John Barclay

There are many eternal truths in rugby. The first is that ‘forwards win matches, backs decide by how much’. While Jonny Sexton’s Parisian drop goal (...)

Ireland v Scotland, Aviva Stadium. Kick-off: 2.15pm. (On TV: Live on TV3/UTV/ITV)  Even with another early afternoon kick-off, and more forecas(...)

Dan Leavy may find a cautionary tale in the man seeking to stoop under his arching frame. John Barclay was the golden child – brought into Scottish tr(...)

To paraphrase John Cleese’s character in the film Clockwise, “it’s not the despair. I can take the despair. It’s the hope I can’t stand”. It seems a (...)

Gregor Townsend revealed he has held one-on-one talks with his Scotland players in a bid to cure their acute bout of travel sickness. Back-to-back wi(...)

The revolution according to Gregor Townsend, while based in reality, has heretofore been a homely affair. Scotland’s Six Nations record outside Murra(...)

Every now and again comes a reminder of why the Six Nations still exerts a powerful hold on the imagination. Out of a clear blue Edinburgh sky has als(...)

Preview: Wales v Scotland Principality Stadium, Saturday, 2.15, Live on TV: TV3, BBC 1 Warren Gatland will on Saturday equal Bernard Laporte’s (...)

The flowering of Scotland was a feature of rugby union’s climate change last year. Having withered on the Six Nations’ vine for most of the century, t(...)

Bath 17 Scarlets 35 Bath’s European Champions Cup quarter-final hopes suffered a crushing setback as the Scarlets cut them to shreds at the Recreatio(...)