Born in 1938 in Singapore, Allan was raised in Aberdeenshire and made his way back to Scotland after studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, eventually settling in the Scottish Borders in the 1980s after living in Edinburgh.

He created a vast body of literary works and penned some 40 books, including 20 novels, on subjects ranging from the Roman Empire to wartime tales, at the same time holding sway as a newspaper columnist of the very highest order.

Although he specialised in numerous subjects, Allan’s journalistic rugby career was as storied as it was accurate. A Scotsman columnist for as long as most can recall, his love for the game, and its players, did not get in the way of opinions that mattered to him.

Scotland head coach, Gregor Townsend, said: “It’s a sad day for Allan’s family and for Scottish rugby. He was one of the best writers on our game, he cared about the club and international game, had a real knowledge for the current day, but also that historical perspective. I really enjoyed being in his company and reading his articles and it was a privilege to have got to know him over the years.”

Chris Paterson, Scotland’s all-time leading points scorer, added: “It is so sad to hear of Allan’s passing. His knowledge, experience, and foresight for the game of rugby was so impressive. Allan’s thinking always seemed to be ahead of the game and he was a very kind and supportive member of our media who will be greatly missed.”

Scottish Rugby sends its sincere condolences to Allan’s family, including his daughter Claudia and sons Alex and Louis.

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Ian George McCrae was a supremely talented all-round sportsman, born on 19 May 1941 in Aberdeen.

“He was a good footballer. He had a trial with Arbroath and Aberdeen wanted to sign him in his teens and the story goes that he said he would sign, as long as he was given time off every Saturday to play rugby for Gordonians!” recalled former Gordonians hooker Alan McLean.

McCrae was also a prolific opening batsman for the Stoneywood cricket club in Aberdeen and was a runaway winner of an Aberdeen version of the popular BBC TV programme of the 1970s, Superstars, leaving footballers from Pittodrie in his slipstream.

Rugby was, unquestionably, his first love and he played for Gordonians over four decades, making his first XV debut in 1959.

He was still playing for the club when they were in Scotland’s top division in the early 1980s.

“When I joined the club in 1980, it was such a privilege to play alongside him,” said Alan McLean.

“He was as fit as a fiddle, and he played on in the seconds and thirds beyond 1984 and that was a tribute to his durability and love of the game.”

He played rugby until a few weeks before his 50th birthday and once he hung up his boots, he took up hillwalking, completing all the Munros and Corbetts.

McCrae first played in a Scotland trial in the 1963-64 season and was flown down from Aberdeen as an 11^th hour unused reserve for the 1965 Calcutta Cup match at Twickenham.

He represented the North of Scotland in matches against South Africa, New Zealand and Australia and featured in eight games for the Barbarians, for whom he played between 1965 and 1974.

One of his finest hours was at Mansfield Park, Hawick in April 1965 when he played a pivotal role as Scottish Districts defeated the touring Springboks by 16-8.

Indeed, Ian’s District career spanned some 20 years from 1959, a feat which may be unique and unlikely to be matched in today’s game.

“McCrae was a real warrior of a scrum-half,” noted John Downie in his match report for the Glasgow Herald, “breaking tackles by opponents of any size and getting his passes away from impossible situations.”

McCrae won his first cap against England at Twickenham in 1967 and played against Ireland away the following year.

In 1969, he cemented his place in rugby folklore becoming the first replacement in the international game (certainly in the Five Nations Championship) when he came on for the injured Gordon Connell at Stade Colombes in Paris.

Later in the match, he played a decisive role in Scotland’s winning try, pouncing on a loose ball in the French 22 and teeing up Jim Telfer who crashed over in the corner.

Pictured: The Scotland tram that took on France in 1972. Ian MacRae is at the very front, right-hand side. 

That try – in grainy black and white – was faithfully replayed every two years that Scotland headed to Paris, until the famous “Toony flip” score catapulted Scotland to victory in 1995.

McCrae was retained for the next match against Wales – something of a rarity as his six Scotland caps were over six seasons.

His first cap at Murrayfield was a 20-9 victory over France in 1972 and his final international appearance was a narrow home loss to New Zealand later that year.

McCrae worked for the renowned Aberdeen road haulage firm, Charles Alexander, as an insurance loss adjuster and remained a source of inspiration to the Gordonians club and the sporting community in Aberdeen long after his playing retirement.

Scottish Rugby extends its sincere condolences to Ian McCrae’s family and many friends. His funeral details have now been confirmed and listed below:

Date – Thursday 22 January 2026

Time – 2:00pm

Where – Devana Parish Church, 539A Holburn Street, Aberdeen, AB10 7LH (not to be confused with one on Fonthill Road)

Teas thereafter at the Chester Hotel, 55-63 Queen’s Rd, Aberdeen AB15 4YP, to which all friends respectfully invited.

Family flowers only please.

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Before that, he enjoyed a stellar playing career, notably earning a Blue at Cambridge University and being capped by the British Army, before playing for two seasons at Leicester.

Elected on to the Executive Committee in its inaugural year, and twice President, Jim in later years was best known for his unique in-game scoring announcements at Berwick, as well as a near-perfect record of attending every club game, home or away, for longer than most could remember. His generosity of rugby spirit was as lauded as his ensuring that those on the bus to opposing grounds were suitably lubricated.

Indeed, it was his rugby background that led to his being asked to help form the current Berwick RFC, the overseeing of the opening of Berwick’s first clubhouse in 1972 one of his myriad achievements.

In more recent times, he was in attendance as Berwick lifted the Scottish Shield in 2019 with a thrilling extra-time win over Greenock Wanderers; a match that, according to the club’s tribute, had Jim cheering on from the warm confines of the Royal Box’s heated seats.

Current Berwick President, Ian Jackson, said in that tribute: “Jim was a giant of Berwick Rugby Club and will be very sadly missed. Our condolences go to [his wife] Ruth and all of the family members.”

Scottish Rugby paid a visit to Jim in October 2023 to spend time watching him carry out his match announcement duties, before sitting down and chatting with him about his time in the game, aptly in the Jim Turner lounge at Scremerston.

As a mark of respect, all matches involving Berwick teams this weekend have been postponed.

Scottish Rugby sends its condolences to Jim’s family and countless friends at Berwick Rugby Club.

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Born in Falkirk on 7 September 1963, Richard Ian Cramb gave a lifetime of service to rugby both on and off the field.

A gifted footballer, unassuming, but fiercely determined, Cramb won promotion from two appearances for Scotland B to gain his first cap in the 1987 inaugural Rugby World Cup. He earned his honours in the  victory against Romania in Dunedin.

In total, he won four caps for Scotland between 1987 and 1988, landing a drop-goal in the 23-12 Five Nations Championship success against France at Murrayfield in February 1988.

Cramb also toured Zimbabwe with Scotland later that summer.

This year he was inducted to the London Scottish Hall of Fame, and it would be fair to say he had a similarly positive and uplifting impact throughout a distinguished career at several clubs.

His London Scottish, and Scotland international, teammate Gavin Hastings paid tribute to Richard: “Cramby was a very understated player and a true team man. Unquestionably, one of Rugby’s Mr Nice Guys. RIP Cramby.”

He represented Durham City, Harlequins, Aspen (USA), London Scottish, Wellington College Old Boys in New Zealand, Newcastle Gosforth and Tynedale.

Also playing tribute to Richard was Scotland and Harlequins teammate Iain Milne: “From everyone at Harlequins you were a gifted and highly talented number 10, your team always had huge faith and confidence in your command of the game, especially under pressure, but just as importantly you were a top man.”

Cramb also played for the Barbarians against Newport in 1987 and was a pivotal figure for the Anglo-Scots.

Cramb represented Tynedale for four seasons between 1996 and 2000, playing 95 matches and scoring 294 points (including 18 tries and 24 drop goals). After his playing retirement, he coached throughout the age groups at Tynedale as well as with the Colts and eventually became the club’s Chair of Rugby in 2021.

Scottish Rugby sends its sincere condolences to Richard Cramb’s family and many friends.

A memorial service for Richard Cramb will take place at the Church of St Mary and St Stephen, Church Lane, Wolsingham, County Durham DL13 3AJ at 2pm on Saturday 17 January.

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He then went on to play in three cricket Tests for South Africa in 1961/62 as a right-hand bat and slow-left arm bowler.

