IRFU in call to exonerate Nathan

SCOTTISH ANGER over unproven allegations by former Irish coach Eddie O’Sullivan against Nathan Hines could be resolved, if the IRFU agrees to take an honourable course of action being proposed.

O’Sullivan’s repeated claims of violent and dangerous conduct by Nathan Hines against Ronan O’Gara in last year’s 6 Nations clash were blown out of the water recently when O’Gara finally admitted, a year later, that no such incident had taken place.

FOSRS has now written to the IRFU President inviting his union to issue an overdue apology to the Scottish player for the wrongful and harmful allegations by their ex-employee.

Reprinted by kind permission of the Glasgow Herald

No time for the SRU old guard to make another push for power

As the Scottish Rugby Union continues its recovery from crippling debt caused by incompetent, committee-run management, it will remain under safe leadership following Allan Munro's agreement to stay on as chairman.

The reappointment of the former Hearts footballer by the SRU board was, as the expression goes, a no-brainer, as long as he felt ready and willing to continue. That was by no means a given, not least since his