The four-year deal will see the tournament renamed as the Heineken Champions Cup while at the same time maintaining its global recognition as The One to Win in club rugby with the world’s leading international premium beer brand as its main official partner. The Champions Cup has gone from strength-to-strength in recent years, intensifying competition […]
Fagerson, a product of the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy, has received the Sir Willie Purves quaich from Friends of Scottish Rugby as Young Scottish Player of the 2017/18 season. The 19-year-old follows in the footsteps of the likes of Jonny Gray, Finn Russell and Mark Bennett in collecting the prize. Fagerson, younger brother of […]
The Famous Grouse Pre-Season Challenge’, in association with Perth & Kinross Council, will be held at Perthshire RFC’s North Inch ground on Saturday 18 August (kick-off 2pm). The game will take place two weeks before the new Guinness PRO14 season gets underway. A 5,000-capacity arena will be constructed close to the city centre and the […]
The 28-year-old will join the Guinness PRO14 side in July on a deal until May 2020. Standing at 6ft 5in and weighing 122kg, Tameilau is a dynamic, ball carrying loose-forward. David, who is also known as Tevita, currently plays for Utah Warriors in Major League Rugby, having recently joined from French side RC Narbonne. Tameilau […]
The Glasgow south side school went unbeaten throughout this year’s tournament which saw 24 schools and more than 1,000 boys and girls from across the west, central and southern Scotland take part during six weeks of action. Shawlands Academy pushed Wallace High School all the way in front of a large crowd during Friday’s final. […]
Both teams have enjoyed memorable campaigns to date, but will be looking to ensure that their season doesn’t end when the final whistle blows tomorrow. Here’s how both sides reached this stage. Glasgow Warriors After missing out on the play-offs in 2016/17, Glasgow Warriors saw a period of transition over the summer, as former Chiefs […]
Russell, who is leaving the club in the summer, kicked a late touchline conversion in the club’s last home Semi-Final to win the game and 10,000 Warriors supporters will be hoping for another inspired performance from their fly-half against the reigning Champions. George Horne will partner Russell at scrum-half with Sam Johnson and Nick Grigg […]
Friday’s fixture at Scotstoun will be the club’s first fixture for three weeks, with Rennie and his coaching staff making the most of the break to ensure the squad is fully prepared ahead of tomorrow night’s crucial encounter. “It’s been a bit of everything,” said Rennie. “The first week we had a pretty big week, […]
The Nashville-born Scotland winger paid tribute to the supporters’ dedication throughout the season, expressing his delight at securing a home tie in the Final Series. “We’ve looked at making Scotstoun a fortress and I think, both with the performances on the pitch and with the support of the fans, we’ve done that this season,” said […]