9am Briefing: Hibs boss loses touchline ban appeal

Hibs boss John Hughes has lost his appeal against a six-match touchline ban but it won't come into effect until next weekend so he can be in the dugout for Saturday's derby and Tuesday's cup quarter-final replay against Ross County in Dingwall.

Ref

Hearts boss Jim Jefferies says he's surprised Willie Collum has been given the task of refereeing Saturday's derby at Tynecastle just over a fortnight after red-carding Larry Kingston at Pittodrie.

Hard target

Edinburgh and Scotland centre Nick De Luca is determined to put some big hits on Irish legend Brian O'Driscoll when the sides meet in Dublin in the final round of Six Nations matches on Saturday.