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WELL, I NEVER saw that coming. I was always confident in the Scotland team's ability to beat a Fijian team minus their French and

SOME YEARS ago, when I was still “ on the tools” on a regular basis, and writing too-many obituaries, I was charged with writing the obituary

SUNDAY'S international between Scotland and South Africa at Scottish Gas Murrayfield is

PERHAPS the biggest surprise of a weekend of International Rugby Union came right at the start – when TNT Sport talking head Craig Doyle

ARISTOTLE ARMSTRONG - Scottish Rugby Philosopher, THE Truly Independent Commentator on Scottish Rugby, offers his thoughts on the major issues of the day as they affect the world of Scottish Rugby

THE THIRD of the four November International Weekends got off to an entertaining start with Ireland narrowly beating

THERE WAS an early start to the new week when, on Monday, Pete Horne announced the Scotland A team, which will entertain Chile, at The Hive on Saturday.

GIVEN SOME of the attacking rugby they have played in the first two matches of their Tour, admittedly games against the two poorest nations in

ARISTOTLE ARMSTRONG - Scottish Rugby Philosopher, THE Truly Independent Commentator on Scottish Rugby, offers his thoughts on the major issues of the day as they affect the world of Scottish Rugby

LAST WEEK one of the shit-stirring Rugby Union pages on Facebook posted a South African depth chart – listing the 50 players who had started