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Gary Heatly

Gary Heatly has loved rugby ever since he can remember and since 2004 he has covered the sport and others in a professional capacity for many publications and websites and runs his own company GH Media.

Scotland's Evie Gallagher on the best 25th birthday present
Evie Gallagher admits she could not have received a better 25th birthday present than helping Scotland to a comprehensive win over…
Interview
Gary Heatly
26 Aug 2025, 7:02
The three impactful words behind the rise of Scotland tighthead Molly Poolman
Having a positive mental attitude is what has got exciting young tighthead prop Molly Poolman to where she is today.
Interview
Gary Heatly
15 Aug 2025, 2:39
Rhona Lloyd finds her ‘why’ again ahead of Rugby World Cup 2025
Rhona Lloyd has revealed that six months ago, she was not sure if she was going to be in the right place mentally to take part in …
Interview
Gary Heatly
12 Aug 2025, 6:22
Wales' Kate Williams: 'We did a review on Sunday and put Australia to bed'
Wales now travel home as the build up to the Women’s Rugby World Cup intensifies and will feel in a decent place heading into th…
Gary Heatly
05 Aug 2025, 5:24
'This is a statement from us': Reaction from Wales after Wallaroos win
Wales have given themselves some momentum ahead of the World Cup with an excellent away win over Australia at the weekend, a victo…
Gary Heatly
28 Jul 2025, 7:35
What's going on with Scotland in 'very disruptive' pre-World Cup period?
Not for the first time in Scottish rugby history, off field issues are getting in the way when all focus should be on the upcoming…
Analysis
Gary Heatly
25 Jul 2025, 4:29
Lana Skeldon: Photography, golf and switching off ahead of World Cup
During the extended Scotland training squad’s recent 10 days of downtime, Scotland hooker Lana Skeldon could be found at the dri…
Interview
Gary Heatly
22 Jul 2025, 4:41
Coreen Grant on striving for World Cup place after long-awaited knee surgery
Coreen Grant was ready to kick on in 2025, but, before the Women’s Six Nations came around, she had to get a long-standing knee …
Interview
Gary Heatly
07 Jul 2025, 0:42
Wales' Katherine Baverstock on positional move: 'I am a bit of a live wire'
Such is her athletic abilities, Wales hopeful Baverstock has been trying out different positions in the pack over the past year. …
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Gary Heatly
03 Jul 2025, 4:27
Wales hopeful Seren Lockwood: Embracing every opportunity
Seren Lockwood has never had to make a step quite as big as the most recent one after she was one of a number of uncapped players …
Interview
Gary Heatly
30 Jun 2025, 5:59
Scotland's Alex Stewart on being diagnosed with diabetes and coeliac disease
In April, midway through the Guinness Women’s Six Nations, Scotland women’s young gun Alex Stewart was diagnosed with diabetes…
Interview
Gary Heatly
27 Jun 2025, 8:07
'I don't really recognise myself': Emma Orr on growing into the Scotland 13 shirt
Scotland centre Emma Orr feels that she has been on “quite a journey” since the last Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Interview
Gary Heatly
24 Jun 2025, 4:07
Lions' charity partners look to set world records for longest rugby games
At Mullingar RFC’s ground from 8:00 on Wednesday until some point later on Thursday there are going to be simultaneous attempts …
Gary Heatly
17 Jun 2025, 5:30
Emma Wassell on returning to Scotland squad after full sternotomy
Scotland second-row Emma Wassell has made many people proud with the way she has dealt with a tough 14-month period in which she h…
Interview
Gary Heatly
10 Jun 2025, 8:19
Chloe Rollie: Murrayfield, World Cup and Scotland 100th cap goals
Chloe Rollie has been a part of everything positive that has happened in Scottish women’s rugby over the last decade and there h…
Gary Heatly
05 Jun 2025, 6:21
Who are the uncapped players in Scotland's World Cup wider training squad?
