STILL only 25, Jamie Ritchie has been a senior leadership figure with both Edinburgh and Scotland for some time now - arguably since as far back as the 2019 World Cup, when Japan awarded him a ceremonial sword as their most respected opponent.
As the back-row forward prepares to make his comeback from the serious hamstring injury which has kept him out of action since February, the obvious question is whether those evident leadership abilities will see him being invited to captain Scotland in the Autumn Internationals.
