Exactly right. Bu**er all credit if we win and endless rehashing of 6N relegation talk if we don't. Brave stuff being the first T1 to take them on at home + selection, morale, injuries etc so close to the world cup. Could be just the mental prep needed for the pool qualification decider against the ...

All things being equal I'd agree. Things might be far from equal in the last game, against the host nation with a possible Quarter final place the incentive. Add in a ref from the country the winners of this game are likely to face and a TMO who can't keep his mouth shut. Scotland are every headline...

Would add Sir Jackie Stewart to the conversation. 3 World Titles and 27 Grand Prix wins (from 99 starts) in 5 years.....at a time when there was a 3 in 5 chance of being killed in a Grand Prix car. Tireless advocate for improved safety during his racing career, which was by no means universally popu...

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That is the point I was making They wouldn't "significantly" increase the money they make by playing in London. Sydney can hold the same amount ffs. All it would do is erode interest in the SH teams coming up to play the individual Home Nations, which frankly has suffered from saturation as it is (...

Matt Williams and Willie Anderson to coach Scotland in 2004 First action was to tell all the players how crap they were. Second action was to send out a selection and strategy designed to prove it. Third action was to tell the press that the players didn't/weren't capable of carrying out his brillia...

There have been plenty. 1st game v Wales in 1985. 1st time visit to old Arms Park in 1996 (last time Scotland would visit there). 1st visit to Parc Des Princes in 1997. Also the last time Scotland would play there. The 25-25 draw with All Blacks 1983 To choose 3 though it has to be some all too infr...

What happens if the increased number in Scottish conservatives deliver a majority or biggest party status in Westminster, yet are unable to vote on legislation due to the EVEL laws they themselves brought in - do they become the UK govt in name only but effectively a minority in English matters?