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On Thursday night Scotland come up against the most feared striker in world football, Bayern Munich‘s Robert Lewandowski. The player’s recent exploits may be the talk of world football but if selected Hanley plans take a masochistic pleasure in attempting to prevent...

Kosei Ono is the first five, bumping Harumichi Tatekawa to inside center, and Kotaro Matsushima switches wings to make way for Akihito Yamada. At present South Africa are fifth, Scotland ninth, and Samoa 11th.

SCOTLAND were last night sweating over the availability of three likely starters for the pivotal Rugby World Cup meeting with Samoa in Newcastle on Saturday, with hooker Ross Ford and centre Matt Scott joining back row John Hardie in the queue of players still required to...

The SNPs Deputy Leader Stewart Hosie said: “Labour’s position on Trident has become utterly indefensible”.

“On the other hand, if you’re making several hundred grand a year, you should be able to buy yourself prime tickets to all the biggest matches, and experience the excitement and glory from your VIP box”. “We will then push on over the next four years as we...

My guest Chris Hedges has asked ‘Where is our Jeremy Corbyn?’ to which many may reply, ‘We’ve got Bernie Sanders!’ Joining me to explain why he thinks Bernie Sanders is no Jeremy Corbyn is Chris Hedges himself.

Mr Roberts said: “The leader’s speech focused on a number of priorities that will resonate in Bristol, above all housing, but require much deeper thinking”. I want to see a nuclear-free world.

The fly in the ointment from a Japanese perspective is that not only are Borthwick and Jones both moving on, momentum could be lost if the country’s proposed new Super Rugby franchise fails to get off the ground as planned in 2016.

Japanese rugby is now on a high with the national team enjoying its most successful Rugby World Cup campaign in 24-years and a record 20 million viewers in Japan tuning in to watch the team’s match against Scotland.

The Samoans kept it tight against South Africa for 15 minutes but their heads dropped after JP Pietersen’s interception try, the first of three for the Springbok winger in a 46-6 rout.

Meanwhile, Strachan, whose contract as Scotland manager expires next month, will leave negotiations about his future until after the Poland and Gibraltar games.

Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn used his first conference speech – a nationally televised event Tuesday – to try to soften his image as a radical left-winger who will dash the party’s electoral hopes by bringing back discredited policies from the past.

The fact that such a senior figure in the Labour movement is willing to speculate so publicly about whether Mr Corbyn can ever become prime minister is likely to alarm and anger his supporters.

Labour released pictures of Mr Corbyn preparing for the biggest challenge of his leadership so far by relaxing in burgundy socks and pool side shoes, characteristic of his laid back style.

The openside flanker was omitted from the Scotland squad for the Rugby World Cup and took a break back home in his native New Zealand to help come to terms with his deep disappointment.