Tag: Rugby

Watsonians take the win, but Stew-Mel take the play-off spot.Watsonians hosted Edinburgh rivals, Stewarts-Melville, at Myreside on Saturday with both teams in with a chance of taking second place in the National League. In,...

Low scoring match at Murrayfield goes to UlsterWith the rain pouring down, accompanied by a cold wind, it promised to be a fairly tight match at Murrayfield. And so it proved, with neither side...

Dougie Fife, the 23-year-old Edinburgh Rugby winger - pictured above scoring against Connacht in the RaboDirect league - becomes the second new cap of Scotland’s 2014 RBS 6 Nations Championship campaign having been named today...

 France score eleven tries to beat Scotland's women at Lasswade. Six first half tries and another five in the second from a very strong French team left Scotland’s women with only the match against Wales to...

France gifted win with penalty two minutes from time.Penalties! What felt like a million penalty awards to France from Scottish indiscipline left the home Nation rueing the loss of a match they should have...

Scotland suffered a heart-breaking loss on Saturday evening, when Jean-Marc Doussain slotted a last-minute penalty for France, at Murrayfield. Despite the fact that Scotland were in control for the majority of the match, it...

French U20s overcome battling Scots at Netherdale In the second of the RBS U20 matches Scotland played in Galashiels, they went down fighting to a strong French side that dominated large parts of the match...

 In a bit of a deja-vu match (from the previous evening) at Inverleith, the home side almost threw away a substantial lead to hold on and take a narrow victory against Kelso in the...

Hard fought win for Edinburgh at Meggetland Edinburgh Rugby moved their home match against Neath-Swansea Ospreys to Boroughmuir’s ground at Meggetland for Friday night’s RaboDirect fixture. With the Murrayfield turf still somewhat delicate, the move...

Aberdeen take RBS Cup quarter final with a fine display at Murrayfield With the pitch at Raeburn place potentially unplayable, the RBS Cup quarter final match between Edinburgh Accies and Aberdeen Grammar was moved to...

Scotland Women head coach, Jules Maxton, has reshuffled her squad for their game against the Azurri at Campo del Parco Urbano, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, on Sunday (23 February 2014).Despite losing to England in...

Scotland make three forward changes to face ItalyScotland have made three changes to their forward line up for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship match against Italy in Rome.The alterations see the 40-times-capped Scott Lawson win the...

Scotland make four starting changes from England defeatAt the halfway point in their 6 Nations campaign, Scotland's under-20 players travel to northern Italy today to prepare for their third match of the championship on...

Edinburgh Rugby are delighted to announce the signing of Melrose and Scotland under-20 winger Damien Hoyland. Hoyland was awarded the Man-of-the-Match in Scotland U20’s defeat to England last weekend and has been signed on...

Poor Scotland lose in a miserable encounter at Murrayfield Fans will feel cheated out of their ticket costs as Scotland and England played out a miserable match at Murrayfield. Scotland had no chance – and...

Young Scots outpaced by vastly more experienced England Gala’s ground at Netherdale was the venue for the second round match of the U20 Six Nations between Scotland and England and it was England who went...

 Rugby - Granny Green's - Caltongate a new petition - University of Edinburgh get AHRC Grant - Travelodge Competition winnerThe Calcutta Cup will be contested this afternoon at Murrayfield. We will have a match...

With thousands of rugby fans expected to arrive in the Capital this weekend to watch hosts Scotland take on England in the Calcutta Cup, the City of Edinburgh Council is working closely with Network...

Other than a few positional changes, Scotland Women head coach, Jules Maxton, has shown faith in the same 23 person squad, who lost to Ireland in the opening Six Nations tie, to take on...

Dream start for Chris FusaroScotland have made three changes to their starting XV and three more changes to their bench for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship match against England at Murrayfield.There’s a new cap...

England have chosen the same XV and replacements' bench that turned out against France last weekend for Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash against Scotland at Murrayfield (5pm, live on BBC Sport).The 23 on duty at Stade de...

England Women's Head Coach Gary Street has made 13 changes to the team which ran out against France for Sunday's Six Nations second round clash against Scotland at Aberdeen Grammar (2pm).Only skipper Katy Mclean, Rachael Burford...

Edinburgh Rugby’s next home match against Ospreys on Friday 28 February (kick-off 7.35pm) will be played at Meggetland, the club confirmed today.Concerns over the current Murrayfield Stadium playing surface – caused by a parasitic...

Head coach Sean Lineen has made a number of changes to the side that took on their Irish counterparts in Athlone last weekend, for the team to meet England at Netherdale on Friday (7...

Scottish Rugby is making the biggest single investment in its Murrayfield home since the stadium was reconstructed in 1994. A new hybrid grass pitch will be installed later this year to be ready for the...

Boroughmuir take the points in a lacklustre encounter at Myreside. The day started badly with the revelation that the programme named, but didn’t number, the players and faded away after that with a fairly dreary...

Kyloe Cow gets a new Six Nations make over by local artist and Scottish Rugby fan, Chris Rutterford at Kyloe Restaurant at the West End.Kyloe Restaurant is a gourmet steak restaurant. The name Kyloe,...

Scotland women get their 2014 6 Nations Rugby Championship underway this weekend as they face current grand slam holders, Ireland.Hoping to improve upon last year’s wooden spoon, new head coach Jules Maxton has refreshed...

Edinburgh move into second place in their HC pool after a fine win against PerpignanWith two wins and two losses in their Pool, it was imperative that Edinburgh won the Round 5 match against...

 London Scottish prove too powerful for Accies at Raeburn Place in the B+I CupRound 5 of the British and Irish Cup saw the return fixture against London Scottish at Edinburgh Accies’ Raeburn Place ground....