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Bryn Palmer
Bryn was rugby editor at the BBC Sport website for many years and features editor for a couple more before returning to Scotland, where he started covering the game in 1997 at PA and the Scotsman before a year Down Under, reporting on the first of three Lions tours in 2001. He is now a freelance writer and editor for several media outlets.
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Blow for Scotland as Kyle Steyn injury 'more serious' than thought
Darcy Graham 'jealous' of rival wings as pressure grows to regain form
A fresh Javan Sebastian setback isn't the update Scotland wanted
Edinburgh respond to Duhan van der Merwe exit story
Ben Healy pays price for 'directionless' Edinburgh display
Edinburgh fly-half Ben Healy has paid the price for their “directionless” display in last week’s URC mauling by the Lions an…
Matt Scott: 'Worst half of rugby I have ever been involved in'
As far as the 34-year-old is concerned, nothing has quite lived down to the first half of last Saturday’s URC fixture against th…
Sean Everitt on the Edinburgh loss dubbed 'humiliating' by ex-player
Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt insisted he won’t be pressing any panic buttons despite his anger at watching his side slip to…
Edinburgh provide bleak update on Emiliano Boffelli injury
Edinburgh have confirmed they expect to be without full-back Emiliano Boffelli for a large chunk of the season as the Argentine st…
'Not a traditional 10 that Scotland are used to': Kiwi import nears call-up
Glasgow fly-half Tom Jordan has been backed to become the latest foreign-born recruit to the Scotland cause when the Autumn Nation…
Schoeman and DvdM look to Hollywood as they plan for life after rugby
When Pierre Schoeman jokes with his Edinburgh team-mates and coaches that he’s going to play for another ten years, you suspect …
Duhan van der Merwe's freakish warning over athleticism in Lions year
Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe has vowed to repay Edinburgh for launching him to rugby stardom by producing his “best season …
'I basically don’t have a PCL now, I can play without one' - Adam Hastings
Adam Hastings wants to make one thing clear. He has never visited, and has no plans to visit, a witch doctor. Not even if the inju…
Glasgow coach left aggrieved at treatment after heroic display
When Glasgow head coach Franco Smith was accentuating the positives from a gut-wrenching injury-time defeat by Ulster in their ope…
Edinburgh bracing for bad news on Emiliano Boffelli
Edinburgh’s Argentina full-back Emiliano Boffelli has suffered a fresh injury setback with the new season in its infancy.
How 'sink or swim' Premiership life helped Magnus Bradbury 'crack that code'
Success came early to Magnus Bradbury as a professional rugby player. A debut for Edinburgh aged 19. A first Scotland cap at 21…
'He knows I'm breathing down his neck': Darcy Graham to Duhan van der Merwe
Darcy Graham took all of six minutes to mark his comeback from eight long months of injury frustration with a trademark try.
Zach Mercer: ‘As far as I’m concerned, I’m a Gloucester player’
Gloucester No.8 Zach Mercer has remained tight-lipped about a possible return to France but has intimated he will at least be at K…
Stormers, Springboks hit by fresh injury blow for Steven Kitshoff
The 32-year-old has just returned to the Stormers, whom he led to the inaugural URC title in 2022, after cutting short his stint w…
'Still improve a lot': Franco Smith urges huge growth from URC champs
Glasgow head coach Franco Smith has thrown down the gauntlet to his United Rugby Championship winners by insisting they need to be…
'Brings a bit of niggle': Gregor Townsend assessment of uncapped Scots
With ten frontline operators including Finn Russell, Ben White, Blair Kinghorn and Zander Fagerson given a summer off and Darcy Gr…
Glasgow explain plan to target Stormers' 'magician' Manie Libbok
The Cape Town outfit won the inaugural URC title two years ago after the introduction of the four strongest South African sides, w…
The makeshift Edinburgh plan with Wes Goosen joining casualty list
The versatile South African-born New Zealander has been a pillar of consistency for the capital side this season, winning the play…
Murphy Walker: ‘It was the first time I have cried in front of the boys’
The Glasgow and Scotland prop is finally on the comeback trail after some dark times over the past 17 months.
Rowe relishing upcoming opportunity as he works towards Test berth
After a rollercoaster year which began in rugby rehab and renewed acquaintance with redundancy in early summer, recent months have…