Martin Hannan: Scotland has too small a player base to waste any player.
From the top down there appears to be a lack of positive progress on many fronts, and frankly that’s why so many of us who write about the sport are feeling worried about the state of things at present.
The Team GB amalgamation approach seems here to stay especially as the 2026 Commonwealth Games are currently kaput - why do the authorities Down Under not take a lead from football’s Euros and have the various events moved to existing stadia and facilities around Australia? The Commonwealth as a whole should declare an emergency and do everything possible to make sure the 2026 Games ago ahead, even if they have to be postponed to 2027 – it was done for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for pandemic reasons so why not for the Games in which we get to see Team Scotland.
I have participated in, watched and written about sport all my life, and I have so many memorable sporting moments that I simply could not list them all. To that treasure trove I have added the events of Saturday, July 20, 2024, and the arrival of Patrick Harrison as a full international player for Scotland.
That’s the trouble with professional sport: you might achieve one aim but people always set you a new and higher target.
Any weekend in which Scotland’s men at full international level and at the under 20 age grade both notch easy wins has to be celebrated because they don’t happen very often.
Martin Hannan: Glasgow winning URC is one of the greatest Scottish rugby achievements.
Last week I called on Glasgow Warriors to save our Scottish season by doing the illogical and beating the might of Munster at Thomond Park. This week I am urging them to go to South Africa and defeat the Bulls by out-bulling the favourites in the United Rugby Championship final.
"Not everyone will like what I say about the various options for our sport". Martin Hannan sets out his case for reform "because we can’t let rugby in Scotland dwindle any further in any way."
