John Barclay rugby player
John Barclay rugby player

John Barclay

24th Sep 1986 1.91m/101kg Openside Flanker

Al Kellock was foundation in rebuilding of Glasgow

1 decade ago by The Scotsman

The scribe will focus on an inauspicious date in the middle of the year when the Glasgow coach Sean Lineen picked up the telephone and changed the face of Scottish rugby by persuading Al Kellock back home...

Guinness PRO12 try of the season - vote for John Barclay!

1 decade ago by Scarlets Rugby

A panel of experts have selected their eight favourite tries from the first 20 rounds of this season's Guinness PRO12 and John Barclay's try against Ospreys at Parc y Scarlets has been included in the...

Dragons v Scarlets (Sat)

1 decade ago by BBC Rugby News

Newport Gwent Dragons captain Rynard Landman returns from a six-week ban to start in their Judgement Day clash against Scarlets. The South African lock, 28, was sent off for elbowing Connacht's...

Edinburgh end Scarlets' home run

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

Edinburgh leapfrogged the Scarlets in the Pro12 top six race and ended their opponents' impressive home record in the process as they triumphed 26-15 in an arm-wrestle of a match. The Welsh side had...

Scarlets 15-26 Edinburgh: Red mist helps Edinburgh

1 decade ago by The Scotsman

A man-of-the-match performance from scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, as well as tries from Phil Burleigh and David Denton, secured a 26-15 triumph in West Wales. They are the first Guinness Pro12 side to...

Scarlets 15-26 Edinburgh

1 decade ago by BBC Rugby News

Edinburgh took Scarlets' 15-month unbeaten home Pro12 record to boost their 2015-16 European Cup hopes and dent those of the hosts. Replacement scrum-half Gareth Davies was sent off for a headbutt...

Scotland must take Irish lesson

1 decade ago by BBC Rugby News

If it's any consolation - and it almost certainly will not be - then the hangdog expression that has become the symbol of the Scottish rugby team, and all who flail in her, was the same hangdog expression...

"I'm really happy at the club," says John Barclay

1 decade ago by Scarlets Rugby

Scottish international John Barclay has backed up head coach Wayne Pivac's sentiments that the region's performance against Leinster on the weekend was one of the best so far this season.

Best of the weekend: Welsh regions go unbeaten, Sarries halt Wasps’ run

1 decade ago by The Rugby Blog

Chiefs go Second as Manoa saves Saints blushesA pulsating round of Aviva Premiership games lifted the spirits of fans across England after the 6 Nations result last weekend, with some excellent games producing...

Sunday Snippets

1 decade ago

Scarlets down Leinster: Welsh outfit the Scarlets recorded an impressive 23-13 victory over Leinster in the Guinness Pro12 yesterday. Despite going behind early on, courtesy of a Ben Te’o try for the...