There are four uncapped players in Scotland’s extended training squad of 38 that will start preparations for the Women’s Rugby…
Gary Heatly
29 May 2025, 6:14
Ella Cromack's kicking challenge in aid of father's cancer treatment
On May 30 at the Twickenham Stoop, Ella Cromack, who recently turned 20, is aiming to kick 1611 conversions in 24 hours, with the …
Interview
Gary Heatly
19 May 2025, 6:39
From Hatton Garden to parents' loft: Women's Rugby World Cup trophy history
With 100 days to go until the upcoming Women’s Rugby World Cup in England, the first-ever trophy contested for at this level cer…
Gary Heatly
14 May 2025, 3:00
Scotland's Leah Bartlett: 'We have not become a bad team overnight'
Having supported Leicester Tigers men’s team since she was a little girl and now playing for their women’s team, it is perhaps…
Interview
Gary Heatly
17 Apr 2025, 5:05
Italy reaction after win vs Scotland: 'We will only see this team get better'
Italy’s players gave head coach Fabio Roselli the best possible birthday present on Sunday with a Guinness Women’s Six Nations…
Interview
Gary Heatly
15 Apr 2025, 4:31
Lana Skeldon: How her Bristol team mates ensured a Six Nations return
Scotland hooker Lana Skeldon has thanked three of her best friends in rugby for their “endless support, care and kindness” sho…
Interview
Gary Heatly
11 Apr 2025, 0:04
Jodie Ounsley: 'Time for us to smash perceptions'
Jodie Ounsley believes that the ongoing Guinness Women’s Six Nations is whetting the appetite for rugby fans and that the women…
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Gary Heatly
03 Apr 2025, 3:44
Rachel Malcolm: 'We have bounced back from some of the darkest times'
The Scots have won 13 out of their last 18 Test matches and many believe the last two years can act as a springboard into the rest…
Gary Heatly
01 Apr 2025, 4:26
Hannah Jones' message ahead of England: 'We have nothing to lose, so let’s go for it'
Wales captain Hannah Jones is excited about the potential of the squad going forward and has issued a rallying cry ahead of Saturd…
Gary Heatly
25 Mar 2025, 4:37
Scotland edge past Wales in a drama-filled match which had it all
Scotland edged past Wales 24-21 at a very wet Hive Stadium in Edinburgh to get their Guinness Women’s Six Nations campaign off t…
Gary Heatly
22 Mar 2025, 12:39
Scotland's Jade Konkel: 'We need to take our game to the next level'
Jade Konkel is an experienced player in the Scotland set-up and the back-rower has been putting in the hard yards recently in a bi…
Interview
Gary Heatly
20 Mar 2025, 3:09
Lisa Thomson on Trailfinders, and trials and tribulations of 7s and XVs
Over the years, Lisa Thomson has developed a great knack for hitting the ground running in any new rugby environment she has found…
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Gary Heatly
06 Mar 2025, 3:18
Hollie Cunningham: 'I didn’t know about my Scottish eligibility for a while'
Hollie Cunningham cannot help but smile when she recalls the joyous recent phone call she made to her grandmother Gwenda to tell h…
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Gary Heatly
26 Feb 2025, 2:08
Easson's Six Nations selections: 'For the first time, good players are not making the squad'
Scotland women’s head coach Bryan Easson says that any talk of the Rugby World Cup stops now with the sole focus for his charges…
Gary Heatly
20 Feb 2025, 6:29
Pioneering ref Hollie Davidson reveals men's Rugby World Cup ambition
Trailblazer Hollie Davidson has achieved so much as a rugby official already, but the Scot feels she has "so much still to give" a…
Interview
Gary Heatly
13 Feb 2025, 6:26
Scotland's Molly Wright: 'I tore my hip flexor off my pelvis'
Between early 2023 and early 2024 the front-rower, who can play prop and hooker and is currently playing the latter for her club, …
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Gary Heatly
06 Feb 2025, 3:28
Rachel McLachlan: 'In France, players are more willing to take risks'
Rachel McLachlan has never been scared of going outside her comfort zone and, as she headed into the biggest 18 months of her rugb…
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Gary Heatly
28 Jan 2025, 1:58
Nikki Simpson: The unexpected nine hour drive which kick started a career
Scotland development player Nikki Simpson has always been driven to succeed - and the near nine hour drive she made from her home …
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Gary Heatly
22 Jan 2025, 8:41
Meg Varley's return after 'serious' injury: 'All that's left is the fake ligament and half a screw'
After a torrid 11 months out with injury, Meg Varley returned for Bristol to score a well-worked five-pointer alongside Ilona Mahe…
Interview
Gary Heatly
15 Jan 2025, 3:11
Celtic Challenge: Scotland hopeful Aila Ronald vows to 'keep improving'
Aila Ronald had to get off the tram she was on in late August such was the shock she felt at her first Scotland squad call-up - an…
Interview
Gary Heatly
18 Dec 2024, 2:56
Celtic Challenge: 'Excited to see what we can do as Glasgow Warriors'
Ailie Tucker’s carrying in the loose was a real feature for the Warriors as they tried to get on the front foot and at scrum tim…
Interview
Gary Heatly
12 Dec 2024, 4:53
Up-and-coming Scottish stars relish Lions opportunity
18-year-old back-row Emily Coubrough and 17-year-old stand-off Poppy Mellanby, who are both members of the Scottish Rugby Academy …
Interview
Gary Heatly
21 Nov 2024, 4:01
Sarah Bonar: 'It has been great to be back in a Scotland shirt'
Sarah Bonar has fond memories of playing against Japan in WXV 2 action in South Africa and the Scotland second-rower is keen to ma…
Interview
