MY LIFE IN RUGBY
THE FORMER SCOTLAND, LIONS, MELROSE,HARLEQUINS, WORCESTER AND PERTEMPS BEES FLY-HALF
CRAIG CHALMERS

Lion cub: Craig Chalmers playing against Australia for the Lions in 1989, age 20
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IT all came about quite quickly for me, I ended up going on a Lions tour to Australia in 1989, aged 20, and the following year won the Grand Slam.
That Scotland team had a good mixture of experience and a bit of youth, and some workhorses. Players like John Jeffrey, Finlay Calder and Derek White soon let you know if you’d made a mistake and while it may seem ha...