Our eldest, Ruaridh, would have been 10 today. Sleep tight, wee man
Mark Palmer
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- Just the 23 points today for Finn Russell in Racing's 43-38 win away to Brive. The lad will be good when he finds a bit of form
- Great work from @ZebreRugby who organised a coach to bring 49 family members of players from the RC Polytechnic Kyiv rugby club to safety in Italy. The group all arrived safely in Parma tonight
- A simply great man. A lesson in humanity and humility to the last. Thanks to @CraigWatsonpix for the photos and our deepest sympathies to Kathy, the boys and everyone who will feel this loss so keenly
- Easy to reach for the superlatives in the moment, but that feels genuinely seismic, not just for Glasgow but Scottish rugby. One of our teams winning like that, against a team like that, in a place like that, under the biggest pressure....extraordinary. Privilege to be here
- Are we allowed to admire Rassie for the magnificent work he has done with the Springboks AND think he has made a massive tit of himself over this issue? Or must we take a side?
- The Finn/Hoggy picture is great, but can we please go easy on the narrative about rugby’s innate moral superiority? Talking down - and talking down to - other sports is not how you sell your own
- Stade de France still just about in party mode, even if the officials appear to have misplaced their bottle. What an absolute mockery that whole Mauvaka situation makes of rugby's foul play decision-making processes
- Great to hear that Italy have already sold more than 150,000 tickets for their three home games in the Six Nations, with fewer than 5,000 remaining for the crunch clash between Lamaro's boys and Wales on Feb 8. First up: Scotland at Murrayfield this Sat
- Good on the Scotland players for donating £10,000 of their match fees to Doddie Weir’s foundation @MNDoddie5
- Know what would be absolutely spectacular now? A Barbarians call-up for Finn Russell to face All Black XV in London the same day New Zealand are at Murrayfield (Sunday November 13)
- What a start to Test rugby life for Ange Capuozzo. Here he is at his first game as a fan, the Scotland v Italy death match at World Cup 2007.
