Rugby Union

The 2018-19 Ned Haig Kings of the Sevens concluded recently at Jed-Forest’s Riverside Park ground, with Watsonians carrying off the overall honours.

Leinster boss Leo Cullen has apologised for his controversial remarks ahead of tomorrow’s Guinness Pro14 final at Celtic Park tomorrow evening.

Glasgow Warriors have named their team for Saturday’s Guinness Pro14 final at Celtic Park.

It is a week alive with possibilities for Glasgow Warriors and Scottish rugby but Zander Fagerson has plenty to smile about even without the prospect of a Celtic Park showpiece against Leinster tomorrow evening.

The man who got the Glasgow ball rolling back in 2015 is 
hungry for a second winner’s medal as he prepares for Saturday’s Guinness Pro14 final against Leinster at Celtic Park.

Borders rugby player Sean Goodfellow has been suspended from all sport for a period of four years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

Adam Hastings is relishing the prospect of going head-to-head with Irish great Johnny Sexton in Saturday’s Guinness Pro14 final between Glasgow Warriors and Leinster at Celtic Park.

Several of Glasgow’s players have pointed to that 56-27 shellacking at the hands of Saracens as the game that got them into this Pro14 final, such has been the desire to make amends after that stinker. Sadly for them, their rivals on Saturday are thinking along similar lines after finishing a somewhat closer second to the same opposition in the Champions Cup final only 11 days ago.

Leinster boss Leo Cullen’s attempts to stoke a bit of division in the host city of Saturday evening’s Guinness Pro14 final at Celtic Park were given
a firm riposte yesterday by Lisbon Lion legend Jim Craig, who nailed his colours firmly to the Glasgow Warriors mast.

Rugby goalposts are erected at Celtic Park ahead of next Saturday’s Pro14 final between Glasgow Warriors and Leinster, which will take place at the home of the Scottish football champions.

Kyle Steyn hopes the Glasgow support turn Celtic Park into a sea of blue when the Warriors walk out for next week’s Guinness Pro14 Grand Final.

She copped a bit of stick, Dame Emma Thompson, after flying 5,000 plus miles from Los Angeles to London to front an Extinction Rebellion protest.

Leinster will face Glasgow in the Guinness Pro14 final on Saturday, which is almost certainly the encounter that the fans want and deserve. Both teams topped their respective conference, Leinster by a landslide, scoring an astonishing 95 tries during the regular season, Glasgow a little less comprehensively.

Having secured the Kings of the Sevens title at Selkirk last weekend, Watsonians confirmed their regal status by winning the final tournament of the ten-round competition at Jed-Forest with victory over the host club in a final that was more one-sided than expected.

The last time Glasgow made the Pro12 final, back in 2015, Ali Price had just turned 22 and the youngster was playing third fiddle to Henry Pyrgos and Niko Matawalu. The little scrummy was there in Belfast on the big day as 24th man, so he did the warm-up
and everything else that goes into a match day preparation before stepping backwards into the shadows for the match itself…and right back out again for the celebrations.

Glasgow coach Dave Rennie is anticipating a “deafening” atmosphere at Celtic Park next Saturday after his side powered into a dream Guinness Pro14 final in their home city after hammering Ulster 50-20 at an ecstatic Scotstoun last night.

Glasgow secured a landmark home Guinness Pro14 final at Celtic Park next Saturday as they crushed Ulster in a dominant last-four display that thrilled a 10,000 sell-out crowd at Scotstoun.