Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 26, 2009, 10:55 am
Edinburgh press releases and the Scotsman keep saying it was Phil Godman. Eh? I was sure I heard Ally Kellock being announced in the stadium. The Sunday Times had Nathan Hines. I would have given it t...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 24, 2009, 8:47 am
I’m very happy with this team just announced and hot off the virtual press. I think MacDonald is probably worth a first cap, he gives the back row a bit more of an attacking edge and Barclay mus...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 23, 2009, 6:37 am
Well well well. Hopefully by now the hungovers have worn off, and the “did that really happen?” feeling has not quite worn off. And so to a little bit of post match analysis. ScotlandR...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 21, 2009, 1:29 pm
That’s the first time I have seen Scotland beat Australia. Absolutely awesome performance, it was almost entirely defensive but it was full of passion and intensity. I am so proud of the players...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 20, 2009, 3:34 pm
That’s probably more of a humping than we expected. Listening to the radio commentary it sounds like the Hugo experiment worked pretty well and Thom Evans didn’t seem to get much ball. Lis...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 18, 2009, 9:59 am
Southwell at fly-half? Never saw that one coming, though apparently he has been featuring at first receiver during play for Stade. Decent enough defence and a solid left boot (some days). Could be ver...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 8:56 am
What no Evans? Bit risky that one Robbo, but it makes my job easier…isn’t copy and paste wonderful? Scotland team to play Fiji: Rory Lamont, Sean Lamont, Alex Grove, Graeme Morrison, Simo...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 16, 2009, 8:10 am
Scotland 23-10 Fiji But having said that, it was more clinical than we are used to, wasn’t it? How many times have we seen the scrum-half break (usually Mike Blair) with no-one on his shoulder ...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 12:04 pm
Well done to Alex Grove on his debut cap, I reckon it’s a good idea to give him a shot against Fiji. More interesting even than that is the suprise absence of Thom Evans from the 22, given that ...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 4, 2009, 8:29 am
Rugby Fashion brand Front Up continues to bring the high street to the club house with their latest range of rugby inspired t shirts, polos and hoodies and now we’ve teamed up with them to give ...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 6:08 am
Andy Robinson has announced Scotland is to have two captains for the autumn internationals – incumbent Mike Blair and widely touted replacement Chris Cusiter who led the A team to victory in the...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Oct 29, 2009, 7:03 am
Despite another virus rifling through the Glasgow team this week, Sean Lineen has named a team close to full strength for Friday in an attempt to pilfer some away points from an Ospreys team that will...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Oct 26, 2009, 6:04 am
Edinburgh got a well deserved if unspectacular win at home to Munster on Friday while Glasgow laboured in the second half but eventually secured the expected four-try bonus point against Connacht, put...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Oct 21, 2009, 10:36 am
Scotland squad: John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors), Johnnie Beattie (Glasgow Warriors), Mike Blair (Edinburgh), Kelly Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Ben Cairns (Edinburgh), Geoff Cross (Edinburgh), Chris Cusi...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Oct 15, 2009, 8:00 am
I’m away this weekend so will probably miss the games, hopefully the boys can get their campaigns back on track after disappointments on their last outings. Glasgow are still struggling with inj...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Oct 11, 2009, 10:09 am
Stade Francais 31-7 Edinburgh Glasgow 18-22 Biarritz Ugh. Edinburgh flatter to deceive (get hammered) and Glasgow come close but fail to squeeze out the result they definitely deserved. So far, so S...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Oct 9, 2009, 6:25 am
... could be irresistable though. Several of the guys who have impressed so far – Cairns, Grant, Houston, Robertson have a real opportunity to stake a place for caps here. No sign of a ... for...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Oct 7, 2009, 1:00 am
While hunting for some new images for the blog header, I came across this article complete with picture of Thom Evans in an England shirt. Plenty of familiar names all round! Old rugby report from 20...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Oct 5, 2009, 6:06 am
