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The Monday Bulletin (2nd June): Scots on the move and Gatland gets a job

5 days ago | theoffsideline.com | Colin Renton

by COLIN RENTONGreig Laidlaw’s URAYASU D-Rocks secured their survival in Japan Division One after a tense promotion/relegation play-off over two legs ended in a 69-64 win. Division Two winners Toyota Industries Corporation Shuttles Aichi squeezed home by a single point in the first leg and led 14-0 after 22 minutes of the second match. However, D-Rocks rallied to lead 17-14 at half time on the way to a 27-21 win that sees Laidlaw’s men retain their top-flight status.
URC play-offs: Glasgow v Stormers: Franco Smith provides positive Huw Jones update

1 week ago | theoffsideline.com | David Barnes

GLASGOW WARRIORS head coach Franco Smith has waved off concerns that Huw Jones’ ongoing issues with his achilles tendon could jeopardise the centre’s involvement in the British & Irish Lions tour to Australia.
URC play-offs: Glasgow v Stormers: eight changes for hosts as Josh McKay and Henco Venter return

1 week ago | theoffsideline.com | David Barnes

GLASGOW WARRIORS have been boosted by the return of experienced duo Josh McKay from injury and Henco Venter from suspension (thanks to the club’s ‘A’ match against Black Lion somehow counting towards his six-match ban for making contact with the eye of Leicester Tigers prop Dan Cole at the start of April) ahead of tomorrow night’sURC play-off quarter final versus the Stormers at Scotstoun.
Four new caps and Emma Wassell returns for Scotland's World Cup training squad

1 week ago | theoffsideline.com | David Barnes

HEAD coach Bryan Easson has named four uncapped players in the 38-strong (21 forwards and 17 backs) extended Scotland training squad he has selected ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, set to take place in England this August. Aila Ronald, Hannah Ramsay, Hannah Walker and Meg Varley were all involved in the training squad through the Guinness Women’s Six Nations but have yet to pick up full international honours.
Kyle Rowe signs Glasgow Warriors contract extenstion

1 week ago | theoffsideline.com | David Barnes

KYLE ROWE has agreed terms on a two-year contract extension which will keep him at Glasgow Warriors until at least the summer of 2027. The 27-year-old back0three man has become a key figure in the squad since moving back north from London Irish in the summer of 2023, scoring 16 tries in 35 appearances for the Scotstoun outfit.
Glasgow Warriors list eight players leaving the club at end of 2024-25 season

1 week ago | theoffsideline.com | David Barnes

GLASGOW WARRIORS have named the eight squad members who will leave the club at the end of the season. Argentinean wingers Sebastian Cancelliere and Facundo Cordero, giant South African second-row JP du Preez, veteran scrum-half Sean Kennedy and former Stirling County back-three man Logan Trotter join already revealed departees Bristol Bears-bound Tom Jordan, Brive-bound Henco Venter and Gloucester-bound Jack Mann in moving on to pastures new.
It's deja vu all over again as Glasgow get ready for another Stormers quarter-final

1 week 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.
URC play-offs: Bulls v Edinburgh: Sean Everitt delivers squad update

1 week ago | theoffsideline.com | David Barnes

DUHAN VAN DER MERWE will be on the flight out to South Africa which sets off from Edinburgh Airport tomorrow [Tuesday] evening, and is expected to make his comeback for the capital club after nine weeks out with an ankle injury in this weekend’s URC play-off quarter-final against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.
The Monday Bulletin (26th May): Murrayfield advertise key roles and top accolade for Louis Bielle-Biarrey

1 week ago | theoffsideline.com | David Barnes

by COLIN RENTONScottish Rugby has advertised two high profile jobs aimed at improving talent development. Each of the posts offers a six-figure salary and a contract of two to four years. The new Head of Performance Pathways will be charged with designing and delivering a system to identify and develop young players in order to make them ready to “thrive in the international arena”, paying circa £120,000 per annum depending on experience.
Howden Melrose 7s U18 Open Tournament: Strathallan pip Boroughmuir at the post

1 week ago | theoffsideline.com | Alan Lorimer

ALAN LORIMER @The GreenyardsSTRATHALLAN SCHOOL became the first recipient of the Jim Telfer Lions Cup after winning the inaugural U18 Open Sevens tournament at the Greenyards with victory over Boroughmuir in a tense final, to bring the curtain down on three days of action at the Melrose 7s.