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Edinburgh Rugby team to face Zebre Parma at Hive Stadium in the BKT United Rugby Championship Friday 10 May (kick-off 7.35pm) – live on Premier Sports 15. Wes Goosen (29) 14. Matt Currie (36) 13. Mark Bennett (105) 12. James Lang (54) 11. Duhan van der Merwe (89) 10. Ben Healy (20) 9. Ali Price (14...

My sentiment exactly. My granddaughter is 3 and a half and it is an absolutely sensational age. My daughter and SiL have already had a 'Minimoon' and will shortly be going away for a full Honeymoon without her. It means that we are getting the pleasure of taking her away ourselves but I constantly ...

So Hastings back to Glasgow confirmed. I think that’s a good signing but I do fear what it means for Thompson and Richie Simpson. I think for Thompson it probably means a move to Edinburgh. Simpson will be in the same situation as before - needs to work his way past a veteran in his position (Weir)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcQL-8TKrYk An interesting but painful watch on Scotland's failings vs Ireland. I'd interested to hear folks' thoughts. It does echo thoughts I have had with Scotland but not quite been able to put my finger on. On occasion Schoeman, Z Fagerson, Dempsey and in other g...

Delighted Jake Henry is making his Edinburgh debut. Was great in the super6 before the awful injuries. Excellent news !! I was sure I'd seen him play for Edinburgh before. Certainly seen him on the RWC sevens circuit a few years back where he was unremarkable. He would've been young, I'm sure he's ...

Squad update 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ahead of the Ireland match, Glen Young, Hamish Watson and Jamie Bhatti are out of the squad. Ally Miller has been called up with Alex Samuel and Max Williamson training with the squad. Feel sorry for Watson. Seems to have absolutely dropped out of the reckoning which I struggle...

ASMO wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:00 pm Daly though DALY!!! FFS he must have compromising pictures of Boredthick

As a Scottish fan I just don't get that. To my eye Louis Lynagh would be a better option on the wing and you discarded him. England has a solid half dozen options who I would put above Daly as a winger.

Has taken me a couple days to settle down from that one. I've got to hand it to rugby, and being Scottish. Those two things combined keep finding new, fresh and innovative ways to crush my soul. On reflection, the excruciatingly dull kick tennis, I reckon I kind of get it. I'm not so sure that we w...

I can't believe I am typing this but Alec Salmond makes some pretty good points in this interview with Andrew Marr:

https://x.com/LBCNews/status/1752587191572729950?s=20

So no White indeed. I'm still not convinced Price warrants the start, but don't think I have it in me to complain given White not hit prior levels. Would have loved Horne to start I'd start Horne too but likewise can't argue White should be above Price. Crosbie over Watson is a big call. I suppose ...

Worst problem was losing our own line out. Cherry should start against Ireland as we will have the same paucity of ball, so we need to hold on to it. The fact someone is brilliant in the loose is fucking pointless when we don’t have any ball - and the guy who’s meant to be brilliant in the loose is...

First XV but Cummings and Healy for Gray and Russell. I think Healy has to start this one. He needs some miles on the clock as he is now the #2, plus we need to keep Finn safe at all costs. Would also be sensible to keep Gray out of the team. Yes and yes i'm a bit wary of starting Jones at 13, the ...

Biffer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:10 pm
Tichtheid wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:11 pm Scotland's men's team have just won gold at the youth Commonwealth Games 7s

Ya Bass
Also Ya Bass.

Lifts the gloom from our youth teams a bit

Managed to find the video - certainly looks like an away trip that needs to be added to the bucket list!

The squads have increased from 31 to 33 players this year, so that allows for six props and an extra back Ah, didn't realise that. I'd be surprised if he used that extra place for a specialist fullback though. I suppose it depends on whether Kinghorn travels as a flyhalf/fullback or a fullback/flyh...

Interesting interview with Hogg about his retirement:

The impression I got was they ran a lot of good moves. It their handling was shite. The stadium was very flat, the only bit that got everyone up was the seagull. Otherwise there was a constant murmur of chit chat. It must be hard to get yourself fired up for a meaningless game where there is an inj...

I rent a ton of cars annually on work trips. Earlier this year I was in Melbourne and thought I'd give an ev a go since I was mostly local.... bad mistake. I was surprised at how the range was used up and my hotel had no charging points. I used the recommended apps and spent 3 hours looking for a fr...

I have a feeling these warm up games are going to go very badly. For some reason I thought the Georgia game was first and so thought a midfield of Healy/McDowall and Harris would just about be ok. Stodgy, defensive reminiscent of Scotland midfields in the late noughties, but when I realised it was ...

I'd almost be tempted to give Finn just one game this series, first or last and let Healy and Hastings do most of the work - I think Hastings is injured but presumably they must think he will be ready for some of these games. BK and Smith can alternate games. Edit: As I said before, I have real con...

The article, published in a respected historical journal, is clear and fair on the point. You're grasping now to try and hold on to a grievance that appears strangely precious to you. I'll let you have the last word. Some Scottish nationalists are trying to present themselves and Scotland as victim...

I did read it. Have you read the minutes of the war cabinet meetings? Because I have. Yes, but your description of "Churchill sending tanks" is really stretching it - as the article clearly demonstrates. The author of the piece I linked to, Gordon Barclay, got such a pile on by cybernats ...

