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Andy Irvine (rugby Union)
Andrew Robertson Irvine (born 16 September 1951) is a former president of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), and a former Scottish international rugby player.Bath, p141 He earned fifty one Scotland caps, captaining the team on fifteen occasions, and scored 250 points for .Massie, p142 He went on three British Lions tours. Background Irvine was born in Edinburgh, on 16 September 1951. He was educated at James Gillespie's Primary School and George Heriot's School. From there he went on to Edinburgh University where he graduated in Geography. Rugby Union career Amateur career Irvine originally played for Heriot's Rugby Club. Provincial career Irvine represented Edinburgh District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. International career He played for Scotland 'B' against France 'B' on 11 November 1972. As fullback for , Irvine won 51 caps, between 1972–82 and scored ten tries. His first cap was against the All Blacks in December 1972. His last internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of in , making it the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city in Scotland and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The Functional urban area, wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch in Scotland. It is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The city has long been a cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand National Rugby Union Team
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks, is the representative men's national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of New Zealand, which is considered the country's national sport. Famed for their international success, the All Blacks have often been regarded as one of the most successful sports teams in history. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1987, 2011 Rugby World Cup, 2011, and 2015 Rugby World Cup, 2015, second only to South Africa's Springboks, who have won the Rugby World Cup four times. They were the first country to retain the Rugby World Cup. Since their international debut in 1903, the All Blacks have played test match (rugby union), test matches against 19 nations, of which 12 have never won a game against the team. New Zealand has a 76 per cent winning record in test match rugby, and has secured more wins than losses against every test opponent. The team has also played against three multin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) is a global real estate services company, founded in the United Kingdom with offices in 80 countries. The company also provides investment management services worldwide, including services to institutional and retail investors, and to high-net-worth individuals, as well as technology products through JLL Technologies, and venture capital investments via its PropTech fund, JLL Spark. The company is ranked 193 on the ''Fortune'' 500. History After LaSalle Partners' initial public offering (IPO) in 1997, which was led by its first CEO, Stuart Scott, it merged with Jones Lang Wootton in 1999, to form Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) as part of a $435 million deal. Jones Lang Wootton was a London auctioneer that originated in the 1700s. By 1976, Jones Lang Wootton had expanded into the United States real estate market in New York City. The company had 4,000 employees in 33 countries around the time of the merger with LaSalle Partners. William Sanders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 British & Irish Lions Tour To Australia
The 2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia was a rugby union tour during June and July 2013. The British & Irish Lions played ten matches - a three-Test match (rugby union), test series against Australia national rugby union team, Australia, and matches against the five Australian Super Rugby sides, a Combined New South Wales–Queensland Country team, and a match en route to Australia against the Barbarian F.C., Barbarians. The Lions won the test series 2–1. The first test was won by the Lions 23–21, the second by Australia 16–15, and the final test by the Lions 41–16. The victory was the Lions' first test series win since defeating South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa in 1997. Aside from the second test, the Lions' only loss was 14–12 to the Brumbies in Canberra. Wales national rugby union team, Wales head coach Warren Gatland was the Lions' head coach, and their tour captain was Sam Warburton. Schedule Ahead of the tour of Australia, the Lio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rutherford (rugby Union)
John Young Rutherford (born 4 October 1955) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p156 His regular playing position was Fly half. Rugby Union career Amateur career Rutherford played for Selkirk. Rutherford was nicknamed Rud or Ruddie. Provincial career Rutherford was capped by South of Scotland. International career Rutherford gained 42 caps at fly-half for Scotland between 1979 and 1987. Richard Bath writes of him that: :"''Outside , perhaps only the Irish pair of Tony Ward and Ollie Campbell were able to hold a candle to fly-half John Rutherford, the man who dominated Scottish back play for most of the 1980s... Deceptively quick and a natural athlete, he was able to boot the ball prodigious distances or beat a man one-on-one, seemingly at will. Allied to a keen rugby intellect, Rutherford was Scotland's star turn throughout the 1980s.''" Rutherford was a major figure in Scotland's 1984 Grand Slam. In the warm up for the 1987 world cup he inju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill McLaren Foundation
