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Former Scotland manager Gordon Strachan has very fond memories of his side’s fantastic battles with Ireland in their Euro 2016 qualifying group three and a half years ago. The two sides met home and away in Group D as they battled for third place and a chance at a playoff spot in the qualifiers. Ireland had been flying high in …

Eddie Jones has named a strong England team as they go in search of a bonus point victory over Scotland in Twickenham on Saturday. Jones makes four changes to the starting XV that lined up against Italy last week. In the backs, Jack Nowell replaces Joe Cokanasiga on the right wing and Henry Slade replaces Ben Te’o who drops to …

Simon Zebo says it’s “good to watch” teams playing on the edge when they target key players like Johnny Sexton, while he admitted that he thought Romain Poite reffed Saturday’s game well.  The Ireland out-half took a heavy hit from Allan Dell and left the field after just 24 minutes for a head injury assessment, which he subsequently failed. As …

Ireland travel to BT Murrayfield today to take on Scotland in the second round of the Guinness Six Nations (kick-off at 2.15pm). Following last week’s comprehensive loss to England, Joe Schmidt’s side need a win to keep their Championship hopes alive. Meanwhile, Scotland go into the game on the back of a bonus-point win over Italy. During their last encounter in …

Ireland put in an impressive away performance to secure a 5-22 victory over Scotland in the Six Nations on Friday night. The away side were looking to bounce back from a heavy 7-51 defeat against England in their Six Nations opener in Donnybrook last Friday. The Girls in Green began very brightly in the game and took an early lead …

Gregor Townsend and Joe Schmidt have named their respective teams for tomorrow’s Guinness Six Nations clash between Scotland and Ireland at BT Murrayfield.  Schmidt has been forced into making a number of changes with Robbie Henshaw, Devin Toner, CJ Stander, and Garry Ringrose all ruled out through injury following last week’s loss to England. Into the Ireland team comes Jack Conan, …

Scotland head coach, Gregor Townsend, has made four changes to his side to face Ireland in BT Murrayfield on Saturday in the second round of the Guinness Six Nations.  Sean Maitland has recovered from a knee injury and replaces Blair Kinghorn, who scored a hattrick of tries against Italy last weekend. The 30-year-old rejoins Tommy Seymour and Stuart Hogg in …

Ireland issued a squad update on Monday following their Six Nations defeat to England at the Aviva Stadium, with a number of injury concerns present ahead of Saturday’s clash with Scotland. Winger Keith Earls who was on the receiving end of a couple of questionable challenges from Tom Curry and Maro Itoje suffered a hip pointer injury and will be managed …

Scotland head coach, Gregor Townsend, has named his squad for the upcoming Six Nations Championship with injuries meaning that seven uncapped players are included. In the absence of Fraser Brown and George Turner, three uncapped hookers are named in the side, David Cherry (Edinburgh), Jake Kerr (Leicester Tigers) and Grant Stewart (Glasgow Warriors) rewarded for their recent performances at club level. Another …

Winger Sean Maitland scored the only try of a dull Murrayfield encounter to help Scotland to a 14-9 victory over Argentina in their final November international. Captain and scrum-half Greig Laidlaw kicked three penalties from four attempts to help them past Argentina, who paid the price for failing with four of their seven kicks at the post. The Pumas’ record …

Tommy Seymour scored a hat-trick as Scotland ran in eight tries to beat Fiji 54-17 at Murrayfield on Saturday and claim their first win of the Autumn Internationals. Allan Dell, Fraser Brown, Sean Maitland, Jamie Ritchie and Adam Hastings also scored tries as the Scots survived an early scare when scores from Viliame Mata and Semi Radradra gave Fiji a …

Neil Lennon claimed on Friday that anti-Irish racism is becoming a huge issue in Scotland after the Hibernian manager endured fresh abuse during his club’s Edinburgh derby draw with Hearts. Lennon has been repeatedly targeted for abuse from fans in Scotland and he believes that is because he is an Irish Catholic with strong ties to Celtic, whose supporters are …

Ospreys wing Luke Morgan will make his Wales debut against Scotland at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on Saturday. Morgan, Wales’ record try-scorer on the world sevens circuit, returned to Welsh regional side the Ospreys this season after six years playing in the abbreviated format. Ospreys flanker Dan Lydiate, whose last international appearance was 11 months ago, was recalled to a Wales …

The Scottish and Welsh rugby unions “will donate directly” to Doddie Weir’s charity after Saturday’s autumn Test in honour of the former Scotland lock struck by illness. The two national sides had faced criticism for not contributing from its proceeds to his motor neuron disease charity. Instead, fundraisers such as a game-day bucket collection and a dinner attended by Scotland head coach …

Thirteen counties are represented on the Irish team to face Scotland in the annual hurling-shinty international this Saturday in Inverness.  This year’s side will be managed by Tipperary’s Willie Maher and Conor Phelan from Kilkenny while they are captained by Carlow’s David English. Ireland will be out for revenge after falling to a three-point defeat in Bught Park last year. …

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has named the uncapped trio of Sam Skinner, Sam Johnson and Blade Thomson in his squad for the Autumn Tests. Exeter second-rower Skinner is a former England youth international while Scarlets number eight Thomson has represented New Zealand’s Under-20s. They join Glasgow centre Johnson in the 40-man group named ahead of next month’s clash with Wales …

Scotland and Glasgow Warriors star, Stuart Hogg is expected to be out of action for 10-12 weeks following ankle surgery yesterday. The 26-year-old sustained the injury in their 25-10 win over Munster earlier this month. Hogg will miss a number of crucial fixtures including Scotland’s Autumn International Tests. Gregor Townsend’s side are due to take on Wales in Cardiff on November …

World Cup semi-finalists Belgium capitalised on a series of Scotland mistakes with goals from Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard and a Michy Batshuayi double to thrash the hosts 4-0 in a friendly at Hampden on Friday. Roberto Martinez’s men showed their class and no hangover from their exertions in finishing third in Russia to warm-up for their Nations League opener against …