Scotland host England on Saturday but whatever the result at Murrayfield it is unlikely to match the fervour of their famous win 30 years ago
Even now, 30 years on, memories of Scotland’s tumultuous 1990 grand-slam triumph over England have the power to move those involved to tears. Iwan Tukalo is recounting the team talk delivered by Scotland’s revered coaching double-act of Ian McGeechan and Jim Telfer at their hotel before heading to Murrayfield. It was, he believes, the “defining moment” when hope was infused with conviction they could topple Will Carling’s England and seize European rugby’s biggest prize themselves.
“Normally it was a little bit like being back at school, with the teachers – the coaches – at the front and then our chairs set out in rows,” the former wing says. “This time all the seats were in a circle and on the front of each chair was a jersey but you couldn’t see the numbers, just the thistle. They said: ‘Come in, just sit anywhere.’
Written by