At 6 foot 6 and 120kg, the 24-year-old has a career tackle completion rate of 97.6 per cent - just how good can Jonny Gray get?
There’s an old Scottish legend, an ancient tale nannies use to cow unruly children and send toddlers scuttling off to bed, that …
Jamie Lyall 25 Oct 2018, 13:22
The gods have bestowed Scotland with a 6'6, 106kg, exquisitely-named thoroughbred forward - Scotland's Test squad unpacked
I don’t know if Gregor Townsend is a religious man, but he might be offering a few prayers of thanks for the heavenly 6’6 106k…
Jamie Lyall 18 Oct 2018, 11:28
From doldrums to competing with Europe's elite - why it's time for Scottish clubs to shine
Five years have passed since Edinburgh last dined at Europe’s top table, years in which the club stuttered, sank and decayed in …
Jamie Lyall 12 Oct 2018, 6:32
'He’s of interest to us' - Vern Cotter on the Top14 money myth and why Stuart Hogg will end up in England and not France
You can hear the wistfulness in Vern Cotter’s voice, sense those infamously terrifying eyes and baritone growl soften just a lit…
Jamie Lyall 04 Oct 2018, 14:10
Laidlaw's colossal scrap to retain Scotland No.9 jersey and the 4 players plotting his downfall
Only a few months ago, Greig Laidlaw was being written off and dumped on the Test rugby scrapheap in so many quarters.
He was too…
Jamie Lyall 01 Oct 2018, 11:54
Should Hogg stay or Hogg go?
Warriors want him to stay and have opened early discussions to that effect.
Several clubs in England and France are already ey…
Jamie Lyall 22 Sep 2018, 8:12
Mass effect - How Glasgow are muscling up
Last season, as the Pro14 reached its climax, a blueprint for beating Glasgow Warriors became brutally evident. Bludgeon them up f…
Jamie Lyall 14 Sep 2018, 4:35
From Glaswegian maverick to Dan Carter's replacement - why Finn Russell's Parisian epoch fascinates
Jamie Lyall assesses the impact that Russell's move will have on his own rugby and the fortunes of the national team.
Jamie Lyall 04 Sep 2018, 5:40
'That would have got me the sack at Leicester' - How Richard Cockerill reconstructed Edinburgh Rugby
For a painfully long time, Edinburgh were viewed as a joke.
Jamie Lyall 29 Aug 2018, 13:19