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The Star
2 hours ago
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- The Star
Rugby-Darge to captain Scotland during New Zealand and Fiji tour
FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Scotland Captain's Run - Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, Britain - February 21, 2025 Scotland's Rory Darge during the captain's run Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs/File Photo EDINBURGH (Reuters) -Rory Darge will captain a 36-man Scotland squad on tour to New Zealand and Fiji next month, including three uncapped players named by coach Gregor Townsend on Tuesday. Scotland are, however, without seven players who are all part of the British & Irish Lions tour to Australia. An eighth Scottish selection, prop Zander Fagerson, was forced out of the Lions squad on Monday because of injury. The uncapped trio arestand-off Fergus Burke, loose forward Alexander Masibaka and tighthead prop Fin Richardson. There is also a return for hooker George Turner after missing the last year of international rugby following his move to Japan while Matt Fagerson has been selected as he continues his recovery from injury. Scotland start their tour against the Maori All Blacks on July 5 in Whangarei, before flying to Suva to meet Fiji on July 12. They return to New Zealand for a test against Samoa at Eden Park in Auckland on July 18. Squad: Backs: Fergus Burke (Saracens), Matt Currie (Edinburgh), Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors), Darcy Graham (Edinburgh), Adam Hastings, George Horne, Tom Jordan (all Glasgow Warriors), Cameron Redpath (Bath), Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors), Harry Paterson (Edinburgh), Arron Reed (Sale Sharks), Kyle Rowe, Ollie Smith, Kyle Steyn (all Glasgow Warriors), Ben White (Toulon) Forwards:Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh), Josh Bayliss (Bath), Gregor Brown, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge (all Glasgow Warriors), Grant Gilchrist, Patrick Harrison (both Edinburgh), Cameron Henderson (Leicester Tigers), Alec Hepburn (Scarlets), Will Hurd (Leicester Tigers), Alexander Masibaka (Soyaux Angouleme Charente), Nathan McBeth (Glasgow Warriors), Elliot Millar Mills (Northampton Saints), Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh), Andy Onyeama-Christie (Saracens), Fin Richardson, Rory Sutherland (both Glasgow Warriors), Marshall Sykes (Edinburgh), George Turner (Kobelco Kobe Steelers), Max Williamson (Glasgow Warriors), Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh). (Writing by Mark Gleeson in London; Editing by xx)
Straits Times
2 hours ago
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- Straits Times
Darge to captain Scotland during New Zealand and Fiji tour
FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Scotland Captain's Run - Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, Britain - February 21, 2025 Scotland's Rory Darge during the captain's run Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs/File Photo REUTERS Darge to captain Scotland during New Zealand and Fiji tour EDINBURGH - Rory Darge will captain a 36-man Scotland squad on tour to New Zealand and Fiji next month, including three uncapped players named by coach Gregor Townsend on Tuesday. Scotland are, however, without seven players who are all part of the British & Irish Lions tour to Australia. An eighth Scottish selection, prop Zander Fagerson, was forced out of the Lions squad on Monday because of injury. The uncapped trio are stand-off Fergus Burke, loose forward Alexander Masibaka and tighthead prop Fin Richardson. There is also a return for hooker George Turner after missing the last year of international rugby following his move to Japan while Matt Fagerson has been selected as he continues his recovery from injury. Scotland start their tour against the Maori All Blacks on July 5 in Whangarei, before flying to Suva to meet Fiji on July 12. They return to New Zealand for a test against Samoa at Eden Park in Auckland on July 18. Squad: Backs: Fergus Burke (Saracens), Matt Currie (Edinburgh), Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors), Darcy Graham (Edinburgh), Adam Hastings, George Horne, Tom Jordan (all Glasgow Warriors), Cameron Redpath (Bath), Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors), Harry Paterson (Edinburgh), Arron Reed (Sale Sharks), Kyle Rowe, Ollie Smith, Kyle Steyn (all Glasgow Warriors), Ben White (Toulon) Forwards: Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh), Josh Bayliss (Bath), Gregor Brown, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge (all Glasgow Warriors), Grant Gilchrist, Patrick Harrison (both Edinburgh), Cameron Henderson (Leicester Tigers), Alec Hepburn (Scarlets), Will Hurd (Leicester Tigers), Alexander Masibaka (Soyaux Angouleme Charente), Nathan McBeth (Glasgow Warriors), Elliot Millar Mills (Northampton Saints), Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh), Andy Onyeama-Christie (Saracens), Fin Richardson, Rory Sutherland (both Glasgow Warriors), Marshall Sykes (Edinburgh), George Turner (Kobelco Kobe Steelers), Max Williamson (Glasgow Warriors), Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh). REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Star