The Churchill Project trying to rehabilitate Churchill's image? Well I never. At the time, troop arrivals were reported in the local papers, there's photographic evidence of tanks stationed in gallowgate market, there was a machine gun nest at city chambers and the obseerver reported that the chamb...

Hey, I'm Scottish, I'd rather be the fuck out of the union. Churchill sent tanks into Glasgow after WWI , so don't expect me to lionise that arsehole any time soon. Hmmm https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/glasgow-tanks-george-square/ The Churchill Project trying to rehabilitate Churchill's imag...

You're aware there are many republics in the commonwealth, right? I am. Best off without them. Churchill was willing to sacrifice Australia for Burma and India. Didn't even want to release our own troops to meet the Japanese. Let alone send any troops of his own. That kind of treatment continued wh...

I've just had a look back and every so often this guy turns up with accusations of "Trumpism" aimed at anyone in favour of Scots being in charge of their own future. I'll remember to not engage in future. I've referenced Trump in a single post coming up on 3 years ago(maybe look in the mi...

There’s another of the thoughtless go-to internet jibes, “Trumpian” it’s just so lazy and unoriginal Mone has so little political clout that she had direct access to senior UK government ministers and through them to contracts worth up to two hundred million pounds of public funds. No one here is d...

Michelle Mone OBE is a Baroness and Conservative Life Peer, ie she was involved in law making https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/09/revealed-the-full-inside-story-of-the-michelle-mone-ppe-scandal One of 778 members of a comparatively powerless second chamber vs the folks who have been at ...

Michelle Mone OBE is a Baroness and Conservative Life Peer, ie she was involved in law making https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/09/revealed-the-full-inside-story-of-the-michelle-mone-ppe-scandal One of 778 members of a comparatively powerless second chamber vs the folks who have been at ...

Delivered straight to his mum's driveway as well.🤔😂 It does seem a little bit suspect, you have to say. Much as this is bizarre and should be investigated, it’s a bit odd that so much focus is on this amount of money, when Michelle Mone is off sunning herself on tens of millions of taxpayer money o...

Surely they are going to absolutely smash a semi pro set up? Depends how good the fringe pros in the A team really are. It's going to be pretty interesting actually. Some of the guys playing are capped internationals and many are extremely experienced pros - if they don't utterly dominate it sugges...

I’m actually feeling a bit emotional about this. He has been a giant of the Scottish game, spanning the time between when we were an absolute shitshow and when we’re a decent outfit now. He’s been almost ever-present. I get that he isn’t the same physically as he used to be - he’s visibly lost a ya...

Ah that's a real shame, think he still has something to give but if he feels it's the right time then it's the right time. Total shock, he's 30 I was expecting him to go until he was 32/33. He'll be a big loss, such a brilliant player whose arrival seemed to coincide with the start of a new beginni...

Last I looked, Steyn was a centre who also plays wing, certainly not a non-centre. And no, I wouldn't be comfortable with anyone who is not Jones playing instead of Jones. Just as I wasn't comfortable with Steyn subbing in for Graham. But he can do it. I'm sure TOTM Will correct me but Steyn must h...

Looks ok to me, Given Steyn can cover 13 very adequately I'd maybe leave Harris out. Harris or another 13 is a stick on to go. There is no way Townsend would risk Steyn at 13. Agree, Harris is nailed on. He may be but I am not sure. This year has shown the transformative effect of having a 13 who c...

So 33 men for the RWC. Last time it was 31 and a 17/14 split. I'll have a bash at the squad with an 18/15 split based on current form and the expectation those returning from injury will be decent: Props (2019:3/2023: 6) - Nel, Fagerson, Walker, Schoeman, Sutherland, Bhatti Hooker (3/3) - Turner, C...

I’m an independence supporter not an SNP supporter. I’ve said before on here that they’re a means to an end for me. Basically they’re now coming down to the level of the other parties in Scotland which you guys pretend aren’t a fucking shitshow as well. Yup, knew your position was not as an SNP fan...

BK is a conundrum. In many ways he is an ideal bench option, but if Finn gets injured in the first 10 mins vs Ireland I would much rather Hastings coming on rather than Kinghorn. You could have them both on the bench with Steyn covering the centres but I'm expecting Darcy to come back in so having H...

15. Smith 14. Steyn 13. Jones 12. Tuipulotu 11. Duhan 10. BK 9. White 8. Dempsey 7. Mish 6. Ritchie 5. Jonny 4. Skinner 3. Zander 2. Turner 1. Schoeman Ashman, Sutherland, Nel, Cummings, M Fagerson, Price, Healy, Redpath (Can’t remember how to post pics) Pretty happy with that to be honest. Glad to...

At times in recent years I've been irritated by Tom English but lately have appreciated him more and more. He was at his best on OTB Rugby addressing the weird Irish media idea of Scotland being arrogant and needing to be "put back in their box". He well and truly nailed it and I found mys...

I see alll the Unionist pig dogs and bootlickers are desperate to write her obituary. It is like they don't know what narrative to go with, was she the reincarnation of Hitler and Pol Pot or Ted Bundy or Ed Gein. Sheila Foggerty earlier was really letting herself down. Think this may actually wake ...

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