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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
BBC News
08-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Fagerson ready for second Lions crack after 2021 regrets
Zander Fagerson is relishing a second crack for the British and Irish Lions after feeling he failed to do himself justice on the 2021 tour to South Glasgow Warriors prop was rewarded for the remarkable consistency he has demonstrated for club and country with a place in the squad heading for Australia this Fagerson, 29, is targeting a spot in the Test side to face the Wallabies having been the only one of the eight Scots in the squad who failed to feature in the Test series four years ago."I feel like I didn't really give a great account of myself," Fagerson told BBC Scotland."Just a few bits and bobs on that last tour. It was probably the body. I went into it in great shape. Then I had a little bit of a niggle with that back spasm."I always felt, what if? There were so many good players on that tour as well. I just supported the boys wherever I could."I absolutely loved being part of it four years ago. I can't wait to be part of it again this time."To me, it's just a culmination of so many years of hard work and sacrifice. Also, it's a childhood dream. You're playing in the garden when you're a kid, you want to be a British and Irish Lion."To actually be able to wear the jersey before and get the opportunity again, especially in front of friends and family and in front of fans this time, it would be absolutely incredible. It's a pinch-me moment."
