Yesterday afternoon Matt Smith announced his retirement from rugby union at just 23. Here, Erin McRitchie looks at all the information from the announcement and takes a look back at some of the defining moments from Smith’s six-year long professional career.
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With the Pro14 season having ground to a halt due to COVID-19, Erin McRitchie has taken some time to give consideration to the most impressive performances produced by Edinburgh Rugby players this season. Here, Erin names twelve worthy award winners from Richard Cockerill’s squad.
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It is a struggle to remember a time when a book so succinctly and honestly demonstrated the strength it takes to overcome adversity and how, despite such a tragic sequence of events, one man can use his life-altering experience to teach us all a little something about each day being a good day.
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Every good stadium has a recognisable anthem for gamedays, so as Edinburgh Rugby continue to develop their playing abilities and look forward to the opening of their new stadium outside of BT Murrayfield, ‘For the Glory’ seems like an apt choice of anthem.
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With the coronavirus continually pushing the restart of all sport further back, Steven Brown looked into how the pandemic was affecting all levels of rugby, both domestically and internationally.
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The 2020 Guinness Six Nations tournament commences this weekend, with two matches on Saturday and a lone one on Sunday. Erin McRitchie breaks down all the matchday squads, including new coaches, debutants and experienced returnees.
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Scotland look to avenge their World Cup group stage exit with success in this year’s Six Nations. As Steven Brown writes, their hopes may be slim.
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Last Wednesday saw head coach Gregor Townsend name his Scotland Six Nations Squad. There were some surprise omissions, others enforced by injury, along with six uncapped inclusions. Erin McRitchie has taken some time to dissect the squad, and here gives her view on the hits and misses of Townsend’s 38-man collective.
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Richard Cockerill’s men will have to wait slightly longer for confirmation on who they will face in the quarter finals, but Edinburgh managed to secure their place in the next stage of the competition with a five try, bonus point win at BT Murrayfield this evening.
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Edinburgh travel to France to face Challenge Cup opponents Bordeaux this Saturday, and so, earlier in the week Richard Cockerill spoke to the media about the French powerhouses, Magnus Bradbury discussed his recent re-signing and Lewis Carmichael addressed his return to form following his injury-filled 2018/19 season.
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