Gary Heatly
04 Oct 2024, 9:34
Louise Dalgliesh runs the rule over Scotland vs Japan WXV 2 clash
Dalgliesh, who is now a member of the Sale Sharks coaching team, returned from Cape Town a few days ago having taken in the first …
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Gary Heatly
03 Oct 2024, 23:48
‘Scotland is lucky have Rachel Malcolm’: Emma Wassell ahead of captain's half-century cap
Emma Wassell’s first memory of Rachel Malcolm is when the former was lagging behind the latter in a bronco fitness test at a Sco…
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Gary Heatly
27 Sep 2024, 6:41
'They can aim to get to the semi-finals at the World Cup': Donna Kennedy on Scotland
Scotland Women have given themselves a brilliant platform over the last 17 months with 10 wins from 13 Tests, WXV 2 silverware, an…
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Gary Heatly
19 Sep 2024, 3:44
Scotland coach lauds 'warrior' Emma Wassell following tumour diagnosis
Scotland women’s head coach Bryan Easson has hailed Emma Wassell as a “brilliant human being” and said he is delighted that …
Gary Heatly
12 Sep 2024, 7:48
Emma Orr lauds introduction of menstrual cycle tracking technology
The Vodafone PLAYER.Connect performance platform is already being used by Wales women, the Armed Forces women’s Rugby Team, Celt…
Interview
Gary Heatly
28 Aug 2024, 2:41
Behind the team: Scotland Head of Physical Performance Josie Symonds
Josie Symonds only took up her new role as Scotland women’s head of physical performance a couple of weeks before the tournament…
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Gary Heatly
15 Aug 2024, 2:13
Leicester Tigers' Evie Wills: A year on from ACL injury
Thursday, August 8 marks exactly a year since Leicester Tigers and Scotland playmaker Evie Wills suffered a serious knee injury - …
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Gary Heatly
08 Aug 2024, 1:37
'The latest part of a crazy journey': Paige Anastacia on England Deaf Rugby's South Africa tour
Paige Anastacia will be travelling south to meet up with the rest of the 27-strong England Deaf Rugby Union women’s squad to the…
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Gary Heatly
01 Aug 2024, 6:20
Lisa Thomson: Scotland's sole sevens player at Paris 2024
A few months ago Lisa Thomson described the unveiling of a statue of her as “surreal” - and she uses the same word to describe…
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Gary Heatly
25 Jul 2024, 1:23
Isla Norman-Bell: An 18,000 kilometre journey to Team GB selection
When Isla Norman-Bell was five years old she began to dream of one day going to the Olympics as an athlete - fast forward 19 years…
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Gary Heatly
23 Jul 2024, 4:20
'Things are coming together nicely': Beattie on Olympic preparation
Beattie, the 38-year-old former Scotland Sevens player who had to retire due to injury aged just 21, has been a busy man in the la…
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Gary Heatly
17 Jul 2024, 1:59
Evie Gallagher: 'Every time I go out on the pitch I want to be a better rugby player'
All season people in the know have been saying very complimentary things about Bristol Bears and Scotland back-row Evie Gallagher,…
Interview
Gary Heatly
19 Jun 2024, 7:31
Sophie de Goede: 'We are peaking at the right time'
There are busy seasons and then there is the type of season that Sophie de Goede is having, but the Saracens back-rower would not …
Gary Heatly
05 Jun 2024, 2:06
Merryn Gunderson: 'Jade Konkel was a massive idol for me growing up'
In recent years Merryn Gunderson has watched the way that Jade Konkel has carried the ball and taken the game to opponents in a Sc…
Interview
Gary Heatly
29 May 2024, 1:52
Rhona Lloyd: Whales, Scotland, and Great Britain
Music has played a big part throughout Rhona Lloyd’s Scotland career to date and now, after reaching the 50-cap milestone, she w…
Interview
Gary Heatly
24 Apr 2024, 4:05
Ireland starlet Katie Corrigan: 'I have really tried to back myself and play with confidence'
This time last year Katie Corrigan had just played for Ireland in the under-18 Six Nations Festival at Wellington School - now she…
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Gary Heatly
18 Apr 2024, 4:07
Alex Stewart's Scotland debut: 'She is a special rugby player, she plays with a lot of heart'
Alex, the 19-year-old back-row, had just made her full international debut in the Guinness Women’s Six Nations and had certainly…
Interview
Gary Heatly
28 Mar 2024, 3:08
Lisa Cockburn: 'The World Cup suddenly became out of reach and that really floored me'
There were many high points for Scotland women’s rugby supporters during 2023...and right up there in that list was Lisa Cockbur…
Interview
Gary Heatly
06 Mar 2024, 3:45
Leia Brebner-Holden and Meg Varley: Six Nations call-ups, redundancies, and Scottish roots
Two names that jumped out from the Scotland 34-strong group announced last week were Leia Brebner-Holden and Meg Varley.
Interview
Gary Heatly
27 Feb 2024, 7:06
Celtic Challenge: Glasgow's Holland Bogan and Lucy MacRae ones to watch for future Scotland caps
Holland Bogan and Lucy MacRae are certainly two to look out for in the coming years, the teenage duo being part of the Scotland un…
Interview
Gary Heatly
20 Feb 2024, 4:31
Celtic Challenge: Edinburgh backs Cieron Bell and Nicole Marlow on their rugby journeys so far
Bell has started every match while Marlow has been in the number 15 jersey in four games and come off the bench in one, showing go…
Interview
Gary Heatly
15 Feb 2024, 1:33
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