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Jordan Shepherd

Tributes flood in as championship-winning Scotland manager Arthur Hastie dies

Scotland's last grand-slam-winning rugby manager Arthur Hastie has died at the age of 87. Tributes flooded in for the former rugby coach who led Scotland to glory at the ultimate Five Nations Championship in 1999.

Arthur gave his life to rugby having started as a ball boy at the Kelso club he later progressed to helping flatten the pitch as a teen before eventually getting his shot. He played as a hooker and later captained the team.

Having been a selector for both the South and Scotland teams, he soon progressed, firstly to manager of the Scotland sevens team and then to manager of the Scotland team in August 1996.

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