a day ago
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- The Star
Rugby-Scottish prop Fagerson out of Lions tour with injury, Bealham called up
Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Scotland v Ireland - Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain - February 9, 2025 Scotland's Zander Fagerson in action with Ireland's Finlay Bealham and Sam Prendergast REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (Reuters) -Scotland prop Zander Fagerson has been ruled out of the British & Irish Lions upcoming tour to Australia on Monday, having failed to recover from a calf injury, and Ireland's Finlay Bealham has been added to the squad. Fagerson started all five of Scotland's Six Nations matches this year, but suffered the injury during training with his club Glasgow Warriors in April and the 29-year-old tighthead has not played since. "It's tough on Zander to miss out so close to the Tour, but now Finlay gets an opportunity to come in and add to the group," Lions head coach Andy Farrell said. "This is unfortunately part and parcel of the game, so we always have to be prepared for that." The Lions squad gathered in Dublin on Monday ahead of a six-day training camp in Portugal with England's Jamie George and Asher Opoku-Fordjour also travelling to train with the squad. Players involved in the Premiership and United Rugby Championship finals will join up next week in Ireland where the Lions begin with a game against Argentina on June 20. The Lions will have five tour games before the first test in Brisbane on July 19. The second and third tests are on July 26 and August 2. (Reporting by Trevor StynesEditing by Christian Radnedge)
Scotsman
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Lions squad unveiled with strong Scotland representation - but some sore omissions
Itoje named captain as Farrell reveals who he is taking on tour to Australia 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... Eight Scots have been named in the British & Irish Lions squad to tour Australia in the summer. Andy Farrell unveiled his 38-man selection at a raucous event in front of 2000 supporters at the O2 in London. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad There are four Glasgow Warriors players in the squad, including Sione Tuipulotu and Scott Cummings who both missed the Six Nations Championship through injury. They are joined by club-mates Zander Fagerson and Huw Jones. Finn Russell was part of the Lions squad four years ago and will push for the No 10 shirt in Australia. | Getty Images Two Edinburgh players - Duhan van der Merwe and Pierre Schoeman - are included along with Bath's Finn Russell and Toulouse' Blair Kinghorn. Tuipulotu was in outstanding form for club and country before ripping a pectoral muscle in training with Glasgow in January. He has not played since but is on course to return this weekend or next. 'Everything has gone really well. I've been back in full training and feeling really good,' said Tuipulotu after his Lions selection was revealed. I'm out there hitting things! I'm hoping to play this week or next.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Pierre Schoeman will be one of the props on the Lions tour. | Getty Images Asked about getting the Lions call, he added: 'I'm relieved, excited and everything you can imagine.' Cummings made his comeback from a broken arm in Glasgow's match against the Bulls last month. The Scottish tally matches the eight who went on the last Lions tour, to South Africa in 2021. Fagerson, van der Merwe and Russell were all part of the squad four years ago. Russell was also part of the 2017 tour in Australia. Some disappointed Scots There was inevitably disappointment for some Scottish contenders, and Darcy Graham, Rory Darge and Jamie Ritchie were notable absentees when Lions tour manager Ieuan Evans read out the 38 names. