Despite much promise in their Autumn campaign, Scotland started Townsend's first Six Nations Championship with a 34–7 defeat to Wales. “If you buy into them they can work.

[3] In Townsend first season with Castres, the side topped Pool 1 which saw them advance through to the quarter finals where they defeated Colomiers 37–26. Townsend started playing for his local club Gala RFC from a young age, coming through the ranks from the mini section to senior side. [9], Townsend made one appearance, playing for the French Barbarians during his stint with Montpellier, against Australia in November 2004.[10]. This included working with the top Scottish clubs, Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors, and the age-grade national sides, while he also worked with the amateur/semi-pro clubs.

Rugby Players.

“In 1999 [when Scotland won the last-ever Five Nations and Townsend touched down in every game] I had to watch all that brilliance from the bench. ‘Can you see the stream?’ he asked.

A few of us had met this guy previously so I knew what to expect. “Good for Gregor,” he says.

Chalmers laughs at the memory of their duel. Townsend made his international debut at the age of 19, coming off the bench against England on 6 March 1993 during the 1993 Five Nations Championship.

The 2016–17 season would be Townsend's last at Glasgow, with the announcement of him taking charge of the Scottish national side in June 2017, replacing Vern Cotter when his contract expires. Though there’s the fact the whole midfield were rubbish that day.”, Then came the Slam. I’ll admit it: I did. He coached for a while after hanging up his boots and wishes he was still involved in the game. From the highs of ’95 (“A lot of champagne was drunk that night – on the SRU tab”) he returned to the French capital two years later and was poleaxed by Christophe Lamaison, ending up in hospital. We were up in St Andrews for what would probably be called team bonding now.
But I’m pretty sure the records will show that I played 
at 10 more times than him!”, This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).

“He was under pressure from coaches to bulk up,” says Chalmers. “John Beattie’s band were playing in the tent and he likes to say I was so desperate to hear them that I ended up in jail. Rugby Player Born in Scotland #11.

[6] In 1997, he was selected for the British Lions tour to South Africa by Ian McGeechan.

He played alongside Gavin Hastings on the Scottish national team. The second half witnessed a stunning comeback by the Scots, with a flurry of tries to Darcy Graham, Magnus Bradbury, Finn Russell and Sam Johnson putting Scotland into the lead by 38-31 with 4 minutes to go before a last-gasp try to replacement English fly-half George Ford, who then converted to level the final score at 38-38. I’m glad it did!”, Fast-forward a few years to another
instalment of the Melrose Sevens only this time Chalmers couldn’t get into the tent. That was after he’d finally finished with the ball! Jim said: ‘Aye, so you have a cap now, Chalmers, but don’t forget that all these other boys here helped you get it.’ That was Creamy and I had total respect for him.”, Chalmers would be just as unfazed by his Lions call-up just four months later. Rugby Player. Currently taking time out to concentrate on work, Sam hopes to rejoin his brothers in rugby later.

We track celebrity net worth so you don't have to. “It seemed like someone had collapsed and I remember thinking Dad could be useful as he knew about first aid. However, Scotland again did not progress past the quarter-finals, as they lost to hosts Australia 33–16. I don’t believe a player who’s just lost his place means it if he says to the other guy: ‘Good luck, I hope you have a great game.’ If he claims he does he’s lying through his teeth. He has a new partner, a young daughter and a job with a security firm. You need guys to push you and Gregor was a great player.

I remember asking Jim Telfer: ‘If PC Brown nicked your jersey would you want him to play well?’ Strangely he didn’t reply!”. Afterwards I was having a pint with him in the beer tent when some locals started giving him stick. “I was glad he was around, honest! Last Saturday was very unfortunate but I do think he’ll get it right in this tournament.”. I wouldn’t go away and he got the police over. I wrote this in a newspaper 
column once and got into trouble. One of them was just after I’d 
lost my father, which was a pretty 
horrendous time, and I think it did me some good.”, Bryan Chalmers died of a heart attack watching his son play for Melrose at Hawick. Versatile rugby player who enjoyed a very successful career and served as coach for the Scottish national team from 2008 to 2012. In 2005, he returned home to Scotland for a second time and was a player/coach for the Border Reivers until they were disbanded at the end of the 2006–07 season. He went out, and after a “good shoeing from Phil Davies at the bottom of a ruck” he scored a try and dropped a goal in a fine debut. The first, he says, was a whole lot more bizarre. How did Chalmers, originally billed as the “new wunderkind of Northern Hemisphere rugby”, feel when a newer, younger and, some would contend, sexier rival appeared on the scene?

Gregor Townsend has put the disappointing end to his international career behind him and is now thriving in South Africa.

No one knew I was gone!”. We go into 
the Six Nations with a great deal of hope only for it to be dashed in the first weekend. I was turning round all the time but couldn’t see him. Following a disappointing 2001–02 Top 16 season, Townsend returned to Scotland to play for Border Reivers.

Chalmers cites two key moments in the match: Finlay Calder being held up by the prime beef of the England pack only for the Scottish cavalry to come racing over the hill and force a penalty – and one of his three successful kicks, out wide, quite tricky.
[3] Across the two seasons he played for the club, Brive did not make much success which saw Townsend move to play for Castres Olympique in 2000.

“Gregor would do something amazing and the next minute something ridiculous.

Despite this, Scotland went onto claim a record victory over Argentina, winning 44–15. This is the nickname given to the reverse pass which Townsend gave to Gavin Hastings for Scotland to register a dramatic and famous last-minute 23–21 victory against France in Paris in 1995. I could attack the line and make breaks – just not as many as Gregor – but I could control a game. Rugby Player. But there was an even more painful encounter sandwiched between these games – the desperate 22-19 defeat in the quarter-finals of South Africa’s World Cup. First Name Gregor #9. He played in six games, including starting against South Africa in the first and second tests.

“Actually, we did have a few sessions,” he says. In his first season in charge, he maintained Glasgow's positioning in the play-offs of the Pro12, but like in the previous season under Lineen, Glasgow was knocked out by Leinster in the semi-finals. “He got in with the wrong people and made a bad decision which cost him dearly. So how often does he think of the Slam? He is currently the head coach of the Scotland national team having previously been an assistant coach from 2009 to 2012. He was their attack coach during the 2011 Rugby World Cup where Scotland failed to advance past the pool stage. The first game ended in a 48–10 victory over Canada, however the second test saw the United States claim a 30–29 to see them earn their first victory over Scotland and a Tier 1 nation in the professional era.

This unbeaten run came to an end when they were beaten by the Scarlets in the opening round of the 2015–16 Pro12 season.

I tiptoed out of the make-believe woods and out of the room. “That was a nightmare.


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