Scotland

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.

A return to competitive rugby in the UK may still be some way away, but Sale Sharks new recruit Mhairi Grieve is buzzing about the thought of playing for the Tyrrells Premier 15s newcomers in 2020/21.

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has backed fly-half Finn Russell to make a return to the national side after he was left out of the Six Nations tournament earlier this year.

Scottish Rugby Union performance director Jim Mallinder said the board is looking forward for the resumption of Pro 14 once the situation improves.

The inaugural FOSROC Super6 season may have been cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but there were plenty of individual performances that caught the eye.

Scotland team doctor James Robson believes the game is unlikely to have a resumption any time soon following the pandemic coronavirus.

Scottish Rugby Union chairman Colin Grassie has announced that he will step down from the role in August.

The Six Nations unions are considering a second tournament to be played in the autumn as a contingency plan following the pandemic coronavirus.