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Gavin Hastings
Personal=20 information
Full name	Andrew Gavin Hastings
Date of birth	January 3, 1962 (1962-01-03) (age 46)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland,=20 United=20 Kingdom
Height	6 ft 2 in = (1.88 m)
Weight	14 st 3 lbs (95 kg)
Nickname	Big Gav
School	George=20 Watson's College
University	Cambridge=20 University
Rugby union career
Playing = career
Position	= Fullback
Clubs	Caps	(points)
1985	Cambr= idge=20 University Watsonians=20 RFC London=20 Scottish

National team(s)	Caps	(points)
1986-1995 1989-1993	= Scotland British = and=20 Irish Lions	61 6	(667) (66)

Andrew Gavin Hastings, OBE= (born January 3,=20 1962 in = Edinburgh) of=20 Watsonians, Cambridge=20 University Rugby Football Club, the = Scotland=20 national rugby union team and the British = and Irish=20 Lions was one of the outstanding rugby union = players of his=20 generation, winning 61 caps for Scotland, 20 of=20 which as captain. He played = fullback,=20 and captained the Lions = on the=20 tour to New Zealand in 1993=20 (after playing in all three tests in the 1989=20 tour to Australia. He is the all-time record points scorer in the = Scottish=20 national rugby union team, with 667 points in test matches, the all-time = record=20 points scorers for the British and Irish Lions (in test matches), with = 66 the=20 all time record points scorer for Watsonians with 1203, and until 2007 = was the=20 all time record points scorer for an individual player in the Rugby World = Cup with 227=20 points. He was surpassed by Jonny = Wilkinson in the=20 2007 quarter-final stage against Australia. He also scored 17 tries for=20 Scotland, to place him third on Scotland's all time list on his = retirement. He=20 has appeared 10 times for the Barbarians. He = goes by=20 the nickname: "Big Gav".

As a schoolboy Gavin became the first player to captain a Scottish = schoolboys=20 side to win in England. In 1985, he captained Cambridge=20 University to victory in the Varsity = Match.

Gavin was the indirect successor to Andy= =20 Irvine, previously considered Scotland's best ever full back. He is = the=20 elder brother of S= cott=20 Hastings. Both Hastings brothers earned their first cap on January = 17, 1986=20 against Fr= ance.=20 Gavin's international career got off to an inauspicious start - his = opening kick=20 off went out of bounds, and when he turned away in disgust, assuming he = had=20 given away a scrum on the halfway line, the French elected to take a = quick=20 throw-in (a rarity in such situations) and scored a try directly from = the=20 throw-in. Gavin recovered his composure to kick six penalty goals in the = match=20 (then a record), which Scotland eventually won 18-17. He scored a = further five=20 penalty goals and three conversions in a record breaking 33-6 win over = England=20 later in 1986.

Gavin has twice set the world record for most points in an = international=20 match, and on each occasion the record was then broken by someone else = for the=20 second time on the same day.^[1]

Gavin was a member of the Scotland team which won only its third Grand = Slam=20 in its history in 1990, playing a pivotal = role in Tony=20 Stanger's crucial winning try in the final match.

In 1995 Gavin=20 Hastings scored a try underneath the posts from a pass by Gregor = Townsend in the=20 waning minutes of a match against France in the old Parc des = Princes, which=20 gave Scotland its first win on French soil since 1969.

Gavin's greatest disappointment as an international rugby player came = in a=20 1991 World cup semi final match against England. With the scores level = at 6-6 in=20 the closing minutes of a tightly fought defensive game, Gavin had a = relatively=20 straightforward penalty attempt right in front of the English posts. He = missed=20 the kick, and England went on to win the game and play in and lose the=20 final.

In 1996, Hastings=20 made an initially controversial decision to accept an invitation to = switch to American = football as a=20 kicker=20 with the Scottish = Claymores of=20 the W= LAF.=20 However, Hastings' brief spell in his new code was a successful one, as = the=20 Claymores won that year's World Bowl at the = home of=20 Scottish Rugby, Murrayfield = Stadium.=20 Hastings kicked 23 of his 27 extra point attempts, but missed his = solitary field = goal=20 attempt.

He is widely considered one of the outstanding players of the game, = and is=20 hugely respected by his peers. He was inducted into the In= ternational=20 Rugby Hall of Fame in 2003. In sporting lists, he is often named as = the=20 greatest Scottish rugby player of all time.

On the 30th of August 2007 he was announced as the chairman of the = "New" Edinburgh = professional=20 rugby club.

[edit]=20 See also

In= ternational=20 Rugby Hall of Fame

[edit]=20 External links

Gavin Hastings on the Scotsman website=20
Gavin Hastings on the Sporting Heroes website.=20
Gavin=20 Hastings motivational speaker

[edit]=20 Footnote

^ = In the=20 1995 Rugby World = Cup, Gavin=20 scored 44 points against the Ivory Coast; later that day Simon=20 Culhane scored 45 points for New Zealand in a record 145-17 = victory over=20 Japan, a record that still stands. Previously Gavin had set the record = for=20 points scored in an individual game in the inaugural 1987 Rugby World = Cup,=20 only to see that record then broken by Didier = Camberabero=20 of France who scored 30 points for France against Zimbabwe on the same = afternoon.

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