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Frank Laidlaw
British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
Francis Andrew Linden Laidlaw (born 20 September 1940)[1] is a former Scotland international rugby union player[2][3]
| Birth name | Francis Andrew Linden Laidlaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1940-09-20) 20 September 1940 (age 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur career
Norman Mair once said that Frank Laidlaw regarded the loss of his own ball as he would a family bereavement.[4]
Provincial career
He played for a Scottish Border XV on 10 October 1962 in a warm up for that year's championship and to secure selection to the South side.
He played for South of Scotland District.
He played for the Whites Trial side on 15 December 1962, 9 February 1963 and 2 March 1963.
International career
He was capped thirty-two times for Scotland as a hooker between 1964 and 1971[5] and captained his country twice.[4][6] His 1966 game against Wales was what was known as "the Melrose Game" by Bill McLaren because his club, Melrose, had four players on the national side: the others being Alex Hastie, David Chisholm and Jim Telfer.[4] Scotland won 11–5.[4]
He toured twice with the British & Irish Lions:- to Australia and New Zealand in 1966 and New Zealand in 1971.[3]
He is a proponent of Scientology.[7]
- Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:16. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
- Bath, p119
- McLaren, p133
- Griffiths, page 2:38-2:40
- Morrison, Iain (10 November 2002). "Coach Class: Iain Morrison meets Scott Murray, a player". The Sunday Herald. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard – A Scottish Rugby Miscellany
- McLaren, Bill – Talking of Rugby
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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