Rugby Union

Some ten years after professionalism came into rugby union, the Dunlop Report future-proofed the Scottish Rugby Union, but not forever. Another 15 years on from this report, Scottish Rugby requires further change, to better prepare for the demands of modern 
rugby.

Scottish centre Coreen Grant was named player of the match after her stunning late long-range try helped Cambridge University win the women’s Varsity Match at Twickenham yesterday.

There have been many players with an Antipodean twang representing Scotland down the years but the thought of a lad with a distinctly Scots accent pulling on a Wallabies jersey would have been novel.

Matt Fagerson is confident that, after a few flimsy performances earlier in the 
season, the grit is coming back to Glasgow.

Leone Nakarawa is on the brink of rejoining Glasgow Warriors, according to the French club Bayonne, who had also hoped to sign the Fijian international.

With the festive season trundling ever closer, two leading Borders rugby teams are hoping to experience the warm glow of victory this weekend.

Intelligent and with an interesting hinterland beyond rugby, South African scrum-half Nic Groom has certainly been a breath of fresh air since joining Edinburgh in the summer.

Tommy Seymour, Scotland’s fourth-highest tryscorer, has become the second member of the Rugby World Cup squad to call time on his international career.

While the Howe of Fife men’s team is improving week by week on the park, so are the club’s other sides.

Glasgow Warriors aim to complete the re-signing of Leone Nakarawa “within days”, and are hopeful that his love of the club and the city will outweigh potentially more lucrative offers from elsewhere.

The next chapter in the curious story of Darryl Marfo will unfold outside Scotland after it was confirmed yesterday that the loosehead prop has left Edinburgh with immediate effect.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Scotland rugby player after he failed to show at a court hearing.

Edinburgh have announced the departure of prop forward Darryl Marfo.

A sensational last-gasp penalty from Sean Carden earned West of Scotland a dramatic National League 3 win at sodden Burnbrae on Saturday.

Could Glasgow Warriors’ battling win in France at the weekend turn out to be a metaphor for their whole season? Captain Callum Gibbins hopes so after a match where his side started slowly but found a way to force themselves back into contention and then come out triumphant.

As everyone involved accepted, it was a far from perfect performance but the willpower that dragged Glasgow Warriors over the winning line bodes well. If they can harness that and repeat it more regularly, nobody will fancy them as opponents.

The tone of this miserable match was set from the off when Stirling County winger Logan Trotter spilled the 
kick-off under absolutely no pressure.

Who can stop Watsonians? This was a fourth win in four starts for the Super6 leaders, and one which never looked like getting away from them even though they were only three points in front at the break.

I Googled “sport” and “after-dinner” and “speech” the other day but not because I’m about to get on my feet. The world doesn’t need to hear about my muddy-field endeavours – lost every single game of P7 football, thrashed 88-0 at rugby by Fettes College. Honestly, no one’s interested in this.