The first game ended in a 48–10 victory over Canada, however the second test saw the United States claim a 30–29 to see them earn their first victory over Scotland and a Tier 1 nation in the professional era. “I didn’t hate the English – Will Carling was a mate. In October 2008, he was appointed as assistant coach for the Scotland A national side ahead of their matches in later that year. Most Popular #138757. First Name Gregor. Townsend's second Six Nations campaign started well with a convincing win over Italy by 33-20, with a hat-trick from Blair Kinghorn alongside tries to Stuart Hogg and Chris Harris. Scotland dominated the game until a surprising fight-back by Italy in the last 10 minutes[17] saw the Azzurri score three times to set up a tense finish. Jim said: ‘Aye, so you have a cap now, Chalmers, but don’t forget that all these other boys here helped you get it.’ That was Creamy and I had total respect for him.”, Chalmers would be just as unfazed by his Lions call-up just four months later. It wasn't until a year later where Townsend gained his second cap, which was a starting position against Wales during the 1994 Five Nations Championship. The second half witnessed a stunning comeback by the Scots, with a flurry of tries to Darcy Graham, Magnus Bradbury, Finn Russell and Sam Johnson putting Scotland into the lead by 38-31 with 4 minutes to go before a last-gasp try to replacement English fly-half George Ford, who then converted to level the final score at 38-38. This steward reckoned I’d had too much to drink. From the highs of ’95 (“A lot of champagne was drunk that night – on the SRU tab”) he returned to the French capital two years later and was poleaxed by Christophe Lamaison, ending up in hospital. The 2016–17 season would be Townsend's last at Glasgow, with the announcement of him taking charge of the Scottish national side in June 2017, replacing Vern Cotter when his contract expires. Now the ball is tilted forward but we set it back. They faced Leinster in the final, only to lose 34–12. [15] In that season, Glasgow failed to make the Pro 12 play-off's for the first time since the 2010–11 Celtic League season. In the last game of the competition, Scotland faced England at home in Twickenham. Eventually Will said to this bloke dishing out some real dog’s abuse: ‘Right, you and me outside, let’s settle this.’ The guy sh*t himself. First Name Gregor #9. This was the first Glasgow side to make the top tier competition play-off in Europe, since the 1997–98 Heineken Cup, though Glasgow did make the second tier competition knockout stage during the 2006–07 European Challenge Cup. “We had some good games together. [2] In 1993, Townsend spent a season in Australia, playing for Warringah in the Shute Shield. Obviously there was the backdrop of Maggie Thatcher, the poll tax and how we were supposed to hate the English – but I just wanted to win a game of rugby.”. Will vowed that he’d never lose to Scotland again and he didn’t. So how often does he think of the Slam? He’s a Grand Slam immortal, one of the slow-striding heroes of 1990 who flummoxed England, already on the pitch and prancing through their warm-up jerks, and then got them down a dark alley and did the needful to claim the great prize. Gregor Townsend Is A Member Of . Not because JJ was messy or smelly or anything but being a farmer he was always up dead early. “Gregor would do something amazing and the next minute something ridiculous. “That was a nightmare. 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