Scotland rugby union team
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Guardian writers: England’s forwards impress against Australia, Ireland look good for the Six Nations and plenty of plus points for Scotland
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Eddie Butler: England and Wales rescue themselves from misery, France are … well, France, Scotland raise a gallop, while South Africa and Australia need to bounce back
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Scotland rounded off 2014 with another hugely encouraging display after sweeping five tries past Tonga in a 37-12 win
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Injuries have forced Scotland into four changes to his side for Saturday’s historic clash on a synthetic pitch at Kilmarnock’s Rugby Park
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Rugby union: talking points from the weekend's action Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s internationals
Guardian writers: England are as frustrating as ever, Wales v Fiji is best erased from the memory and has Dan Carter’s time passed?
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The New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has described his side’s narrow victory against Scotland as the perfect test as he assesses his squad for next year’s World Cup
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Scotland came within a whisker of their first win against the All Blacks, before a late try from Jeremy Thrush rescued the world champions
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Rugby union: Scotland impressed against much-changed New Zealand, but in the end the visitors had too much expertise and held on for an eight-point win
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Steve Hansen has kept only two starters from the side that beat England and is unsure Scotland’s Kiwi coach Vern Cotter knows much about how the visiting team works
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Vern Cotter has kept the starting XV who beat Argentina for Scotland’s Test with New Zealand at Murrayfield
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New Zealand fly-half Daniel Carter will start his first Test in almost a year, and captain Richie McCaw will play at blindside flanker for the first time, when the All Blacks meet Scotland on Saturday
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Robert Kitson: Behaviour of some sections of the England support means that any claim the sport has on the moral high ground is becoming increasingly shaky
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Rugby union: talking points from the weekend's action Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s internationals
Guardian writers: England are not short of tantalising options before the World Cup, New Zealand miss Dan Carter, Wales still need balance and Ireland showed there is life after Brian O’Driscoll
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The centre Mark Bennett said Scotland’s high-tempo style of victory over Argentina was the result of the coach, Vern Cotter, ‘looking at our roots’
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Scotland gave themselves a huge boost in their buildup to the Rugby World Cup with an impressive 41-31 win over Argentina at Murrayfield
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Adam Ashe last played in Murrayfield in an under-18s cup final for Stirling County and he is excited about his return to the home of Scottish rugby
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The scrum-half Greig Laidlaw will captain Scotland against Argentina on Saturday in the absence of Grant Gilchrist, the head coach, Vern Cotter, has confirmed
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Scotland have added the British & Irish Lions prop Ryan Grant to their autumn-internationals squad as an injury replacement for Edinburgh’s Allan Dell
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Eddie Butler: The southern hemisphere teams are still ahead of the European game and this November’s match-ups offer England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland and France a variety of options and challenges
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Vern Cotter has added cover for Alex Dunbar and Chris Cusiter to his Scotland squad
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The Edinburgh lock Grant Gilchrist will captain Scotland during the autumn internationals but there is no place in Vern Cotter’s 33-man squad for Saracens’ flanker Kelly Brown
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Robert Kitson: As the one-year countdown to the Rugby World Cup begins on Thursday, we present our lowdown on the state of the strongest-looking nations
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New Zealand win 17-14, clinging on when they were two men down to retain their unbeaten Games record
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Vern Cotter said he was pleased his Scotland side ‘never gave up’ during their 55-6 mauling at the hands of South Africa in Port Elizabeth
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South Africa ran in eight tries to breeze past Scotland 55-6 at Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth
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Scotland have won all three matches since Vern Cotter took charge but the New Zealander concedes the Springboks will present a tougher test
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A penalty in the closing stages from Duncan Weir snatched victory for Scotland in a hard-fought Test against Argentina in Cordoba
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Scotland needed a 71st-minute penalty from Greig Laidlaw to defeat a Canada side that fell just short of a famous upset in Toronto
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Scotland established an early lead and showed their experience to hold on for a convincing victory on a humid night
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Rugby: Wing Scully says 'it's about who can establish that physical dominance' as new Scotland coach names three new caps including fly-half Finn Russell
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Eddie Butler: A week after the end of the Premiership, French Top 14 and Pro 12 is no time to be embarking on a gruelling expedition
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Clermont are ready to shake off the nearly-men tag as their coach prepares to face Saracens in the semi-final
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Wasps have signed the Scotland international fly-half Ruaridh Jackson
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Stuart Hogg's show of remorse for smashing Dan Biggar's jaw in the Six Nations has resulted in a 40% lighter sentence of three weeks
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