Scotland

Stuart Hogg hopes the fear of missing out on a World Cup place will drive Scotland's players onto new heights.

Richie Gray has not enjoyed Vern Cotter's punishing training camp one bit - but he believes it will help Scotland when it comes to the crunch during the World Cup.

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter has added Edinburgh duo Dougie Fife and Ben Toolis to his pre-World Cup training squad.

Scotland centre Alex Dunbar is heading to the United States to continue his race to be fit for the World Cup.

Euan Murray has left Glasgow Warriors and will join newly-promoted French Top 14 side Pau next season on a two-year deal.

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter insists the Dark Blues' latest pair of foreign recruits will not let their adopted nation down.

Glasgow prop Jon Welsh believes the Warriors' Guinness Pro12 title triumph is their reward for refusing to settle for second best.

Scotland assistant coach Duncan Hodge will take on the role of Edinburgh Rugby backs coach at the end of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the capital club have confirmed

Record-breaking Scotland prop Euan Murray has announced he is retiring from the international game.

Former Scotland lock Nathan Hines has returned to the international fold to join Vern Cotter's coaching staff.

The New Zealand Rugby Union have been extremely active in their attempts to bolster their already formidable sevens team with some extra firepower ahead of the sport’s debut at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Glasgow centre Mark Bennett faces a race against time to be fit for Scotland's World Cup squad after he was ruled out for the rest of Warriors' Guinness Pro12 campaign following shoulder surgery.

London Irish v Edinburgh in the European Challenge Cup quarter finals threw up a tasty clash at nine. Throughout the years Scotland have had a plethora of quality at scrum half, and this game saw two bright Scottish scrum half prospects line up opposite each other.

Glasgow captain Al Kellock has announced his retirement from rugby.

Scotland will kick off their World Cup preparations when they head to a high-altitude training base in the French Pyrenees this summer.

Scotland international Geoff Cross has completed his year-long beard growing fund-raiser after it was shaved off at his club's training ground today.

If you like mathematics, statistics or bonus points, then this is the subject for you. I am lucky enough to be at Twickenham this Saturday and as the game starts I will know how many points England need to win by!

Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw admits the Dark Blues will be left red-faced if they do not end this year's RBS 6 Nations with a victory on Saturday.

Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw has called on his side to keep their single-minded focus on beating Ireland to avoid the wooden spoon.

The penultimate round of the 2015 Six Nations offered up a true spectrum of international rugby.