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Rugby Football

Mauger benefit as Kiwi team-mate helps out with tough decisions

My first month of competitive rugby at Leicester has gone well, but today is the kind of occasion I came down for - a sold-out Welford Road for the visit of the star-studded Ospreys in the Heineken Cup. Coming from the north...

Brewer bids to restore fizz to ailing Scotland

Published Date: 12 October 2008 New forwards coach has grand plans but can he really upset his native All Blacks, asks Iain Morrison ONE RESULT of Scotland winning just two Six Nations ties in the last 10 outings was the...

Selkirk 16 Ayr 15: Underdogs show bite in thriller

Published Date: 12 October 2008 FORTRESS Philiphaugh maintained its impregnability as Selkirk halted the progress of Premiership pacesetters Ayr in a thrilling contest that went to the wire, but which deservedly resulted in a...

Playing the patriot game - sports minister Stewart Maxwell

Published Date: 12 October 2008 The SNP's sports minister may at times be 'ridiculous' but at grassroots, at least, he's trying to do some good STEWART MAXWELL talks a good game, but then you'd expect nothing less from the...

Iain Morrison: Safety first as SRU takes steps to reduce serious injuries

Published Date: 12 October 2008 GOOD NEWS for those who advocate further safety measures in the game of rugby. The SRU, in a coordinated move with the other home unions, will be announcing the adoption of the International...

Teenager banking on exciting future - Up and Coming: Callum Skinner

Published Date: 12 October 2008 Skinner blushes. Still, if he keeps making the progress he has made this season, which this week saw him presented with the inaugural Chris Hoy Trophy, then he might have to get used to t his...

Ruck and Maul: Not to be outdone as a pin-up, Henson decides not to turn up

The joke in Wales is that Gavin Henson was getting sick and tired of Danny Cipriani hogging the tabloid headlines so he reverted to type. The perma-tanned wonder returned last week after being out for six months with an ankle...

Why England's best player isn't in team...

Nick Abendanon is not a small-print kind of guy. With a Heineken Cup tie today in Toulouse to look forward to, the last thing the bright, bold, brash Bath full-back should be talking about is the minutiae of the Rugby Football...

Wasps united in euro quest

WASPS go into Pool Two battle against Adams Park visitors Castres today with Danny Cipriani and Josh Lewsey reunited in the back division following their much-publicised training ground spat earlier this week.

Latham treble as Warriors crush Petrarca

Australian ace Chris Latham scored his first points for Worcester Warriors with a superb hat-trick as the European Challenge Cup campaign opened with a crushing 55-6 victory over Petrarca Rugby. Super skipper Latham scored a...