Downtime with… Stuart Hogg Do you have any phobias? I’ve always hated snakes. When I was young I went to Deep Sea World near Edinburgh and there were snakes there.…
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Saints and sinners: The weekend’s talking points
England win an epic in Argentina, a winning start for new Scotland coach Gregor Townsend and Israel Folau ends his try drought for Australia
Six Nations: Team of the Tournament
By Alex Shaw The 2017 RBS Six Nations is in the books. The national animosities can be put back in the cupboard until, well, the British and Irish Lions squad…
Six Nations: Team of Round 3
By Alex Shaw The 2017 RBS Six Nations passed the halfway point this weekend, as the tournament whittled its title contenders down from five to three and set up a…
The Lions XV at the midway point of the Six Nations
The British & Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland must be tearing his hair out about who to pick for the squad in New Zealand in the summer, never mind the…
Round Two: Six Nations Team of the Week
By Alex Shaw Round two of the 2017 RBS Six Nations is in the book and the upcoming rest week gives us all a little longer to digest it. From…
Saints and sinners: The weekend’s talking points
THE SAINTS Hogging the headlines The BBC showed a great graphic ahead of the Scotland-Ireland game on Saturday, highlighting the total absence of Scotsmen from Lions Test XVs over the…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Francis Saili Munster replacement Francis Saili took his team into the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup as Pool One winners as he scored the match-winning try against Glasgow…
Scotland 43-16 Georgia: Five talking points
By Rory Baldwin It was an odd sort of game The evidence of the opening ten minutes looked like this match would be close but in the end it was…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Rory Best The Ireland skipper had plenty to celebrate on Saturday, guiding his team to a 27-24 win over Australia in Dublin and winning his 100th Test cap…