The Official Scottish Rugby Podcast

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast, we are delighted to be joined by several special guests as we look forward to this year's Silver Saturday at BT Murrayfield & DAM Health Stadium. Hosts Caroline Blair and Tom Sole are joined by Hawick captain, Matthew Carryer, and Marr captain, Conor Bickerstaff, to discuss preparations ahead of this Saturday's Cup Final.  Scottish Rug...

On this very special episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast, we are delighted to be joined by Scotland internationalist, Helen Nelson, as she sits down with Chris Paterson to discuss her career to date - after making her 50th appearance for Scotland last Saturday. 

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast we are delighted to be joined by Scotland internationalist Lisa Thomson. After receiving her 50th cap for Scotland last Saturday Lisa joins hosts Caroline Blair, Chris Paterson, and Rachel Malcolm to discuss her career to date. They take time to reflect on her journey from Jed Minis to Murrayfield Wanderers to Melrose ladies to her inte...

On this week's Official Scottish Rugby Podcast, Scotland international Francesca McGhie talks to Caroline Blair and Chris Paterson inside the Scotland camp. She talks about her rapid rise to international rugby, having only started playing the game in 2018 and how the recent Celtic Challenge helped her on her way to win her first Scotland cap against England. Caroline and Chris also review last we...

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast Caroline Blair catches up with Scotland internationalist Coreen Grant.  They explore Coreen's progression from Murrayfield Wanderers to Durham University to professional rugby with Scotland and her current club Saracens. They also discuss her passions beyond rugby, working part time as a journalist and environmental activism. Caroline i...

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast, we are delighted to be joined by Scotland internationalist and Worcester Warriors scrum half, Caity Mattinson.  Alongside host Caroline Blair they discuss Caity's Scotland debut during the Rugby World Cup 2021 Final Qualification Tournament match against Colombia - after the new eligibility rule meant Caity qualified to play for Scotla...

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast we are delighted to be joined by Scotland Captain Rachel Malcolm and inside centre Evie Wills.  Alongside hosts Chris Paterson and Caroline Blair, the women preview the 2023 TikTok Women's Six Nations fixtures and the cohesion of this year's squad.  Tickets are still available for all three home fixtures at DAM Health Stadium via scotti...

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast we are delighted to be joined by former Glasgow Warriors and Scotland internationalist turned skills coach, Pete Horne.  Hosts Chris Paterson and Caroline Blair join him in the Scotland team hotel to catch up on all things Guinness Six Nations ahead of the final weekend. They also deep dive into Pete's journey so far, from his career as...

Only three in every 1000 international rugby players ever reach the momentous Centurion milestone of 100 international caps. On this very special episode you will hear from two of Scottish Rugby's Centurions. British & Irish Lion and Scotland internationalist, Stuart Hogg, sits down with Chris Paterson to discuss his career to date as he prepares to make his 100th appearance for Scotland this Sund...

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast we are delighted to be joined by Scotland Internationalist and Glasgow Warriors prop, Jamie Bhatti.  Jamie tells Chris and Caroline about his journey to international rugby, his time at Melrose as a youth and the influence of John Dalziel. He also talks about life after rugby and why he's learning to fly.  Scotland are currently in a fa...

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast, we are delighted to be joined by Scotland Scrum Coach, Pieter de Villiers.  Alongside hosts Chris Paterson and Caroline Blair, he chats about the mood in camp, the mindset of the players after two victories, and what he's most looking forward to this Sunday when Scotland travel to France for Round 3 of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations.  P...

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast we are delighted to be joined by former Scotland and British and Irish Lions winger Tommy Seymour. Hosts Chris Paterson and Caroline Blair discuss life in retirement, his return to Scottish Rugby, within the commercial realm, and how he found himself at Glasgow Warriors all those years ago.  They also discuss the first two rounds of the...

