The Scottish cast-off coming up hard in New Zealand rugby
Hamilton Burr was sweeping up leaves on a stud farm in Waikato, carefully tip-toeing past mares he reckoned to be “worth more th…
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.
Hamilton Burr was sweeping up leaves on a stud farm in Waikato, carefully tip-toeing past mares he reckoned to be “worth more th…
Matt Smith endured harrowing thoughts of killing himself but the retired 23-year-old Glasgow forward is now at peace with a career…
Like prime Aston Martins flying out of the showroom, the finest Argentinean players have left Buenos Aires in waves these past few…
Having made an England Test debut as a 19-year-old in 2018, the Ted Hill has now the youngest-ever captain at Worcester, his ambit…
Capped by South Africa as lately as August 2018, Lionel Mapoe, the double Currie Cup champion and three-time Super Rugby finalist,…
Jon Sleightholme was one of over 250 retired rugby union and league players who took part in an independent Durham University stud…
Stung by the criticism he has faced in England, Lima Sopoaga opens up to RugbyPass about how he hated the game for a lot of his fi…
After eight seasons away - 7 in France, 1 in England - Richie Gray has settled back in life in Glasgow with renewed ambitions of r…
Thirteen years after Border Reivers were disbanded, Rob Moffat has pitched up at Melrose determined to put the Borders area back o…
There’s a popular theory in Scotland that Gatland has it in for their players, that he harbours a great bias against them and an…
New head coach Danny Wilson says he wants to bring a little more calmness to the Warriors as well as an improved defence.
When Matt Scott told his wife that Leicester Tigers had offered him a contract, bringing four months of gnawing uncertainty to an …
Scott Murray: "Ma’a Nonu could make what he makes here in a month in France easily. The money isn’t brilliant."
The Fijian's contract extension doesn’t fix all of the problems at Glasgow, but another year of prime Leone Nakarawa is an exhil…
Jason O’Halloran’s departure will not be mourned in Glasgow as long and loud as those of Finn Russell, Stuart Hogg or Jonny Gr…
Having set up his own ProFifteen agency, Sam Tuitupou, the ex-All Blacks midfielder of Tongan descent, is demanding better Pasifik…
As a pupil back at Maritzburg College, Jesse Kriel would sneak into the gym at night, keeping the lights off to avoid alerting any…
In two years, Darryl Marfo went from starting for Scotland against the All Blacks to fourth-choice loosehead at Edinburgh and he…
As a little boy, Joseph Dweba would beg his parents for rugby boots, pleading for the most basic, mundane essentials that his frie…
It wasn’t the hours of chemotherapy, the violent retching, the exhaustion, or the mental trauma of tackling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma…