GLASGOW'S pro coaches have been strangely unwilling to employ the talents of Johnny Beattie in their team this year. The young breakaway has yet to start for them despite a couple of high profile injuries to his rivals.

HERIOT'S 20-25 WATSONIANS BOTH these arch-rival capital city sides were smarting from three-point defeats last weekend and were determined to get back to winning ways at Goldenacre.

THE heyday of the union movement may rest way back in 1979 and the winter of discontent, but anyone who thought workers' representation only existed in a Margaret Thatcher nightmare needs to think again.

BIGGAR had to work hard to secure the points in a game in which the league changed hands five times and saw the home side stand-off Quinton Sanft score two superb tries.

GLASGOW HAWKS 21-10 AYR HIGH-FLYING Hawks retained their unbeaten record and Premier 1 pole position in a dour attritional tussle against Ayr.

LEICESTER 40-26 BATH TRY-SCORING discovery Tom Barndell grabbed two more - the first after only 28 seconds - as Leicester consigned Bath to their third successive defeat of the new Guinness Premiership season.

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IN THE Glasgow derby between last season's two promoted sides, Cartha QP had the bonus point stitched up by half time, leading by tries from John McCrossan, Mike Loakman, Richard Melville and David Robertson.

NEWCASTLE fly-half Dave Walder earned his side a priceless first Guinness Premiership win of the season to overshadow former All Black Carlos Spencer at Franklin's Gardens.

THE decision to appoint Frank Hadden as the new full-time Scotland head coach is a step in the right direction, according to Ian McGeechan.

HEARTS chief executive Phil Anderton has swooped on his former employer - poaching the Scottish Rugby Union's highly regarded head of marketing Alasdair Russell.

STEVE Bates will attempt to put behind him the disappointment of losing out to Frank Hadden for the national post and guide his Borders side to their first victory of the season this afternoon.

GLASGOW 32-10 MUNSTER CRISIS, what crisis? After two consecutive defeats, Glasgow kick-started their season last night at Hughenden and they did so in epic style.

Clark continues homer barrage Associated Press Sept. 17, 2005 04:20 PM PHOENIX - Tony Clark hit home runs from both sides of the plate, including a go-ahead shot in the seventh inning, and Chad Tracy went 4-for-4 with a homer

Randall Parker shares his thoughts on mutation rates in embryonic - and adult - stem cell lines at FuturePundit : "These results suggest that existing embryonic stem cell lines are going to have limited utility in the development of therapies.

Kevin Perrott of Health Extension reports on biologist Rafal Smigrodzki's presentation on mitochondrial protofection at SENS 2 : "It has become apparent that more than 90% of our [mitochondrial DNA] is mutated by adult life. He proposes that the mutation

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In the annual Santa Clara men's waterpolo alumni match, the 2005 squad came away with a hard-earned 12-9 triumph over the alumni team. Redshirt junior Whit Gilfillan and freshman Jack Wall paced the Broncos with two goals each Saturday afternoon.