21.   Scottish rugby officials Tuesday shrugged off a training session incident that saw Damian Cronin kick his teammate Graham Ellis while he lay on the ground.

22.   Scottish rugby, pronounced dead and buried by some of its most respected former internationals, burst back to glowing life in the run-up to the World Cup.

23.   Scottish rugby agreed at a special general meeting last February that districts and not clubs should represent Scotland in Europe during the new season.