#Sean Maitland

A last gasp Australian penalty broke Scottish hearts in the dying moments of a barnstorming quarter-final clash watched on by Prince Harry, Princess Anne and an animated Nicola Sturgeon. Scotland - who failed to register a single victory in the Six Nations - thought they had done the impossible when Mark Bennett's intercept-try put them ahead with…

A campaign that began in the best possible fashion with their first Calcutta Cup win over England at Twickenham since 1983 has since given way to familiar disappointment, with successive narrow defeats against Wales and Ireland on home soil in Edinburgh leaving them fifth in the standings. Their trip to France was postponed last month due to a…

The match kicks off at 2:30pm UK time on Sunday, 27rd September. World Cup World Cup daily: England expects; Haka vs Hakarena 17/09/2015 AT 09:28 You would be wise to check out this link on the official rugby world cup website with advice for getting to the ground via public transport and parking. Scotland 1/33 USA 13/1 Draw 70/1 WHO WILL WIN THE…

Lineen played for the Scots from 1989 and 1992, sharing in their 1990 Five Nations grand slam. There has since been a continuous Kiwi influence in the Five Nations/Six Nations since 1994. This year's tournament kicks off this weekend, with seven New Zealand-born players and two Kiwi head coaches involved. Some - notably French prop Uini Atonio -…

You normally come away from an opening Six Nations weekend with a pretty good idea what teams you want to keep on side, from a handicap point of view at least, for the rest of the tournament. But, with the exception of England, the performance of the other five countries sent out some very mixed messages indeed. And it would appear that the coaches…

Scotland recorded their first win over England in a decade a fortnight ago, Huw Jones' first-half double and a try from Sean Maitland leaving the defending champions reeling. England could not mount a comeback and lost 25-13, only their second defeat since the 2015 Rugby World Cup debacle. The result echoed around Ireland and Joe Schmidt's side…

Max Malins (left) and Alex Goode feature in Saracens' high-quality backline Free rugby tips, best bets and analysis for Saracens v Northampton in the Premiership. ITV & BT Sport 1, 12.15pm Sunday Saracens -6 1pt 10-11 general Two in-form teams meet at the Stonex Stadium on Sunday and Saracens are seven-point favourites to keep up their 100 per cent…