Centre of excellence
Subtitle: the Jim Renwick story
By: by David Barnes with Jim Renwick
Contributors: Renwick, Jim, 1952-
Publisher: Birlinn; Birlinn, Limited
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780857906786
Subjects: Reference; TRAVEL; Special Interest; SPORTS & RECREATION; Sports; GAMES; Business Aspects; Gambling; Essays; Rugby football players; Biography; History
Description: On 15 January 1972, James Menzies Renwick made his international rugby debut for Scotland against France at Murrayfield. He was 19 years old. In the years that followed he became, arguably, the most talented rugby player ever to pull on a Scotland jersey - running in some of Scotland's most celebrated and spectacular tries. During a 24- year playing career he was a member of the Hawick RFC team which won the last ever unofficial Championship and thereafter eight official Scottish Championships. He was capped 52 times for Scotland (a record at that time), scoring a hatful of tries (several.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; The Moat; Jim Senior and Teenie; The Golden Boy; Terence; Bill McLaren; Swimming; A Working Man; PSA; The Mighty Quins; Sevens; Hawick RFC; Going Green; Scotland B; Trial; Capped; The All Blacks; Andy Irvine; Dropped; Glory Days; Gala; Derrick Grant; Back in Blue; Toomba; New Zealand 1975; Far East 1977; Heg; Defence; Attack; The Lions; New Zealand 1981; Captain; 1982, And All That; The Beginning of the End; The Rust Sets In; Playing for Fun; Coaching; A Contented Man; Index.