andy Robinson has a dilemma as Ruaridh Jackson makes return to fold
SCOTLAND are expected to shuffle the back division again for the visit of France to Murrayfield on Sunday.
33 commentsSix Nations: St Andre will give French va-va-voom
Scotland have been warned they will face a fresher, more finely tuned, France in Sunday’s RBS Six Nations clash at Murrayfield after the Tricolours’ last match, against Ireland, was postponed.
1 commentAshton hopes for clear skies to light the way to tryline
Chris Ashton will be on a wing and a prayer when England tackle Wales in Saturday’s RBS Six Nations showdown at Twickenham. The Northampton flyer, who scored a record-equalling six tries in England’s title-winning campaign last year, was starved of possession in the victories over Scotland and Italy.
Six Nations: Drawing a backline in the sand
SCOTLAND compete like tigers but can’t score tries. Four of the nation’s most respected rugby figures give their opinion on what has to change
7 commentsSix Nations: Owen Farrell’s good but Triple Crown will go to Wales, says Neil Jenkins
WALES assistant coach Neil Jenkins has paid England centre and goalkicker Owen Farrell a huge compliment ahead of this week’s Six Nations clash at Twickenham.
1 commentJohn Barclay: The ref just gave a Gallic shrug of his shoulders...
ONCE again, the feeling after an international match was one of frustration. A week after the England disappointment, there was even more weight to the disappointment we are all feeling after losing to Wales, because we are dominating large parts of games yet not getting the results.
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Interview: Ross Rennie, Scotland flanker
HE MAY resemble a whirling dervish on the rugby field but, in the sanctity of one of Murrayfield’s hospitality suites, Ross Rennie turns out to be polite, friendly and surprisingly softly spoken for a man who earns a living by doling it out in the dark, brutal and unforgiving world of Test match rugby.
France game at Murrayfield is a sell-out for first time since 1994
SCOTLAND’S improving style of rugby seems to still be winning over the supporters despite another disappointing start to the RBS Six Nations Championship with Murrayfield yesterday putting up the ‘sold-out’ signs for the first time against France in at least 18 years.
3 commentsScottish schoolboy Wilson to turn out for England U18s
TALENTED Eyemouth schoolboy Scott Wilson will take the next step on the international rugby ladder tomorow, for England.
Six Nations: Abuse forces Nick De Luca to bow out of Twitter
DISAPPOINTED Scotland rugby international Nick De Luca has been forced to cancel his Twitter account after becoming a target for abuse from a group of bitter fans.
25 commentsSix Nations: Will Carling’s tips help Chris Robshaw keep England captaincy
CHRIS Robshaw revealed he has been taking tips from Will Carling, England’s most successful Grand Slam captain, after being confirmed in the role for the rest of the RBS Six Nations.
Scott Johnson quits Ospreys but will still join Scots in June
AUSTRALIAN coach Scott Johnson has quit the Ospreys early, but still has no plans to move into his new post with the Scotland management team before the due date in June.
6 commentsSix Nations: Declan Kidney feels for Irish fans faced with new Paris trip
Declan Kidney last night declared Ireland fans have been “unfairly treated” by the decision to reschedule their match against France on Sunday, 4 March.
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Six Nations organisers move to prevent more late call-offs
SIX Nations Rugby Ltd have promised the shambolic postponement of Ireland’s match against France last Saturday will never be repeated.
4 commentsSix Nations: France stick with same squad for Murrayfield
FRANCE coach Philippe Saint-Andre has not made any changes to his matchday squad for the RBS Six Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday 26 February.
Six Nations: Paul Doran-Jones joins English
NORTHAMPTON prop Paul Doran-Jones has joined the England squad preparing for next week’s RBS Six Nations clash against unbeaten leaders Wales at Twickenham.
Six Nations: Referee Romain Poite apologises to Scots over try error
IT HAS emerged that French referee Romain Poite apologised to Scotland players for mistakenly disallowing a ‘try’ by Stuart Hogg in Sunday’s RBS Six Nations Championship match in Wales.
42 commentsSix Nations: Scotland lose Strokosch and face sweat on winger Evans
Scotland face the prospect of trying to revive their RBS Six Nations campaign without flanker Alasdair Strokosch and wing Max Evans.
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Six Nations: Steadman given notice as ruthless Robinson seeks to strengthen team video
SCOTLAND coach Andy Robinson is to shake up his coaching team as he steps up his bid to improve the national side, with a 27-13 loss in Wales yesterday taking the head coach’s record to ten defeats in 12 Six Nations matches.
