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…
Bryn Palmer
04 Oct 2024, 7:01
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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.
'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…
Bryn Palmer
04 Oct 2024, 3:54
Interview
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 …
Bryn Palmer
03 Oct 2024, 4:31
Interview
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 …
Bryn Palmer
26 Sep 2024, 8:55
Interview
'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…
Bryn Palmer
25 Sep 2024, 5:34
Interview
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…
Bryn Palmer
24 Sep 2024, 5:49
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.
Bryn Palmer
21 Sep 2024, 7:11
Interview
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…
Bryn Palmer
19 Sep 2024, 6:10
'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.
Bryn Palmer
18 Sep 2024, 5:00
Interview
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…
Bryn Palmer
15 Sep 2024, 4:52
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…
Bryn Palmer
10 Sep 2024, 13:30
'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…
Bryn Palmer
30 Aug 2024, 13:00
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…
Bryn Palmer
29 Dec 2023, 7:38
Analysis
'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…
Bryn Palmer
14 Jun 2024, 6:39
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…
Bryn Palmer
04 Jun 2024, 5:12
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…
Bryn Palmer
29 May 2024, 5:11
Interview
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.
Bryn Palmer
16 May 2024, 5:59
Duhan van der Merwe lays bare his British & Irish Lions ambitions
Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe insists he doesn’t need a summer off and would love to go on their forthcoming tour of North a…
Bryn Palmer
15 May 2024, 4:17
Edinburgh boss backs 'first on the team sheet' to make Scotland debut
Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt has backed centre Matt Currie to win a first full Scotland cap on their summer tour of North and…
Bryn Palmer
14 May 2024, 3:59
Glasgow react to speculation George Turner is quitting for Japan
The 31-year-old is believed to have been offered a one-year deal to join Kobelco Kobe Steelers, the Japan Rugby League One outfit …
Bryn Palmer
27 Apr 2024, 5:05
