When Luke Crosbie – self-described as a “big skinny drip” – went for a wander in West Lothian with his father on a Saturday afternoon in mid-winter some 15 years ago, neither he nor his old man could have guessed that it would be the start of a journey which may well lead to an appearance in front of a full-house at Twickenham next weekend as a member of a Scotland team hunting a third win on the bounce against the “Auld Enemy”.
Competition for places in the dark blue back row is fierce, especially with Hamish Watson making his comeback with Edinburgh yesterday after two-and-a-half months out with concussion – but Crosbie’s form
for the capital side means he is a leading contender to be deployed alongside Jamie Ritchie on the Scottish flanks.
