Graeme Macpherson

3 weeks ago | theoffsideline.com | Graeme Macpherson

NIGEL CAROLAN sounded a cautiously optimistic note that Huw Jones could be involved in Glasgow’s URC semi-final against Leinster on Saturday. The Scotland centre has struggled in recent months with an Achilles problem that has seen him play just twice since the Six Nations. The issue caused him to miss Friday night’s quarter-final win over the Stormers at Scotstoun, with Franco Smith saying afterwards it’s something that Jones is likely to have to manage for the remainder of his career.

4 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Graeme Macpherson

Liam Naylor took the good news/bad news approach when telling dad, Phil, that he was returning to the Scotland squad after a two-year absence. The downside was that his old man would need to find someone else to take his ticket for the Bruce Springsteen gig they were meant to be going to together at Anfield this week. That, however, was a small price to pay for the chance to reignite his international aspirations. “It’s good to be back,” said the Liverpool-born batter.

4 weeks ago | theoffsideline.com | Graeme Macpherson

GRAEME MACPHERSON @ScotstounTHE feeling that Glasgow’s postseason is shaping up to be an almost mirror image of last year’s is proving increasingly tough to shake off. A late regular season slump to fall to fourth in the table and again set up a quarter-final at home to the Stormers was one thing.

1 month ago | theoffsideline.com | Graeme Macpherson

IT isn’t how Glasgow would have wanted or planned it but there is something almost reassuring about the fact they head back into the URC play-offs in the same patchy form they were showing this time last year. Few were tipping Warriors as potential champions 12 months ago when they lost to the Bulls and Lions in South Africa then rounded off their regular season fixtures with an unconvincing home win over Zebre.

1 month ago | heraldscotland.com | Graeme Macpherson

It was a fourth successive fight for the Prestonpans southpaw in which he has failed to recapture the glory days of his scorching streak to become undisputed super-lightweight champion of the world, a period in which he deservedly took his place near the top of any global pound-for-pound rankings or conversations. It is a slump that began with his first bout against Jack Catterall in 2022 when he was fortunate to get the nod on points.