PETER DODS
THE GALA AND SCOTLAND FULL-BACK

Istarted the 1984 Grand Slam with a split pair of boots and ended it with a bust eye.
We’d won only one match the year before – down at Twickenham in the final game – but we were ready to create some history having picked up confidence from the Scots players who’d been on the ‘83 Lions tour to New Zealand and then from our 25-25 draw against the All Blacks in November.
Our forwards were incredible against the All Blacks, I’d never seen a performance like it. They were throwing bodies into rucks and doing to the...