Andy Burke

Glasgow

Senior Sports Reporter at BBC

Senior Sports Reporter at BBC Sport

Presenter at BBC Radio Scotland

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Scotland's Huw Jones back from brink to achieve Lions dream

5 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Andy Burke

Huw Jones says it's "a special feeling" to be selected for the British and Irish Lions after fearing at one stage his international career was over. After a blistering start to his Scotland career that saw him score 10 tries in his first 14 Tests, the centre's form deserted him and he missed out on selection for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Scott Cummings feared injury had scuppered his Lions chance

5 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Andy Burke

Scott Cummings admits he feared his chance of selection for the British and Irish Lions had gone when injury struck before the Six Nations. The Scotland lock missed the entire tournament after suffering an arm fracture in Glasgow's Champions Cup meeting with Harlequins in January.
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5 days ago | bbc.com | Andy Burke

Graham's Edinburgh team-mates Pierre Schoeman and Duhan van der Merwe will be heading to Australia with the Lions this summer. And with injury replacements playing a significant role in previous Lions tours, Everett has impressed on Graham, back row Jamie Ritchie and lock Grant Gilchrist - among others - the importance of staying sharp and ready in case that call comes. "There's a lot of rugby to be played between now and the Lions trip," Everett said.
British & Irish Lions: Scotland's Sione Tuipulotu says call up 'all I could think about'

6 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Andy Burke

Tuipulotu is one of eight Scots to have been selected, but says he had resigned himself to missing the tour when injury struck on the eve of the Six Nations. He has not played since that training injury but it now close to a return. "My dad was over at that time and he'll be able to tell you I was walking around the house going, 'I guess that's me'," he said. "I just thought that was the way that it panned out. "I was playing the best rugby in my life and I got hurt.
British & Irish Lions: Scotland's Sione Tuipulotu says call up 'all I could think about'

6 days ago | bbc.com | Andy Burke

Tuipulotu is one of eight Scots to have been selected, but says he had resigned himself to missing the tour when injury struck on the eve of the Six Nations. He has not played since that training injury but it now close to a return. "My dad was over at that time and he'll be able to tell you I was walking around the house going, 'I guess that's me'," he said. "I just thought that was the way that it panned out. "I was playing the best rugby in my life and I got hurt.
Edinburgh 24-39 Bath: Three things we learned

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Andy Burke

Edinburgh go down fightingEdinburgh, sitting 10th in the URC table, were always going to be up against it to topple the English Premiership leaders, but at least they went down fighting. Sean Everett after the game bemoaned his side's lack of accuracy and that was a contributing factor. The bigger reason for defeat is they were simply up against a better side. Edinburgh were under the pump for much of the match and it's to their credit they managed to stay in the fight as long as they did.
Lack of accuracy cost Edinburgh in Bath defeat - Sean Everitt

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Burke

Head coach Sean Everett says a lack of accuracy was Edinburgh's undoing as they were knocked out of the Challenge Cup at the semi-final stage by Finn Russell's Bath. Edinburgh were under pressure for most of the game but stayed in the fight through tries from Mosese Tuipulotu, Ali Price and a penalty try.
Edinburgh 24-39: Visitors reach European Rugby Challenge Cup final

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Burke

The match started in frantic fashion and Price passed up a chance to strike early for the hosts when he hacked ahead a loose ball, but thinking he had put too much on it he momentarily gave up the chase. The bounce kept the ball in the in-goal area but that hesitation allowed Finn Russell to nip in ahead of Price and touch down for a goal-line dropout.
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1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Burke

Sean Everitt acknowledged the size of Edinburgh's task against Bath this weekend, as they try and beat "the best in England" to seal a place in the Challenge Cup final. The capital club have not made it to a European final for 10 years, since they lost to Gloucester in 2015, and now need to beat the side who are comfortably top of the Premiership, led by Finn Russell.
Johnny Sexton and Finn Russell can 'put differences to one side' for Lions

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Burke

Laidlaw, who was a member of the Lions squad in 2017 that featured Sexton and, briefly, Russell, cannot envisage a situation where his former Scotland team-mate misses out on selection for Farrell's squad. "Finn's definitely going to be on that tour, I would believe," Laidlaw told BBC Scotland. "I think he's going to get himself there on merit. He's been excellent, went on the last tour, played really well in the third Test.