She recently retired after earning 53 caps for Scottish Rugby during a stellar career + now Sarah Law has been selected to play for Barbarian FC in their showpiece match V SA Women's Rugby at Cape Town’s DHL Stadium on September 7... What a well deserved way for her to sign off

Long time supporter of the blog and podcast, RIP Dougie

For Patreons this week Jonny is having a chat with Scottish Rugby's Head of Game Development about the new Gainline system. This special episode will then be released to all platforms on Monday morning, hope you guys find it interesting!

Strong team!

The teams for tonights match (live on iPlayer and BBC Alba) scottishrugbyblog.co.uk/2024/09/scotla… Pic N Sports

Super second half from Scotland last night. Nelly having a night with her kicking from tee makes such a huge difference to the way the game flows. With a bit of a cushion they really cut loose. Great dayboos from Brebner-Holden and Scott too.

A proud moment for Lucia 🧢💙 #AsOne

Scottish Rugby has appointed Alex Williamson as its new CEO. Alex joins from Inspiring Learning and is former CEO of Goodwood Estate & House of Fraser. Welcome Alex 👋 More ➡ tinyurl.com/ycye78vx

THEY'RE EATING THE PETS

💜 4️⃣ 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘀 Loughborough Lightning rugby players, coaches and staff are united in our love and support for our teammate and friend, Emma Wassell. Full story ⤵️

Who is going on about Anglo Welsh leagues now? Come back to life more times than Michael Myers, that one

Hyped for the game against Fiji later though

Superb win for the ladies earlier, did what was asked. Write up from skye 🌷 coming later in the week. On to WXV2!

Hands down my favourite trend of 2024 😂

Do TSB still have call centres in the UK? Got a very distressed partner whose debit card is being charged by sources unknown for the 3rd day in a row despite the card being blocked and repeated calls to the Fraud team. Speaking to someone she can understand would be a big help.

🚨Breaking news: John Jeffrey is to withdraw from the race to be the next chairman of World Rugby after failing to win the backing of the Scottish Rugby Union. More at Times Sport

Having failed to win the backing of political foes on the SRU Board in his bid to become chairman of World Rugby (he’s currently vice-chair), “bitter” and “upset” John Jeffrey tells BBC Scotland Sport that is quitting the game and returning to farming bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…

Good luck to the lads recording episode 300 of the Scottish Rugby Podcast 🏳️‍⚧️ later. Look forward to joining them on occasion again this season!