ALL who closely follow rugby union in Scotland will be aware that for many years now, even before the professional era began in the late 1990s, there has been a constant undercurrent of bickering and battling among those who purport to run the game in this country.
That is why the Special General Meeting of the SRU on Monday night, and the follow-up SGM to be held in August, might well be transformational for the sport. Put simply, with the leadership of Professor Lorne Crerar, the Standing Committee on Governance of the Scottish Rugby Union Council has successfully proposed considerable alterations to the way the SRU runs.
