Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight championship one hundred years ago this week in front of 120,757 fans at Sesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia.
Assistant coach Roddy Grant backed Jack Dempsey to bow out of Glasgow on a high after the influential Scotland back-rower’s summer departure was confirmed on Tuesday.
Glasgow’s Jack Dempsey is relishing the chance to lock horns with his Scotland “brothers” when Warriors begin their defence of the 1872 Cup against Edinburgh on Saturday.
Scotland No.8 Jack Dempsey was lauded as a “different animal” and a “big-game player” after delivering a powerful player-of-the-match display in his first competitive game for seven months.
Franco Smith revealed Jack Dempsey was “relieved” to be preparing for his first competitive match in more than seven months as Glasgow host Bulls in the United Rugby Championship on Friday night.
Scotland No.8 Jack Dempsey is set to make his first Glasgow Warriors appearance since January when he runs out at Scotstoun on Friday to face the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship.
Scotland No.8 Jack Dempsey could make his competitive return to action for Glasgow next week after seven months out, eight days before Scotland’s opening game of the Autumn Nations Series campaign against the USA.
Glasgow and Scotland are awaiting the results of scans for back-row duo Jack Dempsey and Rory Darge, four weeks out from the start of the Autumn Nations Series.
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Harlequins make three changes for their final Investec Champions Cup Pool 4 game against Glasgow Warriors, who have Jack Dempsey back after a three-month absence.
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has confirmed number eight Jack Dempsey will miss their final autumn Test against Australia and in all likelihood a key chunk of Glasgow’s season as he awaits a specialist verdict on his shoulder injury.
Scotland have confirmed that the Glasgow Warriors trio of Max Williamson, Jack Dempsey and Gregor Brown have left the squad injured following their loss to world champions South Africa on Sunday.
Jack Dempsey is relishing the “ultimate test” as Scotland bid to prove they have grown since their last meeting with world champions South Africa 14 months ago.