Who captained the 1990 five nations grand slam side?
Actually Scotland won it in 1990. I was there, as Max Boyce would say, and David Sole was the Scottish Captain. The 1990 Five Nations Championship reached its climax at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, as Scotland played England, with everything—the Grand Slam, the Triple Crown, and the Calcutta Cup—up for grabs. England had lorded their way through the championship under the captaincy of Will Carling, easily defeating Ireland (23-0), France (7-26), and Wales (34-6) with flowing and exciting rugby. The Scots, by comparison, had played a scrappy game, beating Ireland (10-13), France (21-0), and Wales (9-13). Everybody outside Scotland thought that England would win easily, but Ian McGeechan, the Scotland coach who was to lead the British Lions to their tour victory in South Africa in 1997, and his captain David Sole, had other plans. This report of the match appeared in The Times on March 19, 1990.