William Pollock McLaren (16 October 1923 – 19 January 2010) was a Scottish rugby union commentator, teacher, journalist and one time rugby player. Known as "the voice of rugby", he retired from commentating in 2002. Renowned throughout the sport, his enthusiasm and memorable turn of phrase endeared him to many. Early life McLaren was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, in 1923, to a knitwear salesman from Loch Lomond-side who had moved down to the area. As a young boy, he was steeped in local rugby stories: In his teenage years, McLaren grew up to be a useful flank forward.Bill McLaren: the voice of Rugby Union , 24 January 2002. He would later play for |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro14
The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in South Africa, and the BKT United Rugby Championship in the competition's other territories, the split branding mirroring the format previously adopted in Super Rugby. The Championship represents the highest level of domestic club or franchise rugby in each of its constituent countries. The Championship is one of the three major professional leagues in Europe (along with the English Premiership and the French Top 14), the most successful teams from which go forward to compete in the highest-level continental club competitions, the European Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup. Since 2022–23 South African teams have been eligible to qualify for European competitions. Name The tournament has had a number of names as it has grown, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Hogg
Stuart William Hogg (born 24 June 1992) is a Scottish professional rugby union player, who plays for Montpellier of the French Top 14. He has represented Scotland at international level, having made his test debut against Wales during the 2012 Six Nations Championship. He was Scotland's all-time leading try-scorer. Hogg was named Six Nations Player of the Tournament in 2016 and 2017. He was selected to tour with the British & Irish Lions three times (2013, 2017 and 2021). His 2017 tour was cut short due to an injury, but in 2021 he gained two Lions Test caps against South Africa. In November 2024, Hogg pleaded guilty to domestic abuse of his estranged wife. Early life and education Hogg comes from Hawick in the Scottish Borders. His father John played rugby at full-back for Hawick and refereed. His brother Graham Hogg played for Scotland in the IRB Sevens World Series and at under-18, under-19 and under-20. Hogg is a distant relative of soccer player George Best. Hogg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Hastings
Andrew Gavin Hastings, (born 3 January 1962) is a Scottish former rugby union player. A fullback, he is widely regarded to be one of the best ever Scottish rugby players and was one of the outstanding players of his generation, winning 61 caps for Scotland, 20 of which as captain. He played for Watsonians, London Scottish, Cambridge University, Scotland and the British Lions. He twice toured with the Lions, to Australia in 1989 and as captain on the 1993 tour to New Zealand. Early life Hastings was born in Edinburgh, and was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, Paisley College of Technology (now the University of the West of Scotland), and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read Land Economy and graduated with a BA in 1986. Rugby union career Amateur career Hastings captained the victorious 1985 Cambridge University side, and during his sabbatical year he won the Gallaher Shield with Auckland University Rugby Football Club. In Scotland, Hastings play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Scotland
Kenneth James Forbes Scotland (29 August 1936 – 7 January 2023) was a Scotland international rugby union player and a Scotland international cricket player. He played at full-back in rugby union.Bath, p157 Rugby Union career Amateur career Scotland was educated at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read history and economics after completing two years National Service with the Royal Signals at Catterick Garrison (and where he played 13 times for the Army as well as for other army representative sides)."Ken Scotland - from Fourth Choice at Cambridge to Lions Hero and Scottish Legend" ''curufc.com'', 9 January 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.Davidson, Jack (26 January 2023) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 British Lions Tour To South Africa
In 1980 the British & Irish Lions, British Lions rugby union team toured South Africa (including one game in Windhoek, South West Africa, the future Namibia). The tour was not a success for the Lions, as they lost the first three tests before salvaging some pride with a win in the fourth. The team did however win all their 14 non-international matches. The Lions were captained by Bill Beaumont. Political controversy The tour went ahead in the face of opposition from the British Government and groups opposed to sporting contact with the apartheid regime in South Africa. Britain was a signatory to the 1977 Gleneagles Agreement in which Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth governments agreed to discourage sporting contacts with South Africa. The Government of the Republic of Ireland were also against the tour. The Four Home Unions committee which organises Lions tours decided to go ahead with the planned tour, despite this opposition, in November 1979 and the rugby unions of Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
