Alan Lawson

He played for Edinburgh Wanderers. Lawson stated: 'When I played in the 1970s, Jimmy Thain, the head groundsman, regularly let us play on the international pitch, telling us: The pitch also has to be match fit.'

Lawson played for Heriots.^[1][2]

In the late 1970s he moved to London Scottish.^[3]

He was capped by Edinburgh District.^[4] Unusually, he was capped by Scotland before he was capped by a District side.^[5]

When he moved to London Scottish he represented Anglo-Scots^[6] and Middlesex County.^[7]

He played scrum-half for Scotland on 15 occasions between 1972 and 1980.^[8] He made his test debut for Scotland against France at Murrayfield on 15 January 1972 and he played his last match for Scotland against Wales at Cardiff on 1 March 1980.

Lawson became the 123rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served a one-year term from 2012 to 2013.

He is married to Linda, the daughter of rugby commentator Bill McLaren.^[9] The couple have three children: Rory, who is also a Scotland rugby union international; Gregor, a Scotland 7s international and entrepreneur founding fancy dress company Morphsuits; and a daughter Lindsay.