For six months earlier this year, he was the oldest living South African Test cricketer.

Elgie was schooled at Michaelhouse in Natal and then came to Scotland to study at St Andrews University, where he soon attracted the attention of the Scotland selectors who were seeking to end a dispiriting run of successive defeats that stretched back to 1951.

Elgie also represented Madras College FP before joining London Scottish. After completing a Science degree at St Andrews, Elgie moved to London to study optometry and joined London Scottish.

He made his Scotland debut, against New Zealand at Murrayfield, on 13 February 1954, a display described as “full of promise” in contemporary newspaper reports, while his kicking, both for goal and in open play, was a feature of his game. Elgie’s Scottish heritage came through his grandmother who was a Caldwell (and her mother a Stewart).

Pictured: From the 1955 England v Scotland match at Twickenham. Kim Elgie is pictured second from the left in the back row.

A month later, Elgie scored Scotland’s first try of the season, in a 3-12 loss against England at Murrayfield. “Elgie ran with fine determination in following up his own kick-ahead and beating Ted Woodward to the touch down,” noted the Glasgow Herald’s scribe.

After 18 successive defeats, Scotland at last secured a victory against Wales on 5 February 1955, with Elgie contributing five points through a penalty and conversion of Jim Nichol’s try.

There wasn’t universal rejoicing at Scotland ending their hoodoo.  “There was not one satisfactory passing move by the Scottish threequarters,” bemoaned one reporter,  “. . . but Robin Charters’ (Elgie’s partner in the centre) determination to be the first to every loose ball and the huge kicks by Elgie from his own half to near the Welsh corner flags, cancelled out a great many mistakes.”

Elgie then weighed in with two penalties as Scotland won 12-3 against Ireland a fortnight later – their first success against Ireland since 1938.

His final cap was at Twickenham in March 1955, when Scotland were narrowly denied a Triple Crown as a consequence of England’s 9-6 win and after completing his studies, Elgie returned to Durban to join his father in the family optometry practice. Having injured his knee in his last game for London Scottish Elgie focussed his sporting talents on cricket. He represented Natal from 1957-1962 and his three appearances in Test cricket were all against New Zealand, scoring a half century in South Africa’s first innings at the Wanderers ground in Johannesburg in a drawn match, which started on Boxing Day 1961.

He married Jill Harvey and they remained in Durban and had three children Craig, Annabel and Graeme.

Kim would then marry Ingrid Wilkinson in 1988, and she remained his devoted partner until his passing. She cared for him with unwavering love, dignity and loyalty through every chapter, including the difficult final months.

Elgie became a keen golfer and was a member of the R&A and for 30 years he would spend every September in St Andrews playing golf and catching up with his old rugby friends.

Scottish Rugby extends its sincere sympathies to Kim Elgie’s family and friends.

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Hugh was a product of Edinburgh’s famous Royal High School side, under the astute guidance of teacher Doug Mitchell, one of the great rugby coaches of the 1960s/70s.

Hugh’s fellow Royal High pupil at the time, Colin Telfer, who went on to play for Hawick and Scotland at stand-off and also coach Scotland said: “I played with Hugh at school for two or three years.  His main attribute was his kicking for goal.

“I’ve done an analysis of it, he scored about 204 points of a total of 528, about 40% of our points, mainly through conversions and penalties, with the odd try thrown in for good measure.

“He was very much part of the really open game that Doug ‘Curly Bill’ Mitchell had us playing.

“Hugh was very knowledgeable about the game. He also lived life well and had a very dry sense of humour.”

Hugh made his Edinburgh district debut against Cumberland and Westmorland under the Poynder Park lights in Kelso in October 1967.

While working in the planning department at Edinburgh’s City Chambers, Hugh continued to play club rugby for Royal High School FP.

Scottish Rugby’s Head of Regulation, Graham Ireland, who was also schooled at Royal High, said: “I remember Hugh telling me that he played in a Scotland trial. He was then put on standby for a Five Nations Championship match but decided to play for the club the week before the Scotland game.

“Sadly, in the club match he got a smashed cheekbone – and thereby missed out on getting capped when the player selected ahead of him for Scotland pulled out of the international.”

