SCOTLAND wins over England are ten a penny these days but there was a time when they were a rarity which is why former Scotland captain Peter Brown, who died aged 83 this week, earned the sobriquet of “Hammer of the English” after claiming five wins against the old enemy in eight Tests.
The most celebrated, although by far the best performance in his estimation, came at Twickenham in 1971 when late tries by Duncan Paterson by Chris Rea unexpectedly left Brown with an awkward conversion to clinch the game with the last kick of the game. Jim Baxter could not have stroked i...
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