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1 week ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
AFTER their heavy loss to England last Thursday, Scotland restored pride this [Monday] by posting an encouraging, but ultimately losing, performance against Ireland in the second round of the Six Nations mens U18 Festival at Le Stade Darragon in Vichy. The Scots looked to be very much in the game in the first half which concluded with the scores level at 14-14 but an error-strewn third quarter saw Ireland pull away with three converted tries.
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2 weeks ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
LESS then 24 hours after Scotland shipped more than a half century of points to Italy in an under-19 international friendly at The Greenyards, Scotland’s age-grade international programme suffered an even worse result at Le Stade Darragon in Vichy where England, playing with power, precision and not a little panache, overran Scotland in the opening round of the U18 Mens Six Nations Festival.
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2 weeks ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
ALAN LORIMER @ The GreenyardsAFTER a grey morning in the Borders, the bright sunshine returned in time for the start of theis under-19 international at The Greenyards and in the event Italy used the energy of the rays to outclass a Scotland side that aside from a strong start never really asked serious questions of the visitors.
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3 weeks ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
ALAN LORIMER @ Mansfield ParkCURRIE CHIEFTAINS made sure of their place in the play-off semi-finals by defeating Hawick in an extremely viewable match that produced 12 tries shared equally between the two participating sides, and which brought satisfaction of different hues to both squads.
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1 month ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
ALAN LORIMER @ The GreenyardsHAWICK rose from the ashes of a 93-0 shellacking last weekend by Ayr to return to winning ways with victory over their Border rivals, Melrose, in a match that produced five tries apiece and in which the scoreline oscillated with the frequency of Trumpian thinking. Crucially, Hawick had a several senior players back in action this week, including Lee Armstrong and Fraser Renwick, and that certainly helped to inspire the younger members of the team.
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1 month ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
ALAN LORMER @ Mansfield ParkON a black day for the Greens, Ayr ran riot against a depleted Hawick side with a 15-0 try score to confirm the wide-held view that integrating former semi-pro sides with amateur club rugby has not been a roaring success. So was the trip from the west coast to the Borders a waste of time? Not so according to Ayr’s coach, Grant Anderson, who suggested that the game challenged his charges to test themselves under match conditions.
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1 month ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
by ALAN LORIMERSCOTLAND kept their best to last in the 2025 Six Nations Under-20 Championship by running the eventual title winners, France, desperately close at the Stade Jean-Bouin in a match that produced a total of twelve tries, five of these by the Scots who in defeat should award themselves credit for their ability to stay in the game and to produce some thrilling scoring moves.
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1 month ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
ALAN LORIMER @ Hive StadiumFINALLY, the result that Scottish fans have craved, and the sweet taste of victory was enhance by being achieved with an inspiring performance against a Wales side fresh off a win over Ireland, but which at The Hive was somewhat trigger-happy resulting in two shotgun wounds in the feet, their reckless indiscipline adding up to two red cards, one of them the 20 minute version and the other the fully monty.
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1 month ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
ALAN LORIMER @ PhiliphaughA PERFECT set of goal kicks by stand-off Alex Harley gave Currie Chieftains a narrow win over Selkirk at Philiphaugh in a match that ended with both sides scoring four tries apiece, separated in the final scoreline by three conversions. Arguably this was Selkirk’s finest performance of the season such was the sheer grit they showed to stay in the game when Currie’s bigger forwards and massively strong bench seemed to be dictating matters on the field.
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2 months ago | 
theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer |Sunday Telegraph |Reuters. Worked |David Barnes
ALAN LORIMER @ Mansfield ParkA STRONG second half performance by Hawick, aided by an implosion in the same period by Melrose, gave the Greens an unexpectedly high-scoring win over their traditional Borders adversaries in a game that took its time to crank into action on a clatchy surface at Mansfield Park. “We didn’t execute well in the first half.
