Tag: Rugby
Edinburgh Fringe Festival review – Scene of the Titans
Venue 34 Age guidance 12+ Chambers Street.
‘A New Musical with a lot of Balls!’ boisterously claims SCENE of the TITANS, an engaging, premier production drawing on the talents of a feisty dramatic company all...
Edinburgh Eagles v Fife Lions 4 June 2011
Edinburgh Eagles hosted Fife Lions at Union Park in Carricknowe for, what turned out to be, their fourth win out of four matches in the current season.
The Eagles started as they meant to go...
IRB World Sevens Final, Murrayfield, Day 1 28 May 2011
by John Preece
Day one had it all.
Wind, sun, rain hail and a streaker, as well as some fine Sevens Rugby from the World's best.
Teams play three qualifying matches in the first round in order...
Edinburgh v Newport-Gwent Dragons 22 April 2011
Edinburgh played hosts to the Newport-Gwent Dragons for their last home match of the season and came away with their third home win in a row and their first against Newport for two years.
The...
Edinburgh v Aironi 15 April 2011
Italian new boys, Aironi Rugby, made the long trip to Murrayfield for their Magners League fixture with Edinburgh, a match that they were given little chance of winning, it has to be said.
Edinburgh opened...
Melrose Sevens 2011
by John Preece
Seven-a-side rugby was 'invented' in Melrose in 1883 and now has an international following, as well as a World Tour. The 2010-11 series of the World Tour will close at Murrayfield on...
Edinburgh University Rugby Club v Harper Adams College
by Thomas Haywood
Edinburgh University Rugby Club sensationally managed to win their promotional match (18-16) with a final penalty kick against Harper Adams College at Peffermill yesterday.
The game was essentially a story of two halves....
Edinburgh v Ospreys
by John Preece
Ospreys travelled up from Wales to play Edinburgh in a Magners League encounter at Murrayfield intent on breaking a four year drought of wins in the Capital, never having won since 2007.
Ospreys...
Scotland Women v Italy Women 20th March 2011
Scotland's Women took on their Italian counterparts at Meggetland in Edinburgh for Sunday's 'Wooden Spoon Decider', both teams having lost all their other RBS 6-Nations matches, some by a considerable margin. Italy started as...
Scotland v Italy Under 20
Both teams entered the match without a win to their names in this years Six-Nations Championship, so the match at Bridgehaugh, in Stirling, could be considered the 'Wooden Spoon' decider.
In spite of scoring first,...
Edinburgh v Cardiff
by John Preece
A repeat of Edinburgh's last home match, but in the Magners League this time around. The first half was a rather lifeless performance from an Edinburgh side depleted of players on International...
Scottish Rugby to get £3.65m investment
Cash totalling £3.65 million recovered from the proceeds of crime will be invested in Scottish rugby club activities and facilities over the next three years.
This investment builds upon the success Scottish Rugby has achieved...
Scotland Under 20 v Wales Under 20
by John Preece
Scotland's second half performance in Stirling, like the weather, could only be described as damp and dismal.
It didn't look too bad in the first half, with both sides being reasonably well matched,...
Watsonians v Selkirk
Borders club Selkirk travelled up to Myreside to play unbeaten Watsonians in a Scottish club rugby's Premier B fixture, which turned into a bit of a nail-biter for 'Sonians fans.
Selkirk lead...
Edinburgh v Cardiff Blues Heineken Cup
Report and Photographs by John Preece
Cardiff made the trip to Edinburgh for the final round in the Heineken Cup qualifiers, needing a win to ensure a place in the knock-out stages. This they duly...
Heriots FP v Stewarts-Melville
Report and Photos by John Preece
Stewarts-Melville travelled about a mile west to play Heriots in Round 2 of the Scottish Premier Cup on Saturday 15th January at Goldenacre.
With a lay-off of some 8 weeks,...
Scotland v South Africa 20th November 2010
What a difference a week can make in International Rugby. Far from the fairly(!) one-sided affair of last week, Scotland and South Africa appeared to be far more of an even match, with neither...
Stew Mel team for Saturday 13th November
We were a little late in getting this news but here is the squad for yesterday's Stewarts Melville FP 1st XV team playing at Inverleith against Jed-Forest. Match report to follow soon! Stew Mel...
Scotland v New Zealand
by John Preece
Scotland welcomed an All Blacks team determined to improve on, what they regarded as, a disappointing performance against England the previous week. Unfortunately for Scotland, they appeared to do just that, by...
Edinburgh Wanderers v Dundee University – Women’s rugby
by John Preece
Murrayfield Wanderers (Wandies) ran out easy winners against Dundee University in this Scottish Women's Premier division match. Dundee were outplayed, outmuscled and, generally, outclassed in every aspect of the game and were...
Heriots v Boroughmuir 23rd October 2010
by John Preece
Heriots and Boroughmuir met in a cross-Edinburgh derby at Goldenacre on Saturday. The teams went into the match separated by one point in Scottish Premier 1, the top division in club rugby....
Stew Mel team for fixture against Jed Forest at Riverside Park
The Stewart's Melville FP RFC team to play Jed-Forest RFC at...
Stewart’s Melville FP play Jed-Forest this weekend
The Stewart's Melville FP RFC team to play Jed-Forest RFC at...
Stew Mel win over Kelso
Although the FP side won 17-7 over Kelso they have rather harshly posted a "Could do Better' report on themselves for their outing to the Borders yesterday.
"A dogged and focussed performance against a hefty...
Stew Mel v Kelso Saturday 9 October
The Stewart's Melville FP RFC team to play Kelso at Inverleith on Saturday 9 October, kick off 3 pm, is:
15 Liam Steele
14 Rob Patterson
13 Richard Borthwick
12 ...
