THE revelation that the Scottish Rugby Union is thinking of buying the Worcester Warriors’ Rugby Club in England has certainly had plenty of club members and fans scratching their heads over the last couple of months.
IF the rumours are right, far from being the joke many people thought when it was first revealed, the Scottish Football Association is taking the option of moving Scotland internationals and major cup finals to BT Murrayfield very seriously indeed.
WITH the spate of yellow and red cards in the autumn Tests, more than a few people have been suggesting that the game is now dirtier than ever.
CENTURIES ago the French used to have a saying about the pride of their partners in the Auld Alliance.
THE proof that Scotland is producing very good rugby men who thrill us with a superbly dynamic style of play did not come against New Zealand on Saturday but in a couple of announcements made earlier this week.
WELL you can’t say The Rucker didn’t tell you – Samoa were no pushovers and it would have been no great surprise had they got a late seven-pointer and pipped Scotland at the post.
IT seems like a very long time since the summer tour of the Southern Hemisphere by Scotland, and given the freezing weather of the last few days most people will have forgotten that Scotland actually did quite well on that tour, beating Italy and Australia before the defeat by Fiji, or should I say Leone Nakarawa.
A LONG time ago when life was so much more innocent than it is now, a chum of The Rucker, and, yes, I have some, said that if ever we have to worry about Eastern Samoa joining up with Western Samoa, then we will have a real problem playing against the chunky chaps from the Pacific.
THOUGH we still don’t know officially why John Hardie has been suspended from Edinburgh Rugby and the Scotland national squad, it is clear that the ingestion of chemicals is involved in the allegations which, it should be noted, have not yet been proven.
REGULAR readers better be prepared for a shock because this week The Rucker is going to be nice about the Scottish Rugby Union and the British Broadcasting Corporation.
