Gavin Hastings

Andrew Gavin Hastings, OBE (born 3 January 1962) is a Scottish former rugby union player.

In February 1995 he became the holder of a record number of Scottish caps when he made his 53rd full international appearance, passing Colin Deans and Jim Renwick.

[4] Hastings's final game was on 11 June 1995 against New Zealand in Pretoria at the quarter-finals of the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

[5] By the end of that match he had scored 667 international points, a Scottish record that stood until surpassed by Chris Paterson in 2008.

[7] In 1996, Hasting joined the Scottish Claymores, an American football team in the NFL Europe.

He played a single season as a placekicker, scoring 24 of 27 conversions, but missed his only attempt at a field goal.

[11] Hastings awarded an Honorary Blue from Heriot Watt University in 1995 for his contribution to sport at a national level.

[14] Since its formation in 2001, Hastings has been the Patron of Sandpiper Trust, a Scottish charity which provides life-saving medical equipment to rural doctors, nurses and paramedics across Scotland.

Note 9: Michael Owen captained the Lions in the first tour game, the test vs. Argentina in Cardiff.