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Gregor Townsend has tried to play down talk of tension between Scotland and Ireland ahead of this weekend’s meeting of the sides in the Guinness Six Nations Championship. The fixture has ...

Gregor Townsend dismissed any notion that Scotland versus Ireland has become a grudge match ahead of Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations showdown between the sides at Murrayfield. The Scots have lost ...

Rory Sutherland will start for Scotland in Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations match with Ireland in one of three changes made by head coach Gregor Townsend. Sutherland’s selection as loosehead prop ...

Gregor Townsend praised Huw Jones-inspired Scotland for holding their nerve to fend off an Italian fightback as they got their Six Nations campaign off to a victorious start for the fifth year in ...