Rugby

More than 200 former students of the University of Edinburgh gathered to participate in an Alumni Sports Day. Twelve clubs from the university’s sports union laid on activities that helped unite graduates with other alumni and current students. The sports played included volleyball basketball, ladies rugby, trampolining, badminton, korfball, netball, rifle shooting, and cricket. Others [...]

Currie’s under 16 coach Andy Jones was full of praise for his side as they overcame Hawick Albion 37-12 at Murrayfield stadium in the National Youth Cup final. Following his last game as coach of a team he has led for 11 years, and having led Currie to a sequence of just one defeat in [...]

Amid a feast of youth rugby finals at Murrayfield this evening, Currie Colts and Hawick Albion go head-to-head for National under-16 Youth Cup. The two side’s kick off at 6.15pm on the stadium’s international pitch, and Currie captain Scott McGinley is happy to be playing on such a prestigious stage. He said: “Tonight’s match will [...]

Currie edged closer to RBS Premiership survival with a nail-biting 19-15 victory over British and Irish Cup hopefuls Heriot’s – but the Malleny Park men will have to rely on favourable results elsewhere next weekend to avoid the prospect of a relegation play-off. Currie head coach Ally Donaldson (pictured, below) was relieved to hold on [...]

Nine young rugby talents from the Lothians will line up to face England tomorrow after helping Scotland to a morale-boosting 18-17 win over Wales at the weekend. The national under-18 side recovered from 3-17 down to defeat Wales in their opening match of this year’s FIRA-AER Justin Bridou European Championship and now prepare to face [...]

Edinburgh Accies lifted themselves off the relegation play-off spot with a 13-10 win over Stirling County at Raeburn Place, but the result means their Edinburgh rivals Boroughmuir are now relegated. In a must-win game for Accies, the home side boosted their hopes of survival and at the same time remain in the hunt for a [...]

Liberton still have their sights on a top-half finish in RBS East League Division 3 after beating fifth-placed Queensferry 12-9 to move to within six points of their opponents. Darren Tiffney and Mike Firoozi touched down – with the former try converted – for the Double Hedges side, who survived a late Queensferry comeback to [...]

The involvement of Edinburgh clubs in the latter stages of the National Cup came to an end at the weekend after Currie’s second-half fightback proved insufficient to secure their passage into the last four, as they lost by a point to Dundee HSFP at Malleny Park. Currie head coach Ally Donaldson, whose side went down [...]

Currie take a breather from league duty tomorrow with the chance to book themselves an RBS National Cup last-four spot when they entertain Dundee HSFP at Malleny Park. It is a welcome break from the league, with the side having failed to record a league victory since the beginning of November when they beat Melrose [...]

Heriot’s boosted their hopes of securing a British and Irish Cup place for the first time since season 2009-10 as they racked up a 37-5, bonus point five-try victory over rivals Boroughmuir. Victory for the hosts lifts them up to fourth place in the RBS Premiership, while Muir’s survival hopes took a further dent with [...]