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