August 24th 2020 ANSWERS WELCOME TO 1990-AGAIN This week’s edition is all about the year 1990. With the (hopefully) imminent restart of real Rugby, let’s see what you remember of some of the events from that memorable year. 1990 AND ALL THAT 1. Who captained England in the 1990 tournament? WC WILL CARLING 2. Who led the Welsh team? RJ ROBERT JONES 3. Who was the English coach? GC GEOFF COOKE 4. Who coached Ireland? CF CIARAN FITZGERALD 5. Which country had a change of coach during the tournament? WALES 6. Which Englishman was the top points scorer in the tournament? SH SIMON HODGKINSON 7. Which Frenchman was the top try scorer with three tries? PL PATRICE LAGISQUET 8. Which country lost all four games for their only whitewash until that time? WALES 9. What was the correct order of finishing with the five nations involved? SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, FRANCE, IRELAND, WALES. 10. Which two players captained Ireland in the tournament? WA,DL WILLIE ANDERSON, DONAL LENIHAN. SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 1990 A game that all Welshmen will want to forget. WELSH NIGHTMARE. ENGLAND 34 WALES 6 Can you identify the English try scorers from their initials? WC, RH, RU (2) WILL CARLING, RICHARD HILL, RORY UNDERWOOD TWICKENHAM 1990 Who is the Englishman on the ball? PETER WINTERBOTTOM Who is the Welsh fly-half tackling him? DAVID EVANS GRAND SLAM WINNERS Can you name the Scotland starting line-up? GH,TS,SH,SL,IT,CC,GA,DS,KM,PB,CG,DC,JJ,FC,DW. GAVIN HASTINGS, TONY STANGER, SCOTT HASTINGS, SEAN LINEEN, IWAN TUKALO,CRAIG CHALMERS, GARY ARMSTRONG, DAVID SOLE, KENNY MILNE, PAUL BURRELL, CHRIS GRAY,DAMIAN CRONIN,JOHN JEFFREY, FINLAY CALDER, DEREK WHITE. THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE D.J.Bishop was the referee in the Grand Slam decider. What country was he from? NEW ZEALAND WITHOUT TROUBLING THE SCORER In the 1990 tournament two sides played a game without registering a single score. One lost 23-0 and the other lost 21-0. Who were they and who were they playing? IRELAND AND FRANCE. ENGLAND 23 IRELAND 0, SCOTLAND 21 FRANCE 0 CALCUTTA CUP SCORERS Which players scored the Scotland points in the 13-7 win? Which players scored the 7 English points? TONY STANGER TRY, CRAIG CHALMERS 3 PENALTIES. JEREMY GUSCOTT TRY, SIMON HODGKINSON 1 PENALTY. WINGING IT? Who is the player? TONY STANGER What was his first club side? HAWICK Which French club did he also play for? GRENOBLE Who did he replace on the 1997 Lions Tour to South Africa? IEUAN EVANS ANTHEMIC STUFF Who wrote Flower of Scotland? ROY WILLIAMSON of THE CORRIES How many words of seven or more letters are in the song? SCOTLAND, AGAINST, HOMEWARD, EDWARD’S OVERSEAS TOUR Where did Scotland tour in 1990, playing eight games, winning five, drawing one but narrowly losing the two Test Matches? NEW ZEALAND BARBARIANS V ARGENTINA 1990 Barbarians 34 Argentina 22. Two Scots played in the game. One at stand-off and one at lock. Who were they? CRAIG CHALMERS and CHRIS GRAY The referee was a Scot. His initials were JF. Who was he? JIM FLEMING DON’T CRY FOR ME? Scotland 49 Argentina 3. These players played in place of some of the Grand Slam winning side- AM, GM, DW, GB-S. Who were they? ALEX MOORE, GRAHAM MARSHALL, DODDIE WEIR, GEORGE BUCHANAN-SMITH, Which Scottish District side had the Argentinians played earlier that week? SOUTH OF SCOTLAND 1990 AND ALL THAT- A BIT OF FUN It was an unforgettable year for Scottish Rugby, but who these other winners in Sport? World Snooker Champion STEPHEN HENDRY World Champion Formula One AYRTON SENNA The Open Golf Champion NICK FALDO Wimbledon Men’s and Women’s Singles Winners STEFAN EDBERG and MARTINA NAVRITALOVA World Darts Champion PHIL TAYLOR Football World Cup Winners WEST GERMANY .