On this week's Official Scottish Rugby Podcast we are delighted to be joined by two Scotland internationalists, Luke Crosbie and Rudi Brown.  Chris and Caroline are in camp this week to chat all things Calcutta Cup with Edinburgh Rugby's, Luke Crosbie; from the lowdown on Scotland's scintillating win at Twickenham last Saturday, what the victory meant to the team and how preparations are going for...

It's Calcutta Cup week! And we are delighted to be joined by Scotland and British & Irish Lions wing, Sean Maitland, on this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast. Sean talks to Chris and Caroline about his elation after being named in Gregor Townsend's squad ahead of this years Guinness Six Nations, his love for Saracens, and what life might hold after rugby.    

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast Caroline is joined by Rugby Development Communications Manager, Caitlin Gould, Corstorphine Cougars captain, Emma Turner, and Stirling County captain, Katie Lindsay to chat all things Tennent’s Women’s Premiership Final.   Emma and Katie discuss their anticipation for this Saturday's final (28 January) after defeating Watsonian FC and H...

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast we are delighted to be joined by one of the four uncapped players named in Gregor Townsend's Scotland squad, Ruaridh McConnochie.  The London-born Bath wing, 31, joins hosts Caroline Blair and Chris Paterson to discuss his excitement to fulfil his "childhood dream" of playing for Scotland. Following the change of rules can represent the...

To kick off the first episode of 2023 we are delighted to be joined by former Scotland captain and British and Irish Lion, Rob Wainwright.  Rob joins host Chris Paterson during the second week of this year's Doddie Aid - a virtual mass-participation exercise event he founded to help raise funds for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation which invests in research to find meaningful treatments for Motor Neuron...

Join us as we take a look back through the best moments of 2022.  From Matt Fagerson winning player of the match at the Calcutta Cup, Mike Adamson talking through the highlights of his referring career, Heather Lockhart reviewing the World Cup in New Zealand, Hamish Watson exploring his journey to the international stage to remembering Tom Smith and Doddie Weir OBE.   

On this year's Christmas Special and final episode of 2022, hosts Caroline Blair and Chris Paterson are joined by Scotland Captain's Jamie Ritchie, and Rachel Malcolm to reflect on the past year. They discuss how they spend Christmas, their favourite things about this time of year as well as their milestone moments of 2022. 

Judy Murray joins host, Rachel Malcom on the last episode of this series of Powering Conversation, powered by SP Energy Networks. They chat through her career in tennis as well as spending time on the golf course.

On this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast host Caroline Blair is joined by ex-player and Player Development Manager, Ben Atiga, as well as Police Scotland's Communications Manager, Adiran Searle, to discuss the second phase of the Don't Be That Guy campaign. Listen to their conversation as they discuss how men can take responsibility for ending sexual violence by changing their...

In this week's special episode hosts Caroline Blair and Chris Paterson are joined by Jill Douglas and Jim Telfer to share their memories of the late Doddie Weir.  They remember Doddie’s colourful and positive character both on and off the pitch whether it be for his athletic and eye-catching performances in the Dark Blue of Scotland or for the inspirational response to his MND diagnosis.    

Rachel Malcolm is joined by Scottish former curler skip of the winning 2022 British Olympic Curling team Eve Muirhead in this week's special podcast episode of Powering Conversation, powered by SP Energy Networks to talk through her professional curling career. 

After a thrilling win over Argentina on Saturday and wrapping up this year's Autumn Nation Series we are delighted to be joined by former Scotland Internationalist Lee Jones. Lee joins Chris and Caroline to discuss life in retirement, his riveting career and who he will be supporting in the upcoming 1872 cup.  Chris and Caroline discuss Scotland's performance across all four fixtures and look ahea...

Ahead of the final Autumn Nation Series fixture on Saturday 19 November we are delighted to be joined by Scotland Internationalists Zander Fagerson and Pierre Shoeman.  Joining us in the team hotel after a day's training, they discuss life in Scotland camp, the dynamic between them both - being roommates as well as teammates and play 'Most likely to [...]' games.  Chris and Caroline discuss the Au...