My book, or memoir, is mainly a very light hearted look at my rugby
union experiences both on and off the field. My stories began in
1958 when I was 10 and a pupil at George Heriot's school in
Edinburgh. As I started to recount my early experiences in rugby
union lots of other general boyhood, adolescent and later more
adult moments came to mind. Some stories have nothing to do with
rugby but I thought they might bring a smile to the faces of some
people as they may see themselves in similar circumstances. My
Rugby stories include my times at Heriot's School, Heriot's Former
Pupils Rugby Club, Nottinghamians RFC, Aberdeenshire RFC and Mackie
Academy FPRFC in Stonehaven. I was president of Mackie Academy
FPRFC twice and in that period I met many famous International
players from all of the then Five Nations as they kindly agreed to
speak at the club dinners. They include Scottish stars Andy Irvine,
Jim Telfer, Jim Aitken, Iain Milne and his brothers Kenny and
David. Fran Cotton of England and Gareth Edwards of Wales also
graced the Mackie dinners. Jo Maso the famous French Centre also
features in the book as I recount an amazing story involving him
and Mackie Academy FP's . I was employed as Secretary and General
Manager of Heriot's Rugby Club from 1998 to 2004 and in that time I
had the privilege of meeting players from all over the world as
they trained with their International colleagues at Heriot's school
playing fields, Goldenacre. Towards the end of my tenure at
Heriot's I was close to much of the turmoil that beset the Scottish
Rugby Union and Scottish club rugby. Heriot's were largely
responsible for halting a likely meltdown of the Scottish Rugby
Union in 2004/2005 and I tell that story at the end of my book.
Rugby kicks of the book and closes it too so I have called my
memoir Wrapped in Rugby.
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