Nel is the man at tighthead Despite WP Nel only having a smattering of caps, the doughty South African-born prop has formed a crucial partnership with Al Dickinson in the…
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World Cup Highlights: Scotland 39-16 USA
Watch official World Cup highlights of Scotland's win over USA
World Cup 2015: Scotland 39-16 USA
In the first-half some aggressive defensive hit from the Eagles unsettled Scotland and a well-worked try from young Saracen Titi Lamositele that was the difference between the sides. In the…
Pyrgos to captain Scotland as Cotter makes ten changes for USA game
Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Henry Pyrgos will captain Scotland against the USA having replaced Greig Laidlaw in the No 9 shirt from the win over Japan on Wednesday. Laidlaw scored 20…
World Cup Highlights: Scotland 45-10 Japan
Watch official World Cup highlights of Scotland's win over Japan
World Cup 2015: Scotland 45-10 Japan
Five second-half tries took Scotland to a convincing win over Japan in front of an excited crowd at Kingsholm. Japan scored all their points in the first 45 minutes, answering…
Watch: Japan deny Scotland try with last ditch Goromaru tackle
Ayumu Goromaru denies Tommy Seymour a try in the final seconds of the first half between Scotland and Japan at Kingsholm
Japan up to 11th, South Africa fall three places in latest World Rugby rankings
The fallout from the weekend’s first round of games has been felt in the latest rugby world rankings table, with the Springboks falling three places to sixth after their shock…
Scotland’s 2015 World Cup squad
The squad has only two players with over 50 caps and four with two caps or less. That is not to say the team is inexperienced; six of the final…
World Cup squads selections continue to raise eyebrows
By Will Macpherson Making sense of World Cup squads is an exercise carried out on two levels. Firstly, things are best kept simple: who’s in, who’s out, which coach nailed…