Well done to Edinburgh for a good result away from home facing down an admittedly poor Cardiff team and coping with the usual performance from G. Clancy esq. Did I say Edinburgh? Oh, I meant Glasgow. ...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Oct 2, 2009, 5:16 am
Edinburgh team to face Ospreys: Steve Jones, Mark Robertson, Nick De Luca, John Houston, Tim Visser, Phil Godman, Mike Blair (capt), Allan Jacobsen, Andrew Kelly, Geoff Cross, Craig Hamilton, Scott Ma...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 30, 2009, 1:00 am
In addition to STVs ever improving highlights package on Sunday, this weekend you can also catch the Cardiff vs Glasgow game on S4C at 1820 on Saturday and Ospreys vs Edinburgh on Sunday at 1550, givi...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 28, 2009, 5:01 am
No sign of this anywhere else so it may be something of an exclusive, but blog reader and NYC based Scotland fan David H wrote in with a discovery he made on a US rugby website selling what appears to...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 21, 2009, 9:21 am
Congrats to Edinburgh who scraped a win at Ulster over the weekend. Things are looking good if they can still nick an away victory even whilst under the kosh and in front of a partisan crowd. Mossy se...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 18, 2009, 4:57 am
Glasgow Warriors (to face Dragons tonight): Bernardo Stortoni, Rob Dewey, Peter Murchie, Graeme Morrison (capt), Colin Shaw, Dan Parks, Mark McMillan, Justin Va’a, Dougie Hall, Ed Kalman, Tim B...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 14, 2009, 5:42 am
http://www.magnersleague.com/matchcentre/table.php You might not see the likes again! It was also good to see Sean Lamont having a decent game against Glasgow, no doubt Andy Robinson would have been ...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 7, 2009, 9:31 am
So this weekend we had both Edinburgh and Glasgow beating top clubs (if not their top teams) and the arrival of a new TV programme. Marvellous! First up were Edinburgh who took Cardiff to the cleaner...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 6, 2009, 1:00 am
It seems a new Scotland away kit has quietly sneaked out New Scotland Alternative Strip (link fixed now thanks Giorgia) It’s pretty similar to the old one apart from a) they got rid of the stu...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 3, 2009, 11:55 am
Yes indeed the news you have all been waiting for has arrived. Everyone can watch the 1872 cup games live on terrestrial TV, plus highlights from Edinburgh and Glasgow’s Magners games this seaso...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 3, 2009, 6:25 am
Sean Lineen announced his first Glasgow Warriors squad of the season, fresh from a narrow pre-season victory over Kelly Brook’s boyfriend and the rest of the Wasps. They take on champs Munster w...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Sep 2, 2009, 7:32 am
A new look Edinburgh team under new coach Rob Moffat will seek a return to winning ways in Cardiff on Friday. Some of the changes are enforced by injury – Edinburgh still have a long list of inj...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Aug 26, 2009, 5:33 am
As usual, I trot back on to the pitch with a whimper rather than a bang. I had planned a grandiose piece to open the new season about how this was the summer that rugby found its soul (on the marvell...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Aug 20, 2009, 5:07 am
Scottish Rugby Blog will return soon as the season is almost upon us and exciting things are afoot (well, Chunk is coming back). Anyone interested in writing for us during the new season? See the Abou...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Aug 6, 2009, 1:12 pm
Bit of a news digest this week, hope you are enjoying the off season! Andy Robinson has announced his 44 man Scotland training squad for later in the month including all four Lions, several fresh fac...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Jul 30, 2009, 5:32 am
The BBC have just published their list of the proposed protected “free to air” sporting events, seen as invaluable in promoting sport in Britain and being accessible to the widest possible...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Jul 22, 2009, 4:29 am
Ahh, there’s the “why didn’t I think of that” coaching appointment I was bemoaning the lack of in my last post. Rob Moffat has announced recently retired Northampton Saints, Sc...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Jul 8, 2009, 1:00 am
I will no doubt have a bash once I have had a chance to watch the second and third tests again (pub viewing not the best conditions for analysis although the craic is better) but for now this article ...
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Rory B. posted an article on Scottish Rugby Blog - Jul 7, 2009, 4:54 am
Elsom that is, not Balboa. After his Wikipedia entry was recently amended to suggest he would be moving to Wales (the Ospreys and the Scarlets simultaneously), it seems that Scottish Lion and general ...
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