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BBC News
10 hours ago
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'A joy to watch' - acclaim, controversy & more in season review
BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter Tom English casts his expert eye over the recently-ended Scottish rugby season to pick out some favourite moments and of the season: Final match of the Under-20 Six Nations. The champions France 45, the fifth-place Scots 40. At various points, France were 13, 14, 15 and 16 points ahead but couldn't shake off a brilliant Scotland effort with some outstanding individual performances to gladden the heart. Five tries for the visitors in a of the season: Darcy Graham responding to his omission from the Lions - an injustice - by scoring a hat-trick against Ulster in his next game. For club and country he's scored 39 tries in his past 50 games - and he's not a Lion?Try of the season: Freddy Douglas putting two French defenders on their backside and eluding two more as he scored up the left wing in the dying moments of that epic U20 game. A remarkable player of the year: Torn between Graham (constant game-breaking class), Huw Jones (an incredible attacker), Finn Russell (controlled and inspired as Bath's Premiership and Challenge Cup winning architect), Zander Fagerson (force of nature). The big man went the full 80 in Paris and was still hammering away at the end. Cruelly denied the Lions tour that he richly deserved. Going with Russell. He's just a joy to player of the year: The fact Evie Gallagher was picked on the Six Nations team of the championship just shows you how good she was. There were so many contenders but she was picked as the leading openside. A turnover machine. She topped the stats charts with most steals, with twice as many as anybody else. Averaged 3.2 turnovers per 80 minutes. Edinburgh player: You can't keep a good man down for long. Hamish Watson roared back into form, bounced defenders like he used to do in the Test arena and was a total menace over ball. He's 33 but the emerging Edinburgh back-rows are going to have to rip the jersey off his back if they want to get in ahead of Glasgow player: He played 20 games for his club and scored 14 tries, but there's more to George Horne than his outrageous try-scoring record. He's the tempo of the team, the heartbeat, the guy who gets bums off seats. He embodies the best of the Scotland women beating a fancied Ireland in the final round of the Six Nations. A reminder that it is possible for blue to beat green in Test Scotland losing limply again to Ireland in the Six Nations. They were 17-0 down after 40 minutes then went another 27 minutes without scoring. Ireland did a physical and psychological number on them once controversial moment: Tommy Freeman's 'try' at Twickenham? Russell being moved closer to the touchline to an incorrect position for the potentially match-winning conversion? Franco Smith's apparent come-and-get-me interview when asked about the rumours linking him to the Wales job? We'll pick Franco, because it was so out of character. Odd then and still odd now. Everybody loves you Franco, but are you staying or going?
Scotsman
28-04-2025
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- Scotsman
Two Scots in 2025 Women's Six Nations Team of the Championship
Helen Nelson helped Scotland beat Ireland at the weekend. | SNS Group / SRU Back-rower and stand-off fly the Saltire in composite side Sign up to our Rugby Union newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Two Scots have been named in the 2025 Women's Six Nations Team of the Championship following a public vote. Back-row forward Evie Gallagher and stand-off Helen Nelson are the two representatives from Bryan Easson's squad to make the side. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Grand Slam winners England supply four players and runners-up France also provide four, including sisters Manaé and Teani Feleu. There are three from Ireland and two from Italy but no representative from Wales who lost all five games to take the wooden spoon. Helen Nelson helped Scotland beat Ireland at the weekend. | SNS Group / SRU Organisers said 12,639 voted to decide the top player in each position, a 406 per cent increase in participation compared to 2024. Gallagher and Nelson's inclusion comes after a campaign which saw Scotland beat Wales and Ireland but lose to France, Italy and England. Scotland's Evie Gallagher is in the Guinness Women's Six Nations team of the championship. | SNS Group / SRU Gallagher topped the charts for defensive rucks hit (38) and breakdown steals (11), averaging 3.2 turnovers per game, almost twice as many as the next best player (Abbie Fleming of Wales, on 1.7). She also contributed in attack, with 44 carries and six offloads. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Nelson won twice as many turnovers - six - as the other stand-offs in the tournament combined. She also beat the most defenders - nine - and made the most passes - 126 - of any Six Nations fly-half this year. The shortlist of nominees for the 2025 Guinness Player of the Championship will be announced soon, said organisers. 2025 Women's Six Nations Team of the Championship:
BBC News
25-03-2025
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- BBC News
Banned Scotland forward Gallagher to miss France game
Evie Gallagher has been banned for one game following her red card in the Women's Six Nations opener against Wales and will miss Scotland's game against forward was dismissed was shown a red card on review for an illegal clear-out on Wales' replacement hooker Kelsey Jones early in the second half of last weekend's 24-21 win at Hive Stadium and will sit out the round-two game in La Rochelle on Scotland number eight appeared before an independent disciplinary committee on Tuesday and her red card was Bristol Bears player was initially shown a yellow card but it was then upgraded to a 20-minute red by television match official Ian Tempest in the committee determined the incident was within the low-range entry point of two matches but because she accepted she committed an act of foul play as well as other mitigating factors it has been reduced by 50 per also had their number eight sent off, Georgia Evans being dismissed for two yellow Easson's Scotland will face a France side who also won their opening game, a 27-15 victory against Ireland.
