[4] Laidlaw came to prominence in the late 1970s due to a string of good performances for Scotland B, then managed by Jim Telfer.
[1] Amongst the highlights of his career, were his two tries in the Triple Crown decider in Dublin, and when he scored a long range solo try against England.
[2] At the time, Dougie Morgan was holding down the scrum half position in the Scotland team, having displaced Alan Lawson.
[7] Writing during Laidlaw's international career in the mid-1980s, Allan Massie said that: In 1983, he became captain of Scotland, and his style was described as being like "Gareth Edwards rather than Jacques Fouroux.
[10] This has since been surpassed following Finn Russell and Greig Laidlaw (Roy's nephew) starting together in the final pool A game at the 2019 Rugby World Cup against Japan on 13 October 2019 in Yokohama.