Such was the ease of the win by Leicester that one of their players Dean Richards went off-pitch for a toilet break in the middle of the match without the Tigers replacing him.
[3] The result though probably wasn't helped by the prior announcement that the Leicester Tigers match would be Greene's last in charge of Glasgow.
He had already agreed with Jim Telfer that he would act as an 'agent' for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland in New Zealand by helping out the training of the Silver Thistles.
I spoke to Jim Telfer this week and agreed that I will stay in Scotland to see Glasgow's game with Leicester through, and then go back to New Zealand.
It stated: "The Glasgow and District Rugby Union will be aggressively looking beyond Scotland to identify players to enhance and improve the performance of the team.
Players will be expected to do training outwith normal squad sessions and be responsible for achieving the targets set," says the action plan.
"This is the key to the long-term success of Scottish rugby," says the action plan which makes it clear that better identification of talent and an increase in playing numbers are priorities in the next few years.
[5] Chairman: Ken Crichton Vice-chairman: George Blackie Convenor / team M=manager: Hamish Fyfe[7] Chief executive: David Jordan Administrative executive: Bill McMurtrie Committee: Gordon Ash, Norry Boyle, Ewan Cameron, John Dyer, Alasdair Graham, Tom Morrice, Bill Nolan, Willie Talbot (SRU Championship Committee Representative), Dick Thomas (West of Scotland rugby Referees Society Representative) Secretary: Victoria Mount Hookers Gordon Bulloch Chris Docherty Props Mike Beckham Gary Isaac David Jamieson Alan Kittle Alan Perrie Danny Porte Gordon McIlwham Locks Charles Afuakwah Stephen Begley Shade Munro Malcolm Norval Guy Perrett Loose forwards Scott Hutton Gordon Mackay David McLeish Andrew Ness John Shaw Iain Sinclair Fergus Wallace Murray Wallace Half backs Fraser Stott Jamie Weston Stand offs Tommy Hayes Cameron Little Erin Cossey Centres Danny Ablett Alan Bulloch Aaron Collins Ian Jardine Matt McGrandles James McLaren Chris Simmers Back three James Craig Gavin Fraser Gerry Hawkes Glenn Metcalfe Craig Sangster Derek Stark A 22 strong group of age-grade Glasgow District players – known as the Glasgow Thistles – were sent to New Zealand for rugby training under the aegis of Kevin Greene in February 1998.
London Scottish – D Lee; K Milligan, R Davies, R Eriksson, G Thompson; J Cameron, S Cook; P Johnston, J Allan, P Burnell, E Jones, R Hunter, C Tarbuck, M Watson, S Holmes.
Replacements: C Docherty, F Wallace, C Simmers, J McLaren, M McGrandles, J Craig, D Ablett, G Mackay, C Afuakwah, A Perrie, J Weston.
West Hartlepool – Farrell; Cavey, Botham, Connolly, John; Benson, Nu'ualitia; Sparks, Challenor, Hathaway, Webb, Schrader, Hood, Ponton, Hyde.
ACT Brumbies – Kafer(capt); Nasalio, Swan, Birch, Todd; McMullen, Cordingley; Zammit, Paul, Moore, Morahan, Harrison, Plenty, Jacques, Fenukitau.
The previous year's Scottish Inter-District Championship produced a tight finish and Glasgow were just pipped to first place by Caledonia Reds.
The pool matches saw Glasgow grouped alongside London Wasps; with former player Kenny Logan now starring for the English side.
However they were soundly beaten by the Leicester Tigers and their matches against English opposition showed the gulf of professionalism that then existed between Scotland and England.
In the pool matches teams received For 1997–98 season the Scottish Inter-District Championship was sponsored by Inter-City Trains.