@samlstandsup.bsky.social Making a start on your book Sam, and I already know it’s going to be part of my Dad’s birthday present -it’s bloody brilliant. (You had me at the explanation of correlation and why it’s not necessarily causation;-)

Rugby Union refs: If Cammy Scott had simply let the kick clock run down with the clock in the red, would it have been game over or would it have been a penalty to Benetton?

And *that’s* how you see out a game Gregor

This is desperately sad. Only 39. We need to take brain injuries seriously. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

@patriciavieira.bsky.social @rhigarthjones.bsky.social Loving the takeover! “They died as they lived, probably annoyed about something” had me in fits, as did “with the angles” 😂😂😂

The re

Scotland fans who thought Scott Cummings would have been picked for the #BiL 23 because he has been better on tour: when performing your calculations, you forgot to carry the Irish.

I've actually been a huge fan of Ashman since U20s where he looked a real prospect especially in defence and the loose, and genuinely hope the exposure to this environment will prove beneficial to his development as a player, which seems to have stalled a little in the last year or so...

Dear goodness, Duolingo is so needy that, if it were a real person sending those messages, they’d be out of my life pretty quickly.

Does the Sky studio make the presenters look jaundiced on everyone’s TV or is mine just goosed?!

This Ben White bloke looks decent at 9, Anyone know if he’d ‘work’ with Finn Russell? #AUNZvBIL

The “Lesser Finn” playing quite well so far for #Lions #BiL

It's like if Runrig had a fight with Bill McLaren in a paint factory

Playing Fiji away is very different to playing them when they’re on tour. Reminds me of playing the likes of Dumfries or Newton Stewart back in the day at Ardrossan…the travelling team would be a poor shadow of the one who took the field at home…

Buggrit. Millennium hand and shrimp.

Oh Darcy

To be fair to Ashman, he’s at least found a new way to concede possession from that lineout…

Have had a peek at Scottish Rugby FB fora and I think I’ll just stay here…

Of course, the big question is did @borderbadger.bsky.social manage to stay up?!

We’re going to end up playing 7s if we’re not careful with the penalties

#FiJvSCO take it that ball was deemed as stripped in the tackle rather than a knock on in the Fiji 22?

Losing 3 points with a man in the bin feels like a win after all that Fiji pressure and possession #FIJvSCO

#FIJvSCO I mean, that’s some setting.

Maybe taking the scrum to get. Hooker on would’ve been a better option than the lineout? Wee bit of inexperience maybe?

#BiL Have seen a few videos which show the #Lions squad have their kids out with them in Australia. Maybe Andy just felt left out?

Rory Hutchinson’s best game in a Scotland shirt by some distance

That Scotland change top underlining just how great the new women’s RWC top is.

Oh good. This is going to be great.

Andy Faz wants experience on the tour, the type of player and temperament that can shepherd a tight match home and bring calm amongst the drama. Ahem..

Truth

Good morning all. Are we really doing this? It would appear that we are

This game definitely needs some Darcy Graham

Rarely in a game where I’ve been so unimpressed by our defence and restarts have we only conceded 7 points

Has Geech branched out into ASMR? Not gonna lie, I’d watch that

No, van Poortvliet *isn’t* the next cab off the rank - Ben White wasn’t available for the Argentina game because he was still with Toulon

Have the Lions taken our (Scotland’s) restart coach with them?!

If you could hang on to the ball Mack, that’d be peachy

Sad news that Scotland prop, and Lions Mighty Mouse Ian McLaughlan has passed away at the age of 83. Pound for pound as good a prop as I've had the privilege to watch, played in 8 Lions Tests, losing only one. He was at the Lions game last night... What a way to go! #RIP

One of the nice things about the Lions is getting to see why there’s such a fuss about some players without national bias…but I struggle to see it with Tom Curry (despite luminaries such as Sam Warburton & Jim Telfer waxing lyrical)

Not gonna lie gang, it seems like whoever was in charge when they had to phone up and say, "the Scotland winger from Edinburgh, you know the one, the good one" did in fact NOT know the one

If you’re still describing Finn Russell as a “Maverick”, I’m going to assume you know hee haw about rugby…

Zander Fagerson heard you all say he might not be a test Lion, and now every single one of you owes the shellshocked husk of Nicky Smith an apology

Having watched the game back, it was a bit harsh to say Italy hadn’t created any chances - there was the kick in the first half where we were lucky the player had his foot on the line, and again at about 70 mins. But their points didn’t come from their own play

@kbspangler.com hello! I’m a big fan of AGAF, and although I’m sad it’s wrapping this year, I’m excited about the new project too. Can I ask if you’ll be revisiting the AGAF world in prose form? Or is there one more Rachel Peng book planned and that’s (literally) all she wrote? Thank you!

Watching SAS Rogue Heroes and can’t shake the feeling that a lot of personal trainers have made a lot of money getting these actors into this shape…

The #1872Cup is tomorrow. Shades of the old Reds vs Blues trial games…