After abandoning a career in veterinary medicine, Jamie turned to sports journalism six years ago, aiming to harness his passions for sport, writing, and complementary pre-match buffets. While his career has not grown as prolifically as his body fat percentage, he was fortunate enough to learn his trade with Planet Rugby and BBC Scotland before entering the freelance world. He has since been offered several brilliant opportunities to launch his commentary career, and when not writing for RugbyPass, can often be found bellowing names into a microphone for the BBC, BT Sport and others.
The former Clermont out-half is looking forward to his latest coaching challenge having signed a three-year deal in Swansea.
Robbie Fergusson drifted out of the GP surgery utterly stupefied, as though the entire Melrose pack had just trampled over the top…
Juan de Jongh tells a story about the Olympic village, a smartphone and Serena Williams. There he was, at the heart of the acti…
Twenty-year-old Andre Esterhuizen sat in Jake White’s office as the world champion coach peered over his spectacles and delivere…
What does it mean to become naturalised? How does it feel to embed oneself so deeply in another country that when you sport its em…
Beka Gorgadze has not been home to Georgia for nearly six months now, kept away from his doting mother on the outskirts of Tbilisi…
Thibault Giroud has applied sports science to make France one of the world's most durable teams
To complete the back-row trident, Scotland need a number 8 to make the position his own.
Ferreira was nine when his mother died in a car crash. His parents were separated by then. Father Kiewiet worked brutal hours on t…
Scottish rugby has long done a fine line in false dawns and shootings stars, had its quest for sustained glory dashed more often t…
Jake Polledri is building a fearsome reputation as a ball-carrier and is Italy's new totem
Gopperth is the sheriff in town as Wasps prepare for final showdown
Dave Ewers has overcome eviction, injuries and self-doubt to be on the cusp of glory
Imhoff is a father figure for Racing's band of brothers in Champions Cup showpiece
Townsend channels Fergie and Pep to get a team-first ethos with Scotland
It wasn’t quite Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy in the cloying Saipan heat, but the Finn Russell dispute wasn't easy for Scotland bo…
Two newly-eligible South Africans make the cut in a 40-man group which contains plenty of talking points ahead of the autumn inter…
Robin Hislop was at a loose end when Saracens came calling, offering the Doncaster prop six weeks he will remember fondly for the …
Racing 92 attack coach Mike Prendergast explains Finn Russell's modus operandi
Edinburgh and Glasgow arrive into the new PRO14 campaign after contrasting fortunes last season, but both will now look to give yo…
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