The Official Scottish Rugby Podcast

Episode 41 | Rory Sutherland

 The Official Scottish Rugby Podcast sits down with Scotland and Edinburgh loosehead prop Rory Sutherland this week.  Al Kellock catches up with him after training to discuss his latest Guinness Six Nations caps, a Scotland win against Italy and growing up in the Borders.  Al Kellock and Chris Paterson also reflect on all the action from the weekend.

Episode 40 | Mike Blair from inside Scotland Camp & Hollie Davidson

Our podcast hosts, Chris Paterson and Al Kellock, visit the Scotland camp to bring you this weeks episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast, together with Royal Bank of Scotland as they talk Guinness Six Nations, PRO14 Rugby, Old Glory and the upcoming Italy fixtures for Scotland teams.

Joined by Assistant Coach Mike Blair, they look ahead to the team travelling to Rome for Round 3. Listen in as Mike talks about the new additions to the squad, what the training week looks like ahead of that test and the type of rugby that Italy play.

Also in the studio Mike, Al and Chris analyse the past weekend’s Guinness PRO14 fixtures as Glasgow Warriors hosted Zebre at Scotstoun and Edinburgh travel to play Scarlets in the tough conditions of Storm Dennis.

Scottish Rugby referee Hollie Davidson is on international duty this weekend as she’ll referee the England v Ireland fixture on Sunday. We hear from Hollie as she discusses her early memories in rugby, how she came so close to earning an international cap and why she loves the sport.

Episode 39 | Old Glory DC – John Manson

The latest episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast, together with Royal Bank of Scotland is brought to you from Scotstoun this week. Our podcast hosts, Chris Paterson and Al Kellock, talk through all three of the fixtures from the England weekend including Scotland U20, Women and the Calcutta Cup fixture at BT Murrayfield.

We feature exclusive interviews from the Scotland v England game as we hear from Scott Cummings at the full-time whistle at BT Murrayfield and from the post-match press conference with Head Coach Gregor Townsend and Captain Stuart Hogg.

Also on this episode, we speak to John Manson at Old Glory DC. Formally at Glasgow Warriors as Rugby Operations Manager, John talks about settling in at the Washington club and the work he has been doing in the role since making the move. Old Glory DC played their first fixture of the MLR Season and John talks about that first outing in the conference, the squad and his duties at the club.

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Episode 38 | Opening round of the Six Nations

Together with Royal Bank of Scotland​, the latest episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast reflects on the opening weekend of the Six Nations. Our podcast hosts, Chris Paterson and Al Kellock, catch up with Scotland’s Adam Hastings and Lisa Thomson and talk about the Ireland fixtures in the Six Nations. Also in this episode, Scotland Women Captain Rachel Malcolm talks to us from training camp about the progress of the squad.

Episode 37 | The Guinness Six Nations Returns

This week on the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast together with Royal Bank of Scotland Chris Paterson joins the Scotland squad at their training camp in Spain where we speak with Fraser Brown and Jamie Ritchie. We also catch up with Scotland captains Stuart Hogg and Rachel Malcolm plus sit down with former Scotland International and now FOSROC Super6 player, Ayrshire Bulls' Gordy Reid.

Episode 36 | Greig Laidlaw

On this weeks episode Greig Laidlaw, Scotland’s most capped Captain, calls time on his International career.  Last week, Greig invited Jamie over to France to discuss his decision and talk about his Scotland career, family life and his plans for the future.

Episode 35 | Gregor Townsend

This week Al and Chris sit down with Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend for his first in depth interview since returning from Japan. They reflect on the World Cup while also looking ahead to the imminent 1872 Cup and Guinness 6 Nations.

Episode 34 | Independent Corporate Governance and Business Review

On this week’s episode, our podcast hosts talk about the career of John Barclay as he announces his retirement from the International game. We are also joined in the studio with the authors of the Gammell/Murray Report which is an Independent Corporate Governance and Business Review of Scottish Rugby Union.

Episode 33 | Ciaran Beattie

This week Jamie and Chris get big Al on the phone to discuss Glasgow, Edinburgh and Scotland Women results from the weekend plus Jamie heads to Ravenscraig to sit down with Scotland 7s Head Coach Ciaran Beattie to chat about his rugby journey, hopes and aspirations and the game of 7s.

Episode 32 | Dave Rennie & Danny Wilson

On the podcast this week, Jamie and Chris discuss not one, but two huge news stories from Scottish Rugby.  They reflect on Dave Rennies move to Australia at the end of the season, Danny Wilson becoming Glasgow Warriors Head Coach, the 2020 Summer Tour announcement plus all the action from the FOSROC Super6, European Champions and Challenge Cup results and Scotland Women on Wales last weekend at Scotstoun.