Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
Rugby Union: Scotland lose yet another to injury

Scotland’s Six Nations campaign suffered a second major blow in three days yesterday after Josh Strauss was ruled out of the competition.

The Glasgow No 8 suffered a kidney injury against France on Sunday and the Scottish Rugby Union (RFU) has confirmed he will take no further part in the tournament.

It was announced earlier this week that captain Greig Laidlaw’s tournament had been ended by an ankle injury.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Argentina's Rodrigo Isgro celebrates at the final whistle after the Quilter Nations Series match at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Picture date: Sunday November 16, 2025
Men’s Rugby Union / 17 November 2025
17 November 2025
Callender
Women’s Rugby Union / 12 August 2025
12 August 2025
MIXED HISTORY: The Kelvingrove Art Gallery has significant connections to profits made from the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism
Features / 29 April 2025
29 April 2025

That Scotland was an active participant and beneficiary of colonialism and slavery is not a question of blame games and guilt peddling, but a crucial fact assessing the class nature of the questions of devolution and independence, writes VINCE MILLS

Marlie Packer
Women's Rugby Union / 16 April 2025
16 April 2025