When he retired from playing, Hugh became club secretary at Royal High, joining Scottish Rugby as administrative secretary in the 1985-86 season, working alongside the legendary Bill Hogg.

In 1993, Hugh joined the then International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) and helped steer the game’s global governing body through an unprecedented period of change, which included the game going open in 1995.

During his 13 years with the IRB, Hugh went on to serve as interim CEO, prior to the appointment of Mike Miller in the early 2000s.

When he retired from the IRB in 2006, Hugh returned to Scotland and rejoined Scottish Rugby for three years on a part-time basis, primarily concerned with player welfare.

Hugh’s funeral will be held at Mortonhall Crematorium, 30B Howden Hall Rd, Edinburgh EH16 6TX on Tuesday 21 October at 3pm.

Scottish Rugby extends its sincere condolences to Hugh’s family and many friends.

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When the game turned professional in 1995, Gordon’s responsibilities extended to player welfare, providing support and guidance to the first cohort of full-time professional players. It was a role he undertook with a smile, allied to compassion and empathy.

Gordon was hugely proud to work for Scottish Rugby. He turned his hand to whatever he was asked to do, be it sponsor liaison, press deck accreditation or distributing bibs for ball boys and photographers.

He was a familiar figure at Peebles RFC and also had many friends at Penicuik RFC.

Gordon was born in 1940, brought up in Peebles then moved to Edinburgh after joining the City of Edinburgh Police in 1959.

Most of his career was in Lothian & Borders Police, primarily within the CID. He served on the Lockerbie investigation as a Detective Chief Inspector in the aftermath of the explosion which downed Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, eventually leaving the force in1989.

He described his post at Scottish Rugby as his dream job.

On his retirement, he moved to Mallorca with his wife Dorothy, before returning to Peebles in 2001.

Following Dorothy’s death in 2018, Gordon spent his remaining years gardening, golfing, watching rugby and meeting his childhood pals twice a week for coffee.

Scottish Rugby extends its sincere condolences to Gordon’s daughters, Katie and Julie, grandchildren Jamie and Molly, and all his many friends.

His funeral will be held at 11am on Friday 10 October at Mortonhall Crematorium, 30B Howden Hall Rd, Edinburgh EH16 6TX.

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He marked his debut against England at Murrayfield in March 1968 with one of the most quick-witted drop-goals the stadium had ever witnessed.

Bill McMurtrie, writing in the Glasgow Herald, said: “Well-controlled rucking made the opportunity for Connell to kick the drop-goal in 33 minutes that gave Scotland a 6-0 lead.

“Connell, playing in his first international, had himself started the thrust that led to the score.

“[Flanker Rodger Arneil was almost over for a try]. The rest of the Scottish forwards drove over the ball and even though it then shot out through Connell’s legs, the scrum-half turned in an instant, picked up and chipped over a drop-goal as he was engulfed.”

Watching the action that day as a wide-eyed schoolchild was Scotland’s 1984 Grand Slam stand-off John Rutherford.

He recalled: “My first trip to Murrayfield was as a schoolboy in 1968. Scotland were playing England, and I was in awe of the crowd, the atmosphere and, of course, the stadium.

“I distinctly remember Gordon Connell, the Scotland scrum half dropping a goal right in front of my friends and I’m sure it must have crossed my mind that it would be fantastic to get the opportunity to play at Murrayfield.”

Connell, who was educated at Trinity Academy in Edinburgh and spent three years in the school first XV, enjoyed four years in club and district rugby before he made his Scotland debut.

At the end of the 1967-68 season, Brendan Sherry of Ireland was named as the reserve scrum-half for the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa but when he had to stand down, Connell took his place.

Then when Gareth Edwards was ruled out with a hamstring injury towards the end of the tour and Roger Young broke a rib, Connell was flown out to join the Lions party.

He played in the last three matches, including a Test match.

Business took Connell south and he joined London Scottish.

He has a place in the history books as, when he was injured in the 1969 Scotland 6-3 win against France in Paris – being replaced by Ian McCrae of Gordonians – it was the first time a replacement had been permitted in the then Five Nations Championship.

