Frank Hadden

Hadden happy with World Cup draw

22dropout.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden says Scotland can emerge from a World Cup pool that includes England.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden content with 'good draw'

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

... as ominously in the Scottish imagination as sides like New Zealand or South Africa. Scotland coach Frank Hadden had expressed a wish to be drawn in the same pool as Ireland, who pipped the Scots for eighth place in the world rankings with their victory over Argentina two weekends ago. As the Irish now find themselves in the same Pool C as Australia, that might still have been an acceptable...

Hadden happy with World Cup draw

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden says Scotland can emerge from a World Cup pool that includes England.

Hadden happy with World Cup draw

BBC Sport (Free subscription) | yesterday

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden says Scotland can emerge from a World Cup pool that includes England.

Hadden hopeful of Pool success

Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | yesterday

Scotland coach Frank Hadden believes the World Cup draw has given his team "every chance" of reaching the quarter-finals again after being paired with England and Argentina."

Hadden happy with draw

Skysports.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Scotland have "every chance" of progressing to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2011, according to coach Frank Hadden.

Hadden fears new IRB regulation means Scotland will be left behind

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008

... have not achieved the access to players that we have been at pains to secure," the Scotland coach, Frank Hadden, said yesterday. "I am personally disappointed, but will continue to communicate and work with the 17 clubs our international squad play for to ensure that our players are prepared as best as possible for the challenges that lie ahead."In England, the RFU has an agreement...

Trio of former players backing Scotland to defy pessimists

The Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

... which are capable of matching the best every 10 years or so, but we definitely benefited from Frank Hadden taking a lot of new players to Argentina, because some of these lads have added an edge and a steel to the side," he added."I don't want us to get carried away. We still lost to South Africa, even though we had chances to win, and we conceded some really soft tries against the...

Scotland Land Dream World Cup 2011 Draw

Scottish Rugby Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Perhaps the 9th ranking was all part of Frank Hadden’s master plan. Pool A: New Zealand France Tonga Americas 1 (USA?) Asia 1 (Japan') Pool B: Argentina England Scotland Europe 1 (Romania?) Play Off Winner (your guess is as good as mine) Pool C: Australia Ireland Italy Europe 2 (Portugal, Spain, Russia, Georgia?) Americas 2 (Canada?) Pool D: South Africa Wales Fiji Oceania 1 (Samoa?)...

Lions 2009: Full-back contenders

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

... and a clever rugby brain. But he has been messed about even more than Murphy, with Scots coach Frank Hadden preferring to stick him on the wing. A disappointing season in the Premiership with Gloucester last year set him back. Roar potential: One Lion OLLY MORGAN He won't thank us for saying it, but the Gloucester No.15 is the forgotten man of English rugby after a series of injuries...

Scots to face Auld Enemy in World Cup

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

Scotland will also face Argentina, another European country and a play-off winner. Scotland coach Frank Hadden said: "It's a good draw and one that gives Scotland every chance of maintaining our proud record of being one of only five countries to qualify for the quarter-final of every World Cup."Scotland's only previous World Cup meeting with England was the 1991 semi-final at Murrayfield,...

Scots to face Auld Enemy in World Cup ***

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

Scotland will also face Argentina, another European country and a play-off winner. Scotland coach Frank Hadden said: "It's a good draw and one that gives Scotland every chance of maintaining our proud record of being one of only five countries to qualify for the quarter-final of every World Cup."Scotland's only previous World Cup meeting with England was the 1991 semi-final at Murrayfield,...

Rugby-England braced to face Scotland and Argentina

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

Scotland coach Frank Hadden said: "Just because we play each other regularly doesn't make it any less exciting, we've beaten England and Argentina recently so we can go into the World Cup with some cautious optimism and we are very proud of our record of reaching every quarter-final."

• Hadden hopeful of Pool success - Planet Rugby

Scotland stronger than ever before, insists Strokosch

The Herald (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

He and the Lions man Simon Taylor were recalled to the back-row in place of the former captain Jason White and seasoned internationalist Ally Hogg. It was an indication of the quality now available to Frank Hadden, the Scotland coach, who also has Scott Gray, Kelly Brown and Ross Rennie to add to his breakaway options.

• Scotland have strength in depth but can still improve says Alasdair Strokosch - The Telegraph
• Strokosch see room for improvement - Scotsman.com
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Scotland have strength in depth but can still improve says Alasdair Strokosch

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008

... and seasoned international Ally Hogg. It was an indication of the quality now available to coach Frank Hadden, who also has Scott Gray, Kelly Brown and Ross Rennie to add to his breakaway options should he see fit. Indeed it is not fanciful to suggest that Scotland are better off in the back row than any of the Home Unions, something that would have been unthinkable five years ago....