Tag: BT Premiership

Watsonians show Edinburgh how it should be done at MyresideWatsonians welcomed Stirling County to Myreside on Saturday for their first home match of the 2017-18 season and went on to win an nine-try thriller...

Heriots and 'Sonians share 12 tries at Goldenacre.Unfortunately for Watsonians, Heriots scored nine of the twelve as they demolished the Myreside men 58-15 in Saturday's BT Premiership match. Watsonians also suffered the loss to...

Watsonians find it tough near the topSecond played fourth on Saturday as Melrose were the latest BT Premiership side to visit newcomers Watsonians and, maybe, see what all the fuss was about. The...

Watsonians hang to win by a single point.Boroughmuir wandered round the corner from Meggetland to face a Watsonians side who had won their first two fixtures following their return to the top division and...

Watsonians open their new season with a win over Heriots.Premiership newcomers (new returnees?), Watsonians, took the honours at Myreside on Saturday as they took full advantage of reigning Champions, Heriots, stuttering start to the...

Saturday 27 August will herald the kick-off of the 2017-17 BT Premiership, Scotland’s premier club competition, and will again involve ten teams from across the country’s four regions.This season, the BT Premiership welcomes Edinburgh’s...

Five-try Heriots take five points at Goldenacre.By all accounts, Heriots had been playing well below par in the run up to Saturday’s local derby with Boroughmuir at a very wet Goldenacre, but were still clinging...

 Image courtesy of Neil Kennedy (Hasbeanz)International RugbyAll three Scotland representative sides were beaten by their English counterparts over the weekend with the U20’s playing a traditional ‘game of two halves’, the women puting up...

Rugby Round upProfessional RugbyAs reported elsewhere, Edinburgh lost 20-17 to Ulster on Friday night, despite the Irish side finishing the match with 13 men. Leading until the 51st minute, the home side were then...

A mixed week for Edinburgh’s teams saw some big wins, some narrow defeats and the traditional postponement due to an unplayable pitch at Currie.Edinburgh RugbyEdinburgh scored four tries against Bordeaux on Friday night (full report in...

Edinburgh Rugby Edinburgh travelled to the West coast of Ireland on Friday to play Connacht in the latest round of the Guinness PRO12 knowing that a win would help drag them up the table a bit...

4-try Damien Hoyland closing down against Ontario at MeggetlandProfessional RugbyNelson Mandela Bay SevensDespite two resilient performances today and reaching the Plate semi-finals, Scotland 7s were unable to record a victory on day two at...

Rugby Round upBrewin-Dolphin Schools Cup FinalsThursday night at BT Murrayfield saw the conclusion the the B-D Schools Cups for U16 and U18 Boys. As this was, probably, the first time – and, probably the...

Edinburgh RugbyThe shoogly peg that Edinburgh’s coat has been hanging on got a wee bit looser on Friday as the already struggling side lost another two players to injury. With 18 players out with...

Edinburgh RugbyEdinburgh had a tortuous trip to Bordeaux involving, by all accounts, trains, planes and automobiles. And almost everyone outside the camp - given the Begles current form – was expecting a tortured time on...

Edinburgh Rugby Image by John PreeceEdinburgh scored their second win in the Guinness PRO12 League on Saturday with a comprehensive win over the Newport-Gwent Dragons at BT Murrayfield in front of just over 3,000 spectators.A...

Edinburgh Rugby13-0 down at half time against Ulster at Ravenhill, Edinburgh eventually lost the match 30-0, with the home side securing a try bonus point on the way. The usual story of too many...

Rugby Round-upClub RugbyWeek Four of the BT Premiership saw all four Edinburgh clubs keeping it very much in the family as they got down to a pair of Derby matches. Premiership returnees, Boroughmuir lost...

Pro RugbyEdinburgh opened their 2014-15 Guinness PRO12 campaign with a win against Munster in Ireland, the Irish side’s first first-round defeat since 2009.It wasn’t all plain sailing however, as, despite an early six point...

Scottish Rugby has today confirmed all national and regional league fixtures for the forthcoming season.Perhaps the most interesting element of today's unveil is that the top-flight BT Premiership will introduce a Celtic league style...

The new season fixtures for the BT Premiership season have just been announced with Boroughmuir Rugby kicking off their new season at home to Stirling County. With the recovery back into the Scottish Premiership...