Scottish Rugby extends its sincere condolences to Gordon Connell’s family and friends.  When we have any information regarding funeral arrangements, we will update our website.

We also wish to pay tribute to former Scotland age-grade team doctor Jon Turvill, who has passed away aged 71.

Jon was doctor for Scotland under-17 and then Scotland under-16 teams in a ten-year period from 2006 onwards and was a popular and well-kent figure among players, coaches and administrators.

His funeral will take place at Binning Memorial Wood, Tyninghame, near East Linton, East Lothian, EH40 3DU at 3pm tomorrow (Thursday 14 August).

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Alongside his brothers, Iain (older) and Kenny (younger), he was on the left of a truly formidable front-row  that will forever be part of the rich history of Heriot’s rugby club.

While Iain and Kenny were both Scotland internationalists, Iain going on to tour New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions in 1983 and Kenny, with the Lions also to New Zealand in 1993, David was also soon catching the attention of the national selectors.

David Ferguson Milne was born in Edinburgh on 7 December 1958.

Educated at George Heriot’s School he went on to play his adult rugby at Goldenacre and earned rave reviews in Douglas Middleton’s Centenary History of Heriot’s – though initially on the right-hand side of the scrum, given fellow Scotland prop Jim Burnett, had worn the number one jersey during Heriot’s championship winning season in 1978-79.

David made his Edinburgh district debut on their 1979 tour of France and went on to play six times for Scotland B,  emerging in the victorious side on five occasions, including twice away against their French counterparts in Villefranche-sur-Saone and Chalon-sur Saone.

A strong scrummager in his own right, David also featured in international trials, but it was on Scotland tours to Japan in 1989 and North America in 1991, where he made the biggest impact on your correspondent.

David was bright and intelligent both on and off the field. On the 1989 tour, there was a risk that the densely populated, high-rise and traffic-choked cities of Tokyo and Osaka, could have sapped the team’s morale.

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SCOTLAND RUGBY
David Milne

Every journey, whether to match venues or training grounds, took an age, but his sense of humour – coining the new medical condition “bus lag” – kept spirits high.

David played in both the Test matches against USA and Canada on the pre-Rugby World Cup tour in 1991 – which were subsequently included in our retrospective caps project.

But in his playing pomp, his first cap was in the 1991 Rugby World Cup opener when he was introduced as a replacement for David Sole in the 47-9 win against Japan.

A highlight for David was when he lined up alongside brothers Kenny and Iain, to form the Barbarians front-row in a 34-22 victory against East Midlands at Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton in March 1989.

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Brothers (L/R) Iain, Kenny and David Milne are looking forward to seeing their former side’s clash when Heriot’s meet Barbarians.

On playing retirement, David worked in business development and marketing, including pharmaceuticals, B2B services, professional services, IT and financial services.

He served on the board of five different companies and is a past Chair of Edinburgh Leisure.

His most recent role was as business development manager at the Edinburgh legal firm, Lindsay’s.

Scottish Rugby extends its sincere condolences to all David Milne’s family, in particular his wife Julia, son Rory, daughter Shonagh, grandson Freddie, Rory’s wife, Jas, and Shonagh’s husband Kalen, plus his sister Susan.

When we have details of David’s funeral we will update this story on our website.

David is pictured first right in the front row as Scotland defeated USA 41-12 in Connecticut 1991.

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Known throughout the rugby world as Mighty Mouse, Ian McLauchlan displayed characteristics in spades that made him the ultimate rugby warrior.

He was brave. He captained Scotland against England in 1973, just a fortnight after he had broken a bone in his leg against Ireland.

He was loyal, giving 60 years of service from his first cap at Twickenham in 1969 to his last Scottish Rugby Board meeting in 2019.

He was a trail-blazer, the first former pupil of Ayr Academy and first student of Jordanhill College to be capped for Scotland. His skills in open play were also ahead of their time. When he made his Scotland debut in mid-March 1969, he had already scored 13 tries for his club that season.

His strong scrummaging technique, encouraged by Bill Dickinson at Jordanhill and Scotland – the man in the quaint parlance of the 1970s known as “advisor to the captain” – earned him the nickname of “Mighty Mouse”.  At a weight of 14st 6lbs when he won his first cap, McLauchlan was regularly able to burrow under heavier tight-head props, thus destroying opposition set-piece in an era when scrums were much more prevalent in the game.

