Bradbury: It was almost a case of too little, too late
Magnus Bradbury admitted that his Six Nations Championship debut had been a challenging experience after leaving the field as part of a well-beaten Scotland side.
Laidlaw: We feel we're letting ourselves down in some senses
Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw paid tribute to France last night, but felt that he and his team-mates had let themselves down as they failed to end the 20-year wait for a victory in Paris.
Jonny Gray says Wales game shows how tough France can be in Six Nations
Scotland may be set to face a French side that has lost its first two matches in the Six Nations next weekend, but stalwart second-row Jonny Gray reckons they must focus on the way next weekend’s hosts launched their championship bid as they prepare to try to end the 20-year wait for a win in Paris.
Scotland tighthead set to miss Six Nations clash with Ireland
SCOTLAND tighthead WP Nel looks likely to miss Saturday’s Six Nations Championship meeting with Ireland after international and Edinburgh team-mate Allan Dell indicated that the squad is preparing for his absence.
Edinburgh hope short trip to 'the Toon' will cure their road sickness
AS newcomers to the Heineken Champions Cup it was unimaginable when the draw was made in the summer that Edinburgh would top their pool at any stage, let alone after they had faced all of their rivals.
Strauss knows size of task facing Scots as formidable Fijians loom large on horizon . . .
At 6’4” and close to 18 stones, Josh Strauss looks a hard man to intimidate, but even the hirsute South Africa-born back-row forward sounded as if he felt he had encountered a super-human being when playing with and against the man who did most to take Scotland apart when they met Fiji last year.
Seymour backs Jones to bounce back from disappointment in Cardiff
British and Irish Lion Tommy Seymour has backed Huw Jones to bounce back from his defensive blunders in Cardiff last weekend and has pointed out that his Glasgow Warriors and Scotland team-mate was by no means solely to blame for the scores that made the difference between the sides as Scotland were beaten 21-10 by Wales in The Doddie Weir Cup clash.
Mata ready for surreal day at Murrayfield as Fijians look to turn over Scotland on their own patch
A fair few in the crowd of around 5000 at BT Murrayfield on Friday evening probably turned up in the hope of seeing a dynamic performance from an Edinburgh back-row forward who could, on the same patch of ground, make a significant difference the following weekend, and they duly did so.
'We couldn’t get the cup for him, but the day was still a success for Doddie,' says Toolis
There was particular disappointment that they had failed to make it a perfect day for the man the new trophy was named after, but as one of the latest men to follow Doddie Weir into the national team’s boiler-house observed, they could take solace from knowing that the former Scotland and Lions lock had enjoyed a wonderful day.
