Simon Easterby has backed Thomas Clarkson to step up to the plate at Murrayfield this Sunday if Ireland’s two senior tighthead props fail ... and now a doubt for Edinburgh, and Tom O’Toole ...

Ox Nche is the new number one player in the United Rugby Championship, while five other South Africans have made it into the top 10.

A leading Scottish hospitality group has teamed up with a trailblazing whisky brand to expand its premium drinks offering ...

A big factor has been the impressive form of Pierre Schoeman since the South Africa-born Edinburgh prop became eligible ... With international rugby, it’s tough, there’s very high pressure ...

Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News ... Gregor Townsend as has named Rory Sutherland at loose head prop and Jack Dempsey is brought in at number eight.

Bradbury was guilty of a dangerously high tackle on the Black Lion prop Bachuki Tchumbadze during the first half of Edinburgh’s ... at the mid-range of World Rugby’s sanctions and selected ...

Edinburgh Rugby got the job done against Black Lion ... it 10-0 but Edinburgh then lost Schoeman to the sin-bin after the prop caught scrum-half Tengiz Peranidze high. Worse was to come on ...

Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News ... injury concerns ahead of their visit to Murrayfield surround prop Finlay Bealham and wing Mack Hansen. Both players suffered leg ...

Backrower Lily Terry, hooker Molly Wakely, replacement Gwennan Hopkins and second row Alaw Pyrs crossed for Lightning’s tries ...

Edinburgh can still achieve a top-four finish in the United Rugby Championship this season, but they must be wary of slip-ups, says Paul Hill.