Tag: Edinburgh sports news

On Saturday Linlithgow 1st XI took on Edinburgh at Boghall. Linlithgow won the toss and elected to bat first. Linlithgow’s innings struggled to really get going and wickets fell at regular intervals. Top scorer...

On Saturday Linlithgow 1st XI took on table topping Morton at Boghall. Morton won the toss and decided to bat first on a excellent pitch for batting.Morton came with a game plan to attack...

The University of Edinburgh has inducted three leading female figures from the worlds of hockey, hill and trail running, and rugby officiating into their Sports Hall of Fame.Edinburgh alumni Sarah Robertson, Angela Mudge and...

Rounding off Scottish Hockey's Club Finals , Sunday saw the Women's Club Finals at Peffermill. With no reserve competitions, there were only four matches but that didn't detract from the spectacle, as the crowds...

Over the weekend, Scottish Hockey held their Club Finals at Edinburgh University's, Peffermill sports' facility, hosting 20 teams, playing 10 matches, in the Men's and Women's competitions.Saturday was dedicated to the Men's Competition Finals...

Two big games over the weekend were on the cards as first Edinburgh and then Scotland Women played vital matches in their respective tournaments against French opponents.Edinburgh were up first on Friday in the...

Stewart’s Melville went into this game knowing that, as a result of their loss to Dumfries at Inverleith a fortnight before, they had very little margin of error if they wanted to stay in...

Once upon a time in the olden days, Connacht were looked upon as the whipping boys of, what was, the Celtic League. Always difficult to beat at home on the West coast of Ireland,...

After leading at half time but, ultimately, losing out in their previous two matches, Scotland's U20 team were hoping that France would provide the springboard needed to get their U20 6 Nations campaign back...

Scotland's Under-20 side got their 2022 U20 6 Nations campaign underway against England at Edinburgh Rugby's DAM Health Stadium on Friday night.On paper, the visitors were probably the favourites to take the win, but...

Watsonians WRFC finished top of the Women's Tennent's Premiership after the 2021-22 domestic season. With Hillhead-Jordanhill just one point behind in second, the Season Finale at Myreside - in a howling gale - promised...

Following on from their 'close run thing' against London Irish in the EPCR Challenge Cup in the previous round, which they lost by a single point, Edinburgh were hoping to make amends against French...

Edinburgh Eagles welcomed York Acorn, who play in the top amateur division in England, to Royal High School on Saturday for the first round of the 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup competition which will climax...

Round 7 of the United Rugby Championship saw Benetton returning to the DAM Health Stadium to play an Edinburgh side looking to continue their current winning streak in the league. Benetton, for their part,...

Last night, Thursday the 18 November 2021, at the Oriam Sports Performance Centre Edinburgh, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (SCOTS) held their Regimental Boxing Event.This was an internal competition where boxers from four...

Sakura (Japan) XV were the visitors to play Scotland's women in their, one-match, Autumn 'series' at the DAM Health Stadium in Edinburgh. The Scots were looking for their third consecutive International win this year,...

On a dry blustery day, with the wind direction as unpredictable as the BBC weather forecast, SM kicked off towards the Castle. After a bit of juggling, Hamilton managed to get themselves into a...

BT Murrayfield is warming up to host Scotland’s biggest ever Hallowe’en Party – and everybody’s invited.Fans will be able to watch the national men’s team live in a home international for the first time...

Another South African side on the bounce were Edinburgh Rugby's Round Four opponents in the 2021 United Rugby Championship as the Vodacom Bulls lined up to try and do what the Stormers had failed...

GHK made the trip through from Glasgow to Inverleith last Saturday to face Stewart's Melville in the latest round of Scottish Rugby's Tennent's National League, Div. 2.Within 10 minutes of the start Stew Mel...

Junior players at Leith Rugby Club received an inspirational visit this Sunday from current and former Scotland Men's International stars Grant Gilchrist and Tim Visser as they were crowned Royal Bank RugbyForce winners for...

For Round 3 of the inaugural United Rugby Championship, South African Side, DHL Stormers were the visitors to Edinburgh Rugby's DAM Health Stadium on Saturday evening. With both sides coming off the back of...

Boroughmuir Bears made the epic, 1.1Km trip round the corner to Myreside to face a Watsonians side who have, latterly, struggled to record a win. They've suffered few narrow defeats, so a slew of...

Although there were some smiles evident on the final whistle, all in good sporting spirit, they were undoubtedly masking great disappointment and frustration as SM were pipped at the post by a physical PL...

With a newly named stadium and a new Championship in the offing, Edinburgh Rugby welcomed Scarlets to the Dam Health Stadium for the opening round of the United Rugby Championship.Right from the off it...

Back on the road again and, after the disappointment of the previous week, it was smiles on the faces of all our players, coaches and supporters alike come 4.45 pm at Beveridge Park. Let's...

As is now the tradition, Edinburgh played two pre-season matches at their new home ground, Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, in the Scottish Building Society Pre-season Series.The first match, against Newcastle Falcons ended in a 10-26...

It's been a while, but being able to attend live matches is back (although, to be fair, it's been back a few weeks, but various Festivals got in the way) and, following a couple...

Boroughmuir Bears' Head Coach, Graham Shiel, has announced his 32-man squad to take part in the second season of the FOSROC Super6.The Edinburgh team will host the opening game of the 2021 FOSROC Super6...

Watsonians' Fergus Pringle has announced his 32-man Watsonians Rugby squad to compete in the second season of the FOSROC Super6. Pringle’s squad will get their season underway when they travel to Millbrae to face...