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Unsurprisingly, Ireland supply the majority of the players, with Farrell selecting 15 (nine forwards and six backs) from the country he has coached with such distinction. There are 13 England players in the squad (eight forwards and five backs. The Scottish eight comprises three forwards and five backs; and Wales supply two, one forward and one back. As expected, Maro Itoje has been named tour captain. He is the first English skipper of the British and Irish Lions since Martin Johnson in 2001. Itoje led England to second place in this year's Six Nations in his maiden spell as starting skipper. Pain for Doris Caelan Doris had been the front-runner to be captain but injured his shoulder in Leinster's Champions Cup semi-final loss to Northampton last weekend and surgery is likely to rule the Ireland No 8 out of the entire trip. 'It feels amazing to be named Lions captain,' said Itoje. 'I'm deeply honoured, humbled and I will do my best to do the role justice. I am very much looking forward to the challenge ahead, it's going to be a great Tour. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad "I know the appetite amongst the players is extremely high, everyone is hungry to be a Lion and I can't wait to play my role.' The 2025 Lions have a 10-fixture itinerary that opens against Argentina in Dublin on June 20 and culminates in a three-Test series against the Wallabies. The first match on Australian soil is against Western Force in Perth on June 28. The Test matches are on July 19 and 26 and August 2, in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, respectively. The Lions are seeking their first Test series victory since 2013 when they last toured Australia. British and Irish Lions squad for tour of Australia Backs: B Aki (Ireland), E Daly (England), T Freeman (England), J Gibson-Park (Ireland), M Hansen (Ireland), H Jones (Scotland), H Keenan (Ireland), B Kinghorn (Scotland), J Lowe (Ireland), A Mitchell (England), G Ringrose (Ireland), F Russell (Scotland), F Smith (England), M Smith (England), S Tuipulotu (Scotland), D van der Merwe (Scotland), T Williams (Wales). Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad
Straits Times
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Acting Wales coach Sherratt stays on for Japan tour
FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Wales v England - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, Britain - March 15, 2025 England head coach Steve Borthwick and Wales interim head coach Matt Sherratt talk at the end of the match Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs/File Photo REUTERS CARDIFF - Coach Matt Sherratt will continue in charge of Wales and take them on tour to Japan in July as he named a squad with 16 changes from their disastrous 2025 Six Nations campaign that extended the team's losing streak to a record 17 matches. Sherratt was acting coach for the last three games of this year's Six Nations as Wales sought a replacement for Warren Gatland, who departed in February amid a record-breaking run of losses. Sherratt will have as his assistants for the Japan trip his Cardiff defence coach Gethin Jenkins, the Harlequins duo Danny Wilson (forwards) and Adam Jones (scrum), and Gloucester's Rhys Thomas. Former Wales fullback Leigh Halfpenny will be involved for the first time as the kicking coach. "I'm delighted to have the opportunity to return and coach Wales again this summer," said Sherratt in a statement on Tuesday. "It's an exciting prospect to go to Japan for two matches in July. We are all looking forward to getting into camp and starting preparations for our summer campaign." WRU chief executive Abi Tierney said they were grateful to Sherratt for staying on. He had previously said he did not want the job on a full-time basis. "The impact and positive difference he made to the squad in a very short period of time during the Six Nations was welcomed," said Tierney. Despite having only flanker Jac Morgan and scrumhalf Tomos Williams absent as they tour Australia with the British and Irish Lions, Sherratt has made wholesale changes, and included six uncapped players in the squad for the games against Japan in Kitakyushu on July 5 and Kobe seven days later. Liam Belcher, Chris Coleman, Garyn Phillips, Keelan Giles, Reuben Morgan-Williams and Macs Page will all hope to earn a first cap, with Dewi Lake to captain the side. Fit-again flyhalf Sam Costelow and fullback Cameron Winnett are back in the mix, but James Botham, Gareth Anscombe, Ellis Mee, Nick Tompkins and Max Llewellyn all miss out. Forwards: Keiron Assiratti, Liam Belcher, Ben Carter, Chris Coleman, Elliot Dee, Taulupe Faletau, Archie Griffin, Dewi Lake (captain), Josh Macleod, Alex Mann, Garyn Phillips, Taine Plumtree, James Ratti, Tommy Reffell, Nicky Smith, Gareth Thomas, Freddie Thomas, Aaron Wainwright, Teddy Williams. Backs: Josh Adams, Sam Costelow, Dan Edwards, Keelan Giles, Kieran Hardy, Reuben Morgan-Williams, Blair Murray, Macs Page, Joe Roberts, Tom Rogers, Ben Thomas, Johnny Williams, Rhodri Williams, Cameron Winnett. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
