August 31st 2020

ALMOST BACK? NON-BORDERERS With the games at Murrayfield, there was a feeling that things MIGHT be returning to In that first game for Scotland, there were something like normal. Let’s hope so. This will only 6 non-Borders players who started the be the last edition of The Rugby Piper for the match. Can you recognise them from their time being, as we start to prepare for sessions club sides and positions? in the various clubs who support Rugby Memories. We will continue to run our Winger- Ayr. STEVE MUNRO Twitter and Facebook sites. Twitter is Centres- both Watsonians.EUAN KENNEDY @ClubRms. Facebook is Rugby Memories and DAVID JOHNSTON Scotland Group Page. Prop-Heriots. THIS WEEK’S THEME Lock-Harlequins. BILL CUTHERBERTSON For this edition, our theme is the year 1984- an unforgettable year for Rugby in Scotland. Back Row- Stewarts Melville. JIM CALDER How well do you recall the events of that WALES TEAM V SCOTLAND year?

COME IN NUMBER 15……

Can you recognise the full-backs who played against Scotland in their Grand Slam-winning season of 1984 from their club sides and the first letter of their surname? Who was the Welsh captain? He played for - Leicester-H HARE Pontypool.

Ireland- Greystones-M MURPHY EDDIE BUTLER

Wales-Bridgend-D DAVIES THE REFEREE WAS…..

France- Biarritz-B BLANCO

HOW IT ALL STARTED

What was the first of the Five Nations games for Scotland in January 1984 and where was it played?

WALES IN CARDIFF His initials were W.J. Who was he?

WINSTON JONES THE ENGLAND GAME

WE’VE DONE IT

Who is the Scotland try scorer? Who scored the other try?

EUAN KENNEDY, DAVID JOHNSTON.

OFF THE BENCH Who are the Scottish No 2 and the French No 4? and FRANCIS HAGET In that game against England, Scotland made two replacements. John Beattie and Jim There was only one replacement in the game. Pollock came on, but who did they replace? Which French scrum-half replaced Jean Gallion? His initials were PB and he played for IAIN PAXTON, EUAN KENNEDY Lourdes. PIERRE BERBIZIER OFF TO 1984 AND ALL THAT

What was the final Five Nations table in the correct order of finishing?

1. SCOTLAND, 2. FRANCE, 3. WALES, 4. ENGLAND, 5. IRELAND.

THE NUMBERS GAME Can you recognise these Irishmen from their initials and positions?

Winger-TR

Stand Off-TW

Lock- MK MOSS KEANE

Number 8-WD WILLIE DUGGAN Scotland v France at Murrayfield on March th 17 . Who are the players whose numbers can be seen? REPLACEMENT FOR SCOTLAND France -11: France-8: France-9- Which Selkirk player replaced a Jedforest player in the match against Ireland? PATRICK ESTEVE, JEAN-CHARLES ORSO, JEROME GALLION GORDON HUNTER FOR . Scotland- 14: Scotland 1- 1984 STARS -WHO ARE THEY?

JIM POLLOCK, JIM AITKEN.

OFF THE BENCH

In that game against England, Scotland made two replacements. John Beattie and Jim Pollock came on, but who did they replace? . IAIN PAXTON, EUAN KENNEDY 1. MOSS KEANE SCRUM HALF CENTRAL

Can you recognise these players who all faced Scotland that year in the Five Nations tournament from their initials?

France- JG, England-NY, Wales- MD, Ireland-

TD. 2. PHILLIPE SELLA JEROME GALLION, NICK YOUNGS, MARK DOUGLAS, TONY DOYLE

CALCUTTA CUP WINNERS

3.

Can you name the starting line-up from their club sides?

15-Gala, 14- Melrose, 13- Watsonians, 12- Watsonians, 11- Kelso, 10- Selkirk, 9- Jedforest, 1- Gala, 2- Hawick, 3- Heriots, 4- Harlequins, 5- Hawick, 6- Stewarts Melville, 7- 4. DAVID LESLIE Gala, 8- Selkirk. THE GRAND SLAM SCOTS DODS, ROBERTSON, JOHNSTON, KENNEDY, BAIRD, RUTHERFORD, LAIDLAW, AITYKEN, Can you identify the 1984 Grand Slam players DEANS, MILNE. (I), CUTHERBERTSON, TOMES, from these clues? CALDER (J) LESLIE, PAXTON. 1. He toured Australia in 1982 with his twin brother. JIM CALDER

2. Nicknamed “Gulliver” due to a fear of flying. 5. Top try scorer on a Lions Tour to New BILL CUTHBERTSON Zealand with six tries. 3. At that time, this pair equalled the world record for a half-back partnership set by 1984 AND ALL THAT……….. and Barry John. 23 games together. Who won these titles? JOHN RUTHERFORD and ROY Open Golf- SEVE BALLESTEROS LAIDLAW World Snooker- STEVE DAVIS 4. This back earned his first full cap at Wimbledon Men’s Singles- JOHN the age of 29 and played against McENROE Wales and England. Wimbledon Women’s Singles- EUAN KENNEDY MARTINA NAVRATILOVA