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Former Scotland and British & Irish Lions player Ken Scotland dies
By PA
Former Scotland and British and Irish Lions full-back Ken Scotland has died at the age of 86, the Scottish Rugby Union has confirmed.
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Scotland, who also represented his country at cricket, made his international rugby union debut in the 1957 Five Nations Championship against France.
He went on to make 27 appearances over the next eight years, and also played for Leicester Tigers, who named him in their ‘Team of the Century’ in 1999.
Scottish Rugby said it was “immensely saddened” by Scotland’s death, describing him as “a player ahead of his time, a true trailblazer.”
Scotland great Andy Irvine added: “Ken was undoubtedly one of the greatest players ever to grace the rugby field and was one of the nicest chaps you could ever meet.”
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Thanks for the fair and balanced article Hamish. Sports like soccer, league and Aussie rules have always been much more about club than internationals. Rugby is different, it's about national pride. Remember all those wallabies jerseys when Pat Cash won Wimbledon? Looking at France and England where they have the big leagues, test rugby has the much bigger TV audiences (even compared to finals) and makes all the profits. Much more so of course everywhere else.
Go to commentsSo much cherry picking here. And the arrival of mounga coincided with the departure of blackadder (who was ruined a couple of times anyway)
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