The Student newspaper recently caught up with Edinburgh University Ladies Rugby Football Club’s 1st XV captain, Nicola Howat, ahead of the coming season. The Scotland international will be hoping to mirror the success of Edinburgh’s last campaign and keep the trophy room well stacked. JS: What are you studying? NH: I’m just starting fourth year of […]
‘Oh, the places you’ll go!’ exclaims the Dr. Seuss axiom and as such, Murrayfield Ice Rink on the edge of central Edinburgh is where you must go to find the French Canadian skating troupe Le Patin Libre. While the venue, dating to 1930s, is a charming (albeit far-flung) time capsule of wood and leather fold-down […]
Have you recently swiped right on a sporting fanatic and are wondering where to take them to blow them away? Or is your long-term partner an activity addict who keeps wanting new things to impress them? No matter who they are or how long you have been with them, The Student’s guide to sporting dates […]
On Saturday evening, the oldest varsity in the world returns for another instalment. Edinburgh and St Andrews have been battling each other for bragging rights since the 1860s, fighting for the title of best university rugby club in Scotland. However, since the fixture’s resurrection in 2011, it is St Andrews who have proved the dominant […]
A bizarre offside call; Bernard Foley calmly collecting three points from the tee; 35-34. Scotland need no reminder of the last time they met Australia. Woeful England, alongside injury-ravaged Wales and Ireland, had all been knocked out of the World Cup, leaving only Scotland to get to the business end of rugby’s pinnacle. The heartbreak […]
The grudge match, the big revenge, the game to end them all. It can only be the world’s oldest Varsity rugby game between Edinburgh and St. Andrews. The stands were full, the draughts were being drunk dry and the singing was getting worse but the crowd was ready to see if they would get another edge-of-your-seat […]
By her own admission, the 2015/16 season was perhaps the best yet for Edinburgh University’s Women’s first XV, but Head Coach Claire Cruikshank is desperate for more. The return of the Varsity game to Murrayfield for a second consecutive season will provide the perfect platform to launch another push for honours this campaign. A year […]
Edinburgh Capitals General Manager Scott Neil is happy with how the new look Capitals are shaping up but refused to be drawn on specific targets for the year ahead, insisting that they will simply be targeting to win every time they take to the ice. The Murrayfield based side begin their 2016/17 Elite League season […]