42 commentsSix Nations: Robinson asks Scots to keep the faith
SCOTLAND head coach Andy Robinson has called on his side to retain their belief as they look to put their RBS Six Nations campaign back on track after suffering more disappointment in their defeat to Wales at the Millennium Stadium.
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Six Nations: IRB stands firm behind referee over late postponement in Paris
THE International Rugby Board (IRB) last night issued a statement backing referee Dave Pearson’s decision to postpone Saturday night’s France v Ireland match just before kick-off because of a frozen pitch.
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Stuart Bathgate: Optimism is tempered by defeat, but some genuine signs of hope emerge from behind shadow of humiliation
“The most glaring problem yesterday was the stupidity of de Luca and Lamont in being sin-binned”
5 commentsSix Nations: Scotland’s costly yellow card offences ‘daft’, says Andy Nicol
DAFT, silly, unfortunate. BBC pundits used different adjectives to describe the yellow cards picked up by Nick de Luca and Rory Lamont yesterday, but their meaning amounted to the same thing: both backs had committed avoidable errors which had cost Scotland heavily.
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Six Nations: Wales 27-13 Scotland: Second-half scoring blitz stuns Scots Picture gallery
WALES moved top of the RBS 6 Nations Championship after they smashed Scotland through a second-half scoring blitz that emphatically underlined their title credentials.
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Scots must go for broke in Vegas
The Scotland sevens side have once again missed their goal of a place in a HSBC Sevens World Series Cup quarter-final after losing out to Kenya (14-17) and England (7-12) in the early hours of yesterday morning on the west coast of America.
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Six Nations: Italy 15 - 19 England: Charlie Hodgson strikes again Picture gallery
WHO says lightning never strikes twice? Charlie Hodgson was the man of the moment at Murrayfield with a charge-down try and the England stand-off rescued his team again yesterday in the opulent surroundings of Rome’s Olympic Stadium.
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John Barclay: Dan Parks was emotional - it affected lots of the boys
FRUSTRATION, déjà vu, that worry of “how many times are we going to go through this before we learn” was the general feeling after the England game, but today we have the chance to rectify the mistakes we made last weekend and we’ll be going all out to do so.
Six Nations: Scots face a nervous breakdown
The Scotland team announcement took place last Wednesday afternoon at Murrayfield and it proved a tetchy affair. The mood has changed, the barometer has shifted from “fair” to “stormy” and the natives are getting restless.
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Six Nations: Now it’s Scottish defence under microscope as Steadman set to exit
Scotland, a team with a chronic inability to score tries who have not crossed the whitewash in their past four games, are to part company with their defence coach. Scotland on Sunday understands that Graham Steadman’s contract with Scotland will expire at the end of this season and will not be renewed.
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Farcical scenes as Six Nations match between France and Ireland abandoned
THE Stade de France was the centre of farcical scenes last night when Ireland’s RBS Six Nations match against France was postponed just ten minutes before kick-off.
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Former Wales captain pours more scorn on Scotland
WELSH criticism of Scotland’s try-scoring troubles continued yesterday when former Wales captain Gwyn Jones claimed that not even rugby legends Barry John or Dan Carter could improve the situation.
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Six Nations: Lamont aiming for revenge against Wales
Nobody in Scotland’s starting rugby line-up at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, tomorrow knows the Welsh opposition quite as well as Sean Lamont.
Six Nations: Warren Gatland still seeking suitable punishment for card offenders
WALES coach Warren Gatland has revealed he suggested imposing fines of up to £30,000 for players who receive needless yellow cards.
Six Nations backs referee Barnes over decisive penalty
THE International Rugby Board and RBS Six Nations have exonerated referee Wayne Barnes of blame for Ireland’s 23-21 defeat by Wales.
Jim Hamilton: Dan Parks had career highlights some can only dream about
IT WOULD be understandable if Scottish supporters are travelling to Wales this weekend not quite bubbling with the same excitement with which we all headed into the Calcutta Cup match.
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Six Nations: Sub-zero in Paris but Vincent Clerc raring to go
THE Stade de France passed a pitch inspection yesterday afternoon in preparation for today’s RBS Six Nations showdown between France and Ireland.
Six Nations: Stuart Lancaster givesthumbs-up to brave recruits
STUART Lancaster has given his young England rugby side two crucial commodities before they take the field against Italy in the RBS Six Nations at the Stadio Olimpico today.
Six Nations: Millennium meltdown in the past for Sean Lamont
SEAN Lamont can remember the last time he faced Wales in the Millennium Stadium, but he wishes he couldn’t.
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- David Cameron is playing into the SNP’s hands, says Michael Forsyth
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