Rugby Union

Liverpool have been given the green light to take on Italian side Napoli in a glamour friendly at BT Murrayfield in July.

Scotland wing Damien Hoyland has put pen to paper on a one-year contract extension with Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Rugby have backed out of signing Kalione Nasoko after the Fijian winger failed his medical.

BT Murrayfield is being lined up to host a pre-season friendly between Liverpool and Napoli on 28 July as the home of Scottish rugby continues to promote itself as a venue for high profile football matches.

BT Murrayfield is being lined up as a potential venue for a glamour pre-season friendly between Liverpool and Napoli.

Derek O’Riordan, who left Edinburgh Accies at the end of the season, has been appointed head coach of Murrayfield Wanderers.

Boroughmuir are seeking a new coach after Peter Wright agreed to take the top job at National Division Two side GHK.

Gregor Townsend has told Richie Gray there is still time for the giant lock to book his seat on Scotland’s flight to this year’s World Cup in Japan.

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has included the uncapped trio Rory Hutchinson, Grant Stewart and Blade Thomson in his 42-man pre-World Cup training squad.

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend will name his extended World Cup training squad tomorrow morning - the first major diary marker on the road to the tournament in Japan.

Edinburgh may have failed to reach the Guinness Pro14 play-offs and the top tier of Europe next season but they enjoyed a good night at the tournament’s annual awards in Dublin as their No.8 was crowned player of the year.

Scotland Women have a new coach after former Ireland Women coach Philip Doyle was named as Shade Munro’s replacement.

At the Guinness Pro14 launch in Dublin last year the old cliche about the “difficult second album” was put to Edinburgh coach Richard Cockerill, and so it has proved as the pro-team’s season ends 
prematurely.

Phil Smith described the SRU’s pro-draft policy as a “shambles” after seeing his team denied at the death in Saturday’s dramatic Scottish Cup final defeat by Ayr at BT Murrayfield.

Heriot’s coach Phil Smith hailed the efforts of his men after they came within seconds of landing the Scottish Cup, only to have their hopes dashed in the last action of the tie.

Watsonians coach Dave Flynn believes there’s much more to come from his team after they lifted the Sarah Beaney Cup with a 21-17 win over defending champions Hillhead/Jordanhill at BT Murrayfield.

The problem with success is that you have to keep backing it up and, despite that great run in Europe, Edinburgh have failed to live up to their pre-season promise.