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SHOULD GLASGOW flourish in today's BKT United Rugby Championship Grand Final in Pretoria, it will surpass any previous Scottish rugby victory – at least in the Open Era.

A LAYMAN'S GUIDE to sports-writing: There are three types of match reports: The Runner: a strictly factual description of the run of play, penned

I WAS getting myself wound-up for the Bulls v Warriors, BKT United Rugby Championship Grand Final when the sad email pinged into my

O K, it was “only Canada” - world-ranked 21 st to Scotland' 6 th ,

TODAY IS going to be a long one. I have to navigate all those hours of wall-to-wall Ingurland, Ingurland, Ingurland across

IN YOUR eighth decade, you have marginally less need for sleep. So, whereas once upon a time I would have set the television to record

I OFTEN received criticism from regular readers of the blog, when I parade my belief in Scottish Independence. “Stick to Rugby

OK – IT WAS perhaps “Only the USA” that we beat; and we ought never to have been in that competition in the

SCOTLAND'S win in Chile wasn't quite the highlight of Saturday night; after it ended I discovered a terrific documentary on BBC2, all about the

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