Tag: Rugby
Rugby – Edinburgh v Munster
Edinburgh v Munster, RaboDirect PRO12, 1 September 2012
Just over 4,000 turned out on Saturday night to see Edinburgh take on Munster in their opening match of the RaboDirect PRO12 league. Three tries from Tim...
Rugby – HSBC show off Sevens World Series trophy in Edinburgh
Rugby fans in Edinburgh were today offered the opportunity to share in the excitement of the eighth leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series as the coveted Series trophy made a stopover in the...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Toulouse
Edinburgh v Toulouse, Heineken Cup Quarter Final, 7 April 2012
Possibly not the match of the season, with a fair number of mistakes and penalties, but certainly the match of Edinburgh Rugby's history, with a...
Rugby Boroughmuir v Melrose
Boroughmuir v Melrose, RBS Premier A, 6 April 2012
Melrose made the trip up to Meggetland on Friday night with a chance of securing the League title - as long as they could win...
Rugby – Melrose Sevens 14 April 2012
The Aberdeen Asset Management Melrose Sevens are set to take place for the 122nd time on Saturday 14th April 2012 with 24 teams competing from across the world. Melrose is the home of the...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Llanelli
Edinburgh v Llanelli Scarlets, RaboDirect PRO12, 30 March 2012
Edinburgh narrowly missed enhancing the club record achieved the previous week in the RaboDirect/Magners/Celtic league by squeaking the win over Welsh visitors, the Llanelli Scarlets, in...
Currie Under 15s v Musselburgh Under 15s
A few photos from the rugby cup Final today where Currie Under 15s beat Musselburgh Under 15s decisively.
The final score was 44-14.
Rugby – Scotland v France, RBS 6 Nations, 26 February 2012
Scotland faced France at Murrayfield with two defeats in the bank from two matches and hoping for 'third time lucky'.
It wasn't to be, however. France sneaked ahead with a 58th minute try and sealed...
Rugby – Scotland v France, Women’s 6 Nations, 25 February 2012
Scotland's women came away from last weekend's game pointless for the third time in three matches this Championship. To be fair to the team, France didn't look all that great either and although they...
Sponsored Video: Rugby Masterclasses
Following two defeats in their first two matches, it seems that the Scottish rugby team may still have a bit to learn. So we are intrigued to see the Masterclasses which Glasgow Warriors players...
Rugby – Scotland v England, Women’s 6-Nations
It was the women's turn to face England on Sunday at Lasswade and, given that England are far and away the best team in the World - until New Zealand scrape a team together for the...
Rugby – Edinburgh v London Irish, 22nd January 2012
For the first time since 2004, Edinburgh Rugby have qualified for the knock-out stages of the Heineken Cup. And they did so in some style, winning five of their six matches, topping their group, finishing third in...
Rugby – Watsonians v Heriots, RBS Premier B, 14 January 2012
In the first of several Edinburgh derby matches in the RBS Premier B division, Watsonians hosted Heriots at Myreside in, what was to be, a fiercely contested match marred by a catalogue of errors....
Rugby – Scotland Women v Army Select, 7 January 2012
In the lead-up to the 6 Nations Tournament, Scotland fielded all 30 of their pool players against the Army in a friendly match at Murrayfield. The game was played with rolling substitutes - 10 subbed-on...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Cardiff Blues Heineken Cup
Almost literally a 'game of two halves', Edinburgh went into Friday's encounter with the Cardiff Blues needing to do no less than win to keep their hopes of qualification to the knock-out stages of the...
Rugby – City schools ready for Murrayfield date
The Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools Cup under-18s final takes place at Murrayfield this Saturday, 26 November 2011. The game is an all capital affair with George Watson's College set to take on Edinburgh Academy.
Watson's...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Racing Metro 92, Heineken Cup, Round 2
What a game! If the sponsor had been a different brewing company "We don't do Rugby, but..." would have fitted nicely. 11 tries and 95 points in a thrilling Heineken cup encounter at Murrayfield saw...
Rugby – Watsonians v Stewarts-Melville, RBS Edinburgh Regional Cup
It was like deja-vu all over again as Stewarts-Melville travelled across the capital to Myreside to visit Watsonians in the RBS Edinburgh Regional Cup, hoping that they could reverse the league defeat of two...
Rugby – Murrayfield Wanderers v RHC Cougars, RBS Premier 1, 13 November 2011
Murrayfield Wanderers fielded eight of the current Scotland squad in their starting line-up, including the whole front row, so they were looking good for a decent result against Barnton's RHC Cougars. RHC opened the...
Rugby – Watsonians v Stewart’s-Melville, RBS Premier 2, 29 October 2011
Watsonians welcomed undefeated Premier 2 leaders, Stewart's-Melville to Myreside on a breezy, but bright Saturday afternoon. With Stew-Mel guaranteed a place in the league play-offs, there were whisperings (faint hopes, maybe...) that they might be...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Leinster 28 October 2011
Friday night's match in Round 7 of the RaboDirect PRO12 League saw Edinburgh boosted by the return of five International players to the starting line-up. Visitors Leinster, current Champions also had a few returnees,...
Launch of Brewin-Dolphin Girl’s Cup 2011-12
The Edinburgh Reporter attended the launch of the Brewin-Dolphin Girl's Rugby Cup today and met up with Lana Skeldon, a member of last year's winning team, helping to set this year's competition in motion.
Brewin-Dolphin, one...
Rugby – Stewarts-Melville FP v Hillhead/Jordanhill, RBS Premier 2, 22 October 2011
On paper, there appeared to be a yawning gulf between Saturday's two protagonists, Edinburgh's Stewarts-Melville and Glasgow's Hillhead/Jordanhill, Stew-Mel being unbeaten and Hillhead having only won two of their eight matches so far in the RBS...
Watsonians v Peebles, RBS Premier 2, 8 October 2011
A rather dreich afternoon at Myreside saw a Premier 2 clash between home side Watsonians and Borders visitors, Peebles. Both teams did their best to play open, passing rugby, but the generally wet and...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Munster RaboDirect PRO12 – 30 September 2011
Unbeaten PRO12 League leaders and current (Magners) Champions, Munster, fielded a strong team, with several current Irish International players, against an Edinburgh side whose current form suggested that Munster would stay unbeaten.
Edinburgh, however, took...
Rugby – Cougars v Ellon RBS National 1, 25 September 2011
The Cougars were involved in their fifth 40+ points match of the season, when Aberdeenshire side, Ellon made the long trip down to Barnton at the weekend.
The away side started brightly and had RHC...
Edinburgh Rugby v Connacht
Ireland's 'fourth' team, Connacht, turned up in Edinburgh yesterday evening to take on a home side who seem to be missing their International players more than most.
Straight from the off, the Irishmen went into...
Rugby – Stewarts-Melville FP RFC v Kelso, RBS Premier 2 10 September 2011
Before today's match began, the teams and supporters obserbed a minute's silence in memory of the recent death of a Stewarts-Melville former player.
Once the formalities were dealt with, the match got underway and for...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Cardiff Blues 2 September 2011
They came, they saw, they gave Edinburgh a right kicking - or so the scoreline would suggest.
First league match of the new season and new league, the RaboDirect PRO12, had Cardiff playing Edinburgh at Murrayfield. Cardiff...
Rugby – RHC v Linlithgow, RBS National 1, 27 August 2011
by John Preece Royal High Corstorphine (RHC) played their season opener at their home ground at Barnton, against Linlithgow, a game which turned out to be the proverbial 'game of two halves'.
RHC opened their...
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