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The erstwhile Scotland rugby national centre Scott Hastings has died astatine nan property of 61.
Hastings won 65 caps for Scotland, playing 51 internationals pinch his full-back brother, Gavin. He was besides selected for nan British and Irish Lions tours of Australia successful 1989 and New Zealand successful 1993.
Scott Hastings later enjoyed a successful profession arsenic a rugby broadcaster. His daughters announced that Hastings had died successful in an Edinburgh infirmary successful a Scottish Rugby Union statement.
“Corey and Kerry-Anne Hastings are saddened to pass you that Scott, nan Scotland and British and Irish Lions centre, passed distant peacefully surrounded by family connected nan greeting of Sunday 17 May,” it read.
“This besides marked his precocious woman Jenny’s day which speaks louder than words that he is safe and pinch his beloved Jenny. Scott was undergoing crab curen and owed to complications deteriorated highly quickly.”
The connection added: “Despite each effort by nan unthinkable squad astatine nan Western General Hospital ICU, he passed distant peacefully and symptom free.
“At this clip nan family inquire everyone to springiness them abstraction to process and negociate their energies and inquire for their privateness to beryllium respected.”
The Scotland caput coach, Gregor Townsend, said: “In nan precocious 1980s and early 1990s, Scott was an iconic fig for Scottish rugby. His protect show successful nan 1990 expansive slam triumph complete England was important to that day’s occurrence and he epitomised what it meant to play for Scotland – combining passion, assurance and aggression, whenever he wore nan navy bluish jersey.
“Like galore different schoolboys passim Scotland astatine nan time, I wanted to emulate Scott’s attack to nan crippled and really he took nan crippled to nan opposition. A fewer years later, I was fortunate to play alongside him connected a number of occasions for Scotland, arsenic he became our most-capped player.”
