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Andrew Gavin Hastings, OBE (born January 3, 1962 in Edinburgh) of Watsonians, Cambridge University Rugby Football Club, the Scotland national rugby union team and the British and Irish Lions was one of the outstanding rugby players of his generation, winning 61 caps for Scotland, 20 of which as captain. He played fullback, and captained the Lions on the tour to New Zealand in 1993 (after playing in all three tests in the 1989 tour to Australia. He is the all-time record points scorer in the Scottish national rugby union team, with 667 points in test matches, the all-time record points scorers for the British and Irish Lions (in test matches), with 66, the all time record points scorer for an individual player in the Rugby World Cup with 227 points, and the all time record points scorer for Watsonians with 1203. He also scored 17 tries for Scotland, to place him third on Scotland's all time list on his retirement. He has appeared 10 times for the Barbarians. He goes by the nickname: "Big Gav". is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A rugby union team is made up of 15 players: eight forwards, numbered from 1 to 8; and seven backs, numbered from 9 to 15[1]. Depending upon the competition, there may be up to seven replacements. ...
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. ...
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First international (also the worlds first) Scotland 4 - 1 England (27 March 1871) Largest win Scotland 100 - 8 Japan (13 November 2004) Worst defeat Scotland 10 - 68 South Africa (6 December 1997) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result 4th 1991 The Scotland national rugby union team...
First match Otago 3 - 8 Lions (as Great Britain) (28 April 1888) Largest win Manawatu 6 - 109 Lions (28 June 2005) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) Jonny Wilkinson taking a penalty for the Lions The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British...
George Watsons College is a leading co-educational independent day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Scotlands capital city Edinburgh. ...
The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander...
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The rugby club which represents Cambridge University, and plays Oxford in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. ...
First international (also the worlds first) Scotland 4 - 1 England (27 March 1871) Largest win Scotland 100 - 8 Japan (13 November 2004) Worst defeat Scotland 10 - 68 South Africa (6 December 1997) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result 4th 1991 The Scotland national rugby union team...
First match Otago 3 - 8 Lions (as Great Britain) (28 April 1888) Largest win Manawatu 6 - 109 Lions (28 June 2005) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) Jonny Wilkinson taking a penalty for the Lions The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British...
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A rugby union team is made up of 15 players: eight forwards, numbered from 1 to 8; and seven backs, numbered from 9 to 15[1]. Depending upon the competition, there may be up to seven replacements. ...
First match Otago 3 - 8 Lions (as Great Britain) (28 April 1888) Largest win Manawatu 6 - 109 Lions (28 June 2005) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) Jonny Wilkinson taking a penalty for the Lions The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British...
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First match Hartlepool Rovers 4 - 9 Barbarians (27 December 1890) Largest win Scotland 31 - 74 Barbarians (24 May 2001) Worst defeat Barbarians 0 - 42 Wales (26 May 2004) The original Barbarians The Barbarian Football Club, typically referred to as Barbarians and nicknamed the Baa-Baas, is an invitational rugby union...
As a schoolboy Gavin became the first player to captain a Scottish schoolboys side to win in England. In 1985, he captained Cambridge University to victory in the Varsity Match. The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...
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Gavin was the indirect successor to Andy Irvine, previously considered Scotland's best ever full back. He is the elder brother of Scott Hastings. Both Hastings brothers earned their first cap on January 17, 1986 against France. Gavin's international career got off to an inauspicious start - his opening kick off went out of bounds, and when he turned away in disgust, assuming he had given away a scrum on the halfway line, the French elected to take a quick throw-in (a rarity in such situations) and scored a try directly from the throw-in. Gavin recovered his composure to kick six penalty goals in the match (then a record), which Scotland eventually won 18-17. He scored a further five penalty goals and three conversions in a record breaking 33-6 win over England later in 1986. Andy Irvine was a Scottish rugby player, and is currently president of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU). ...
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Gavin has twice set the world record for most points in an international match, and on each occasion the record was then broken by someone else for the second time on the same day.[1]
Gavin was a member of the Scotland team which won only its third Grand Slam in its history in 1990, playing a pivotal role in Tony Stanger's crucial winning try in the final match. A Grand Slam can be completed in two ways in rugby union. ...
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Tony Stanger is a former Scottish international rugby union player, and is Scotlands joint record try scorer. ...
In 1995 Gavin Hastings scored a try underneath the posts from a pass by Gregor Townsend in the waning minutes of a match against France in the old Parc des Princes, which gave Scotland its first win on French soil since 1969. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...
Gregor Peter John Townsend MBE (born 26th April 1973 in Edinburgh) is a professional rugby union player and coach at The Borders Rugby Club, he has played at fly-half, full back and laterly centre. ...
The Parc des Princes (translation: Princes Park) is a 48527 capacity stadium in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. ...
Gavin's greatest disappointment as an international rugby player came in a 1991 World cup semi final match against England. With the scores level at 6-6 in the closing minutes of a tightly fought defensive game, Gavin had a relatively straightforward penalty attempt right in front of the English posts. He missed the kick, and England went on to win the game and play in and lose the final.
In 1996, Hastings made an initially controversial decision to accept an invitation to switch to American football as a kicker with the Scottish Claymores of the WLAF. However, Hastings' brief spell in his new code was a successful one, as the Claymores won that year's World Bowl at the home of Scottish Rugby, Murrayfield Stadium. Hastings kicked 23 of his 27 extra point attempts, but missed his solitary field goal attempt. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Year Founded 1995 Year Retired 2004 City Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland Team Colors Navy Blue, Royal Blue, Silver, and White Franchise W-L-T Record Regular Season: 43-57-0 Postseason: 1-1 Championships World Bowls (1) World Bowl IV (1996) The Scottish Claymores (Scotland in box scores) were an...
The World League of American Football (WLAF) was founded in 1990 with support from the NFL to play semi-professional American Football in North America, Europe and later maybe Asia. ...
The World Bowl is the American football Championship game of the NFL Europe, similar to the Super Bowl of the NFL. When the NFL Europe was founded in 1991 as World League of American Football (WLAF), with teams in North America and Europe as well as expansion plans for Asia...
Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium in the capital of , Edinburgh, and is the home of Scottish Rugby Union. ...
A field goal (formerly goal from the field) in American football and Canadian football (collectively called gridiron football) is a goal that may be scored during general play (from the field). Execution of a field goal A field goal may be scored by a placekick or the very rare drop...
He is widely considered one of the outstanding players of the game, and is hugely respected by his peers. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2003. In sporting lists, he is often named as the greatest Scottish rugby player of all time. The International Rugby Hall of Fame was created in 1997 and accepts new inductees every two years. ...
On the 30th of August 2007 he was announced as the chairman of the "New" Edinburgh professional rugby club. Edinburgh Rugby are one of three professional rugby union teams in Scotland, The Borders and Glasgow Rugby being the other two. ...
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External links - Gavin Hastings on the Scotsman website
- Gavin Hastings on the Sporting Heroes website.
- Gavin Hastings motivational speaker
Footnote - ^ In the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Gavin scored 44 points against the Ivory Coast; later that day Simon Culhane scored 45 points for New Zealand in a record 145-17 victory over Japan, a record that still stands. Previously Gavin had set the record for points scored in an individual game in the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup, only to see that record then broken by Didier Camberabero of France who scored 30 points for France against Zimbabwe on the same afternoon.
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