The former British & Irish Lions, Scotland, Borders, Perpignan, Glasgow and Sale Sharks scrum-half talks about his life in the game
BEFORE my first cap against Wales in 2004, they brought in some ex-internationals, Scottish rugby legends, to come and have dinner with the team on the Wednesday night and I’ll never forget Finlay Calder was sat at our table. I was saying about how I would be making my debut and seeing I was a bit nervous, he said something like, ‘don’t worry, Chris, getting your first cap is very much like losing your virginity’. To which I replied, ‘I don’t know about you b...