Frank Laidlaw

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Frank Laidlaw
Birth nameFrancis Andrew Linden Laidlaw
Date of birth (1940-09-20) 20 September 1940 (age 81)
Place of birthHawick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Melrose ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Scottish Border XV
South of Scotland District
 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1965-71
1966		 Scotland
British & Irish Lions		 32
2		 (0)
(0)

Francis Andrew Linden Laidlaw (born 20 September 1940)[1] is a former Scotland international rugby union player[2][3]

Rugby Union career[]

Amateur career[]

He played for Melrose.[3][4]

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 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]

Outside of rugby[]

He is a proponent of Scientology.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:16. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
  2. ^ Scotland's International Players[permanent dead link].
  3. ^ a b c Bath, p119
  4. ^ a b c d e McLaren, p133
  5. ^ Griffiths, page 2:38-2:40
  6. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Frank Laidlaw - Test matches".
  7. ^ 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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