Jimmy McNeil was a Scottish rugby union player.
[3] He caused controversy when he and the Vice-President Gordon Masson attended the 1989 centenary celebrations of South African rugby.
[4] McNeil also made the headlines by calling out derogatory language among rugby union fans.
He said that some fans were using 'degrading and foul language' and that there was a 'changing climate' in which matches were being played.
In The Grudge Tom English relays an anecdote when Scotland beat Ireland in Dublin en route to securing the title.