As the great WP Nel retires, the paucity of home-grown Scottish scrummagers is troubling.
Scotland wing Kyle Steyn will make his first United Rugby Championship appearance in almost five months when he captains Glasgow in Friday’s match at home to Cardiff.
Tabai Matson accepted Harlequins were now a mid-table team after seeing them crash to a fourth straight league defeat.
Glasgow head coach Franco Smith has made two changes to his starting XV for tomorrow night’s 1872 Cup decider at BT Murrayfield, as the Warriors look to do the double over Edinburgh in Round 11 of the United Rugby Championship.
Ex-Wales midfielder Hadleigh Parkes will skipper the Barbarians in Saturday’s match versus Spain, the game that will the last professional appearance for fellow starters Devin Toner, who turns 36 on June 29, and the 35-year-old Tom Wood along with 38-year-old replacement Joe
The Premiership season is drawing to a close which means numerous players are getting ready to join new clubs over the summer break. Plenty of transfers have already been confirmed across the league.
Both red cards issued in last Friday's Gallagher Premiership win by London Irish at Newcastle have been rescinded, leaving Facundo Gigena and Gary Graham free to play immediately for their respective teams after each player contested the charge levelled at them.
Scottish player ratings: This was a battle of two teams very much on the different sides of the Guinness Six Nations tracks.
