One rail route north of the border remains closed following damage caused by the severe conditions last Friday.

Bordeaux lock Gray, 30, has not featured for the national team since the last time the Azzurri visited Murrayfield on Six Nations duty in 2023.

New Scottish Rugby chief executive Alex Williamson struck a different tone to his predecessor Mark Dodson as he spoke to the media in his first two weeks in the job, writes senior rugby reporter Andy ...