Scotland

New Zealand club Bay of Plenty Steamers has acquired the services of Scotland international Hugh Blake on loan from Pro12 club Glasgow Warriors.

The next time a northern hemisphere team journeys south of the equator, it will be the British and Irish Lions heading off to New Zealand next summer.

A re-cap of all the scores and re-live the very best action from a busy June test window. Including great matches like New Zealand v Wales, Australia v England, South Africa v Ireland, Argentina v France and Japan v Scotland!

Scotland U20's Callum Sheldon talks to TRU about the reason behind choosing to play for Scotland, the big decisions he has already had to make and university life at Leeds Beckett.

Greig Laidlaw came off the bench to kick four penalties and rescue his side in the second half as Japan went down fighting against Scotland who managed to secure the series 2-0 with 16-21 win in Tokyo on Saturday.

Scotland coach Vern Cotter has made six changes for the second Test against Japan to be played on Saturday in Ajinomoto Stadium.

Scotland centre Duncan Taylor will be returning back home from the ongoing Japan tour after sustaining a hamstring injury during the first Test on last Saturday.

Scotland have called up Glasgow Warriors prop Gordon Reid as a replacement for injured Alasdair Dickinson for the second Test against Japan to be played on 25th June.

Scotland scrum-half and captain Greig Laidlaw's 16-point haul with the boot helped his side beat Japan by 13-26 on Saturday at the Toyota Stadium.

Scotland forwards coach Jonathan Humphreys lauded Edinburgh hooker Stuart McInally for showing significant progress in his newly transformed role ahead of the two-match series against Japan.

In the third round of the World Rugby U20 Championship at the Manchester City Academy Stadium, Ireland trounced Georgia while Scotland and South Africa managed victories against Italy and France respectively.

Vern Cotter has made five changes to Scotland line-up from their final RBS Six Nations game for the first Test against Japan on Saturday.

Edinburgh prop Alasdair Dickinson believes Scotland will suffer in the upcoming tour of Japan, if they take the Brave Blossoms lightly.

Richie Gray is set to join up with the Scotland squad in Japan and could play a part in Saturday’s first Test.

The second round of games in the World Rugby U20 on Saturday at the at the Manchester City Academy Stadium saw thrilling encounter between Wales and Georgia, Ireland pulling of an upset against New Zealand and England dominating Scotland.

John Barclay, the Scottish flanker has admitted that his side is wary of the challenge to re-set their body clocks in just five days after touch down in Tokyo ahead of their Test double header with the Brave Blossoms.

It’s that time of year again when the northern hemisphere’s finest travel south of the equator (or staying above it in the case of Scotland) to do battle with the best of the southern hemisphere and, more often than not, take quite the beating.

Scotland wing Tommy Seymour is expecting Stormers centre Huw Jones to come good in the upcoming tour of Japan despite the 22-year-old maintaining a low profile in the squad.

Scotland wing Damien Hoyland admitted that his exclusion from the 2015 World Cup has motivated him to become an even better player.

The opening day of the World Rugby U20 Championship threw up a number of surprises, shocks, and statements writes Lewis Hughes as he recaps all the action from the first round of games at the AJ Bell Stadium.