The Scots have never beaten the All Blacks and columnist Inga Tuigamala doubts they ever will.

Richie McCaw, Mils Muliaina and Sonny Bill Williams will all take centre stage against Scotland.

John Afoa was buoyant at the prospect of positioning himself in front of an All Black lineout for the first time.

Alistair Hamilton was at home on Sunday night when he received the kind of phone call that leads to tremors down your spine.

You almost pity the Scots. An All Black team left frustrated for long periods at Twickenham now enter Murrayfield.

All Black hooker Keven Mealamu's grand slam tour is all but over after he was found guilty of striking England's Lewis Moody.

Aggrieved All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has criticised the inconsistency of the judicial system governing their Grand Slam tour.

After surviving the gloomiest week of his rugby career, Stephen Donald is keen to make amends.

As Dan Carter's departure after the World Cup looks set to create a large hole in the All Black ranks, Gregor Paul looks at European clubs' continuing ability to pay the big bucks and lure top players away.

Readers of Conde Nast Traveler have rated their top 10 European islands.

Edinburgh's Hogmanay welcomes the New Year with an exciting programme of free and ticketed events offering something for all ages.

Competition schedule for New Zealand athletes on the seventh day of the Delhi Commonwealth Games on Monday, October 11:

You have to be tough to survive in Orkney, writes Peter Calder.

Susan Boyle has spoken of her honour at being chosen to sing for Pope Benedict XVI when he visits Glasgow in September.

A row has arisen over the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

The epic voyage of two Wellingtonians determined to play a round of golf somewhere different every day for a year.

The American mother of three children who were found dead in an Edinburgh house faces criminal charges, police said.

Will we get past halftime tomorrow before referee Jonathan Kaplan sends an All Black or Wallaby for a rest?

Shares across Europe rose yesterday amid hopes that most of the continent's 91 top banks will pass EU-mandated 'stress tests'.

The Obama administration wants a review of the decision to release the Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie airliner bombing.

Having hurtled round in 63 the previous day, McIlroy on Friday saw his ambitions strewn across the Old Course in a sadistic revenge.

Limo rental companies and dressmakers are starting to cash in as 'proms' to celebrate the end of primary school take off across Britain.

Gaelic is still widely spoken on the island of Lewis, the northernmost, largest and lowest-lying of the Outer Hebrides.