From the heights of the Grand Slams to a near Six Nations whitewash in 2000, one factor has remained constant in Scottish rugby - its huge resource of characters. Early in the year 2000 Jeff Connor set out on a mission to track down some of Scotland's best-known players - the true giants of the game - and to discover whether there is life after international rugby. The result was forty exclusive interviews and a book that is enlightening, hilarious and moving in equal measure. There are rare and exclusive interviews with Ken Scotland, Jim Telfer, Ian McLauchlan, Sandy Carmichael and Andy Irvine. There is the Hawick humour of Jim Renwick, the history of Finlay Calder's greatest wind-ups and the emotive story of Gordon Brown's battle with his most vicious opponent of all, cancer. Bruce Hay's confrontation with the Duke of Edinburgh. Iain Paxton's disgust at the attitude of some English players on a British Lions tour and David Leslie's fearsome pre-match preparations are all vividly described, along with frankly expressed views from active modern-day players like Gregor Townsend. All rugby fans will find something to treasure in Giants of Scottish Rugby.
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Jeff Connor played rugby union for Lancashire schools and rugby league for Saddleworth. A keen all-round sportsman, he is a former British professional hill-running veteran champion, a skier and a mountaineer. He has written five books and is rugby correspondent for Scotland on Sunday. Half of the author's royalties from this book will go to the Struan Kerr-Liddell appeal.
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Jeff Connor's other books include the cycling classic, Wide-Eyed and Legless, and the definitive story of the Busby Babes, The Lost Babes. He lives in Lancashire.
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