The TRU Team, Author at Talking Rugby Union

TRU’s Premiership XV of the 19/20 season

October 21, 2020

Ahead of this weekend’s final at Twickenham, the Talking Rugby Union team have cast their votes and below is our 2019/20 Premiership XV of…

Lee Anne Steel: “Grassroots rugby is the lifeblood of the sport”

October 15, 2020

It has been a tough few months for rugby clubs in Scotland, but it was great to hear that Livingston RFC president Lee Anne…

TRU Podcast – Sale Sharks, Premiership Playoffs and England’s Training Squad

October 8, 2020

Now the regular Gallagher Premiership season has concluded, Joe Harvey and Chris Heal discuss all of the recent news in English rugby and look…

Looseheadz x TRU Podcast – Jacques Burger

July 14, 2020

Chris Heal and the Looseheadz team are joined by Saracens and Namibia legend Jacques Burger to reflect on his injures, his time in the…

Maliq Holden: Conversation around racism is the catalyst for change

July 3, 2020

Cornish Pirates’ Maliq Holden has written a guest column focusing on why the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement is so important in society and why…

RFU CEO Bill Sweeney: For me, the community game, it is more than a game

July 3, 2020

In the latest edition of NCA Chats, Bill Sweeney, CEO of the Rugby Football Union, spoke to Joe Harvey and Chris Heal about the…

Glashan and Hurd fly the flag for Scotland in BUCS Team of the Year

April 22, 2020

Currently there are no Scottish university sides in the BUCS Super Rugby competition, but two players who have represented the Scots internationally at various…

Sally Stott: “I will treasure the years I have spent playing for Edinburgh University”

March 20, 2020

For now, there is no BUCS Championship final to look forward to for Edinburgh University women’s squad given the current situation which goes far…

From off drives to offloads: The rise of Scottish centre Robbie McCallum

March 13, 2020

There have been a number of plus points to come out of the Scotland under-20s Six Nations campaign to date – and one of…

Rising star Winning is ready to push on

March 4, 2020

When Dan Winning came off the bench for his first competitive Edinburgh Rugby appearance last month, it was the end of one journey and…