Scotland

Ben Robbins has experienced the international set-up with Scotland and the National Leagues in England, but now he looking forward to the future both on and off the field.

World Rugby has confirmed that the postponed games of this year's Men's and Women's Six Nations competitions will be conducted in October.

Players and supporters at all levels up and down the country are getting excited as rugby starts to slowly return after lockdown and one squad who will be eager to get going are Sale Sharks Women.

Scotland international Hamish Watson says it is ‘nice’ to see his name mentioned in relation to next summer’s British and Irish Lions tour, but he believes any player with selection ambitions must focus on their performances for their club and country.

Richie Gray hopes that the move to Exeter Chiefs will see his younger brother Jonny take his game to the next level and propel himself into Warren Gatland’s thoughts for next year’s British & Irish Lions tour.

As we reach the end of week 16 of lockdown and the subsequent phases in the UK, there is light at the end of the tunnel as things begin to return to some sort of normality.

Former Scotland international Greig Laidlaw is confident that the Dark Blues can win the Six Nations in the "next two or three years".

Every rugby supporter, as well as many sports fans from across the world, will be raising a glass to mark Doddie Weir’s 50th birthday on Saturday.

During the current pandemic, young talents up and down the country have been anxious about securing their immediate rugby futures and Callum Hunter-Hill was one of those before signing for Saracens.

Today, June 23, marks 30 years since Scotland nearly toppled the mighty All Blacks in an amazing Test match in Auckland and TRU spoke to Alex Moore who reflects on that day.

Latest to answer our quickfire Isolation Edition questions is Edinburgh and Scotland back-rower John Barclay.

Their 24-hour fitness challenge does not take place until later this month, but already young Scottish rugby players Charlie Brett and Toby Gray have raised over 200 per cent of the charity fundraising target they have set themselves.

All rugby players have had to adapt to different ways of training to keep themselves ticking over for when the sport does eventually return - and for one of Shale Sharks’ newest recruits Nicola Howat, that has meant workouts on her family farm.

When Molly Wright arrived in Scotland from New Zealand - via a stint in London to work within the NHS in early 2017- playing rugby again, let along winning an international cap, was the furthest thing from her mind.

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has backed World Rugby's idea of aligning the global calendar.

During his playing days, Mark Robertson was always someone who liked to push himself - and that trend has continued into his coaching life and led to a recent charity challenge.

Scottish Rugby has named former Scotland and British and Irish Lions international John Jeffrey as the interim chairman of the board.

When up-and-coming Scottish rugby talent Ross Bundy made his senior debut for Stirling County when he was still at school, his opposite man was a professional player with a hard-hitting reputation.

Scotland lock Tim Swinson has confirmed that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the 2019/20 season.

During Mental Health Awareness Week, sports men and women have been opening up in a bid to help others in similar situations - and the rugby players behind Support & Offload want to create a safe space for people to talk about their own issues going forward.