Jock Millican

While at the University of Edinburgh from 1969 to 1973 he played rugby union for Edinburgh University.^[3]

He went on to play for Heriot's.^[4]

Leaving Edinburgh in 1973 Millican had a short 2+1⁄2-month spell at Moseley, but only appeared in one mid-week fixture.^[5]

He signed for Leicester Tigers in 1974.^[5]

He played for Northern in the 1980s.^[6]

He received his first cap for Edinburgh District in 1971, playing against South of Scotland District at Meadowbank Stadium.^[7]

He played for Scotland Possibles on 30 December 1972.^[8]

On moving to England, he played for Staffordshire.^[9]

He was then picked for the Anglo-Scots to play inter-district matches.^[10]

Millican received 3 caps for Scotland, all in 1973.^[11]

He coached Northern in England in the late 1980s, but stood down due to business reasons.^[12]

He was a director of the Six Nations from 2008 to 2012; and a non-executive director of the Scottish Rugby Union from 2007 to 2013.^[13]

He became a chief executive of the Scottish Rugby Union in 2011.^[13]

He was a director of Heriots from 2015 to 2021.^[13]

He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in chemical engineering, but then moved to Heriot-Watt University to study brewing.^[1]

Millican then moved into the Beer and Wine trade. He was a brewer with Bass in Burton-on-Trent in England.^[14] He was an Operations Director of Scottish Brewers, then a Logistics Director of Scottish Courage, before moving on to Waverley Vinters.^[15]

Since 2010 he has been a director of Equity Gap, a private investors group. The company sponsors Edinburgh Rugby.^[16]