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Times
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Times
‘I knew I was done' – Matt Scott's Edinburgh highs and lows
When he first broke through in season 2011/12, Matt Scott signalled a new era in Scottish centre play, bringing a flash of power and panache to an arena which had long been dominated by honest plodders and basic bashers. Stuart Hogg burst onto the scene at almost exactly the same time, fired by a rich running game and exquisite spatial awareness, and when Finn Russell followed suit a couple of years later, the national team had the right conductor to pull the whole thing together. In the meantime, Scott had swiftly established himself as a centre of class, composure and so few clunky elements that it was easy to forget he himself had long been identified as the future at number 10. 'I was playing
Wales Online
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Wales Online
Today's rugby news as Lions coach banned from driving and Stuart Hogg gets devastating news
Today's rugby news as Lions coach banned from driving and Stuart Hogg gets devastating news The latest rugby news stories from Wales and beyond Stuart Hogg leaves hospital on crutches These are your rugby headlines on Wednesday, April 30. Lions coach banned from driving Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby has been banned from driving for six months following a court hearing in Cardiff, it has emerged. Easterby was caught exceeding the 70mph speed limit on a dual carriageway in Bodmin, Cornwall, last August. He lives in the Vale of Glamorgan with TV presenter wife Sarra Elgan and regularly travels for work in his role as part of the Irish coaching team. Easterby took charge of Ireland during the recent Six Nations and has been selected to be part of this summer's Lions coaching team. He has also been among the leading contenders to be the next Wales rugby head coach. The court considered Easterby's work and family commitments that require him to drive. but did not find there would be exceptional hardship as the result of a ban, the BBC report. He was also ordered to pay a fine of £1,345 within the next week. 25% OFF DEAL NOW: Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and insight from behind the scenes in Welsh rugby Ireland's interim head coach Simon Easterby (Image: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images ) Article continues below Hogg gets devastating news Former Scotland captain Stuart Hogg could spend the rest of 2025 on the sidelines after suffering a devastating season-ending injury while in action for Montpellier. The back, who joined the Top 14 side after coming out of retirement last summer, was forced off in the second half of their clash with Perpignan on Saturday, after being on the receiving end of a heavy tackle from winger Tavite Veredamu while making a catch. It has now emerged that the 32-year-old suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon, which is set to keep him out of action for between six and nine months. He underwent surgery on Tuesday, with Montpellier sharing an image of the Scottish international sitting up in his hospital bed following the operation. 'Stuart suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon during the second half of the MHR vs USAP match,' the French club confirmed in an injury update. 'He underwent successful surgery on Tuesday. We wish him a speedy recovery!' In a statement, Hogg said: "Not how I envisaged my season in Montpellier ending. To say I'm gutted would be an understatement. Injuries are part of rugby, and unfortunately, I've managed to pick up a bad one. Ruptured achilles. Operation was a successful one this morning in Saint Jean Hospital. Time to rest up before cracking on with the rehab. "My aim now is to support the team in whatever way I can and remain as positive & optimistic. I will be back from this." The injury comes after Hogg - who was sentenced to a community payback order last month after admitting to abusing his estranged wife Gillian - had found a new lease of life in the south of France as a fly-half. The former Scotland full-back was making his 11th league start in the No.10 jersey when he suffered the season-ending injury, having helped to lift his side up to ninth in the Top 14 table and one point off the play-off positions. Wallabies announce new head coach By John Besley, PA Former Ireland assistant coach Les Kiss has been announced as the next head coach of the Wallabies. He will succeed current coach Joe Schmidt at the conclusion of the 2026 World Nations Cup. Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh called the 60-year-old Australian's appointment the 'desired solution'. 'I did joke (with Les) … saying 'welcome home' but it's great to have someone who's been embedded in the system for a long period of time, understands the history of Australian rugby, and has spent time offshore,' Waugh said. 'We've ended up in a really elegant solution here which provides certainty.' After reaching the highest levels of rugby league in his playing career, Kiss assisted Declan Kidney in guiding Ireland to their first Grand Slam in 61 years in 2009. He stayed with the Irish national system until 2014 when he became interim director of rugby at Ulster, eventually transitioning to the role full time in 2015. Kiss was appointed head coach at London Irish in 2019, guiding the team to promotion and consistently strong results in the Premiership until the club fell into administration in 2023. He then took over as head coach of the Super Rugby side Queensland Reds. Kiss said he will see out his contract with the Reds before officially taking over the Wallabies role. Furbank out of huge Euro match By Andy Sims, PA Northampton captain George Furbank is out of Saturday's Investec Champions Cup semi-final against Leinster. The England full-back marked his return from the broken arm he suffered in December with a try as Saints powered past Castres 51-16 in the quarter-final. But Furbank is still feeling the effects of having metal plates inserted into his arm and will miss this weekend's blockbuster in Dublin. Director of rugby Phil Dowson said: 'George won't play this weekend. He's struggling to get over that arm break and getting back into contact is hard for him. He keeps getting whacked and it's going numb and it's very painful. 'I don't think that's unusual for an arm that's been plated. He's clearly desperate to get back in, particularly for a game like this, but unfortunately it's too soon.' Dowson was unable to say whether Furbank will play a part again this season, or if he would be available should the Lions come calling this summer. 'It's week by week really.' added Dowson. 'He's not a soft lad but it's clearly very painful, and worst-case we don't want to make it any worse. 'We're trying to manage that conservatively with the stresses of time running out as well. 'I think it's very variable but my impression is it takes a while to get back into it. There's not a huge amount of meat around that part of the body if you're swinging it around and landing on it in a tackle or other people are landing on it. Article continues below 'I couldn't tell you what's going to happen. I've asked the physio about 485 times if he can play and the physio has said no every time. I'll ask again next week.' Saturday's showdown is a repeat of last season's semi-final, which Leinster won 20-17. Saints have almost no chance of making the Premiership play-offs in defence of their title, so the Champions Cup is realistically their last chance of silverware this season.
Scottish Sun
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Disgraced rugby star Stuart Hogg sidelined long-term after suffering brutal injury
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) DISGRACED rugby star Stuart Hogg has been sidelined with a major injury. The former Scotland captain, 32, ruptured his Achilles tendon while playing for Montpellier at the weekend. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 Stuart Hogg limped off while playing for Montpellier after rupturing his Achilles tendon Credit: stuarthogg21/Instagram 5 The ex-Scotland skipper went under the knife at a hospital in France Credit: stuarthogg21/Instagram 5 Hogg is expected to be out of action for six to nine months Credit: stuarthogg21/Instagram Hogg limped off during the second half of his side's home win against Perpignan in the French Top 14. He underwent surgery in France this morning and is expected to be out of action for six to nine months. Hogg has been left having to use crutches to walk and shared photos on social media from his stint in hospital. He wrote on Instagram: "The joys of the beautiful game. Not how I envisaged my season in Montpellier ending. "To say I'm gutted would be an understatement. Injuries are part of rugby, and unfortunately, I've managed to pick up a bad one. Ruptured Achilles. "Operation was a successful one this morning in Saint Jean Hospital. Time to rest up before cracking on with the rehab. "My aim now is to support the team in whatever way I can and remain as positive and optimistic. I will be back from this. "In the meantime, Allez Montpellier." Hogg pleaded guilty last November to verbally abusing and bombarding his estranged wife Gillian with distressing texts, while also tracking her on an app. The fullback, from Melrose, Scottish Borders, was sentenced to a year's supervision in January. Rugby player Stuart Hogg sentenced for abusing estranged wife Hogg made a surprise return from retirement last summer and he is contracted to Montpellier until 2027. The ex-Scotland international and Gillian are in the process of selling their five-bedroom family home where he subjected her to domestic abuse. The £850,000 property was put on the market earlier this month after buying it for nearly £700k three years ago. 5 Hogg plays his club rugby with French Top 14 side Montpellier Credit: AFP
Sky News
25-03-2025
- Sky News
Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg urged to stop feeling 'hard done by' over domestic abuse conviction
A sheriff is urging former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg to face the consequences of his domestic abuse and "move on" from feeling "hard done by". Hogg, 32, last year pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his estranged wife, Gillian Hogg, between 2019 and 2024. He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages which were alarming and distressing in nature. A court heard how he berated his ex-partner for "not being fun" after going on drinking binges with his colleagues, and once sent more than 200 text messages to her in the space of a few hours, causing her to suffer a panic attack. In January, Hogg was . He had earlier been fined £600 for breaching bail conditions by repeatedly contacting Mrs Hogg when prohibited from doing so. Sheriff Peter Paterson warned the sentence was an "alternative to custody". A review of the CPO took place at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday, which Hogg was excused from attending. His lawyer, Mat Patrick, told the court: "We are just shy of three months into the order and the review report confirms that he is fully complying with the appointments, there have been no missed appointments. "As far as progress is concerned, it looks like progress requires to be made but it is a 12-month order and is against the background of quite a difficult divorce which is ongoing at the moment and all the emotions that can come with that, and that has played a part. "Obviously there is work to be done." Sheriff Paterson said it was "not entirely surprising" that Hogg might feel "hard done by", but that he needed to move on. He said: "He is the one that pleaded guilty and he has to face the consequences of his actions and he has to move on from that." The sheriff fixed a further review to take place on 16 June. He said: "If progress is satisfactory he will not have to attend, but if there is any difficulty he will have to attend." Former Glasgow Warriors and Exeter Chiefs full back Hogg, who now plays for French club Montpellier, was awarded an MBE for his services to rugby in last year's New Year Honours list.
BBC News
25-03-2025
- BBC News
Stuart Hogg 'complying' with domestic abuse court order
Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg is complying with a supervision order imposed after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over five years but still needs to make progress, a court has 32-year-old pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner Gillian Hogg when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court in November last Peter Paterson sentenced him to a community payback order with one year of supervision as an alternative to jail in January, and also banned him from approaching or contacting Mrs Hogg for five years.A review of the order took place at Jedburgh Sheriff Court, which Hogg was excused from attending. His lawyer Mat Patrick told the court: "We are just shy of three months into the order and the review report confirms that he is fully complying with the appointments, there have been no missed appointments."As far as progress is concerned, it looks like progress requires to be made but it is a 12-month order and is against the background of quite a difficult divorce which is ongoing at the moment and all the emotions that can come with that, and that has played a part."Obviously there is work to be done."Sheriff Paterson said it was "not entirely surprising" that Hogg might feel "hard done by", but he needed to move said: "He is the one that pleaded guilty and he has to face the consequences of his actions and he has to move on from that."The sheriff fixed a further review of the order to take place on 16 said: "If progress is satisfactory he will not have to attend, but if there is any difficulty he will have to attend." Hogg was banned from approaching or contacting Mrs Hogg for five years in December when he appeared at Jedburgh Sheriff Court after he admitted breaching bail conditions by repeatedly contacting her in June, when on one night she received 28 texts from was also fined £600, with an additional £40 victim former Glasgow Warriors fullback amassed a century of senior caps for his country and was involved in three British and Irish Lions remains one of Scotland's all-time leading try scorers and was awarded an MBE in the 2024 New Year honours list for services to rugby union - which there have been calls to strip him came out of retirement last summer to sign a two-year contract with Montpellier.
