Kevin Ferrie Reflects On an Encouraging Week for Scottish Rugby

The HeraldMay 28, 2005

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SCOTTISH rugby looks increasingly ready for a transformation of its fortunes after what has been a thoroughly refreshing week. Murrayfield was a stylish setting for Sunday's Heineken Cup final; Chris Cusiter, the lone Scot who played in the British & Irish Lions side which drew with Argentina on Monday, was one of the few Lions to receive positive reviews; and Scotland's first win over the Barbarians on Tuesday was an uplifting occasion at Pittodrie's fullest house of the sporting season.

Off the pitch, the shape of the new Scottish Rugby Council emerged, with the general committee old guard who forced the removal of David Mackay, the chairman, all but swept from office.

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Kevin Ferrie Reflects On an Encouraging Week for Scottish Rugby

Of the 10 who took that action, only two have survived and that Norman Douglas has done so in the Borders has only served to reinforce why the job of the working party currently looking into the district set-up is vital.

Frankly, it is a farce that no election was ...

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