He was fun.  Ian simply loved rugby. In less regimented times, he would speak with relish of playing midweek matches in Wales or Sunday fixtures in Ireland, simply because he adored the game. His sense of humour was utterly infectious, if not always politically correct!

I often wonder what joke he’d cracked when I saw a gloriously joyful photograph of Mouse and Scottish Rugby’s patron, HRH The Princess Royal, who was roaring with laughter!

Fellow former Scottish Rugby President and teammate of Ian’s for both Scotland and The British & Irish Lions, Andy Irvine, paid tribute, saying: He was some character and some player. He was smaller than most props he came up against but I never saw anyone get the better of him.

“He was so tough, almost indestructible. What a fantastic career he had for Scotland, and the Lions; it’s very, very sad.”

Pictured: Ian ‘Mighty Mouse’ McLauchlan in action for Scotland against New Zealand, 1978.

McLauchlan was born in Tarbolton, Ayrshire on 14 April 1942.

He first played in a Scotland trial in 1963 and made his debut for Glasgow District the same season.

A PE teacher, he learned of his first cap for Scotland while he was putting would-be skiers through their paces in the Highlands.

His international career spanned ten years, his final Scotland appearance was against New Zealand at Murrayfield in November 1979 at the age of 37.

In all, he won 43 caps for Scotland and was captain on 19 occasions, a record until over-taken by another world-class loose-head prop, David Sole.

He cemented his place as one of British rugby’s all-time greats, by becoming one of only five players to feature in all eight Test matches for the British & Irish Lions on their victorious tours to New Zealand in 1971 and South Africa in 1974.

His only Test try came in the first Test in Dunedin in June 1971 when he charged down an attempted New Zealand clearance to touch down, a vital moment in a 9-3 win.

McLauchlan taught at Broughton High School in Edinburgh and when he retired from playing had a brief spell in rugby journalism before setting up his own marketing company.

He became President of the SRU in seasons 2010/11 and 2011/12 during which Scotland’s men were unbeaten on two summer tours, Argentina  (2010) and Australasia (2012) and also enjoyed victories over South Africa and Ireland (away).

Pictured: Ian with Scottish Rugby Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, at a Scotland game in Paris, 2011.

He was also a strong advocate for the women’s game, supporting the team at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2010.

He served as a member of the Scottish Rugby Board from 2010-2019 and was a director of EPCR (European Professional Club Rugby), playing a pivotal role in the transition from the previous competitions overseen by ERC.

In 2013, he was inducted to Scottish Rugby’s Hall of Fame and in December 2017 he was awarded OBE in the New Year’s Honours List.

He also served as chair of the British & Irish Lions Trust; as trustee and chair of Scottish Rugby’s own charity, the Murrayfield Injured Players Foundation; and as a director of the Hearts + Balls rugby charity.

McLauchlan was never a former player rooted in the past.  He readily recognised the differences in the “modern” game and would celebrate the achievements of current players as passionately as the formidable successes of his generation in the 1970s.

When then Scotland captain Stuart McInally ran 75 metres and outpaced England’s flying wing Jonny May to ignite Scotland’s spectacular fightback in the 2019 Calcutta Cup at Twickenham, McLauchlan marvelled at the stunning athleticism of a front-row forward.

I first met Ian McLauchlan having finished a school rugby game at Inverleith Park in Edinburgh in the mid-1970s.

He was an absolute hero of mine, Scotland captain, double British Lion, yet he was approachable and wanted to know how I enjoyed the game.  He gave me time.  I treasure his autograph to this day. Some 20 years later, he interviewed me before I got my first job at Scottish Rugby. Talk about an inspiration.

Ian McLauchlan left his home in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh after he had completed his 60-year stint in multiple guises with Scottish Rugby and settled on Islay, on where his wife, Eileen was born.

Eileen passed away in 2023 and Ian has had to endure challenges around his mobility in recent years.

Scottish Rugby extends its sincere condolences to Ian McLauchlan’s family and many friends.

His funeral will be held at 11am on Wednesday 2 July at the Round Church in Bowmore, Islay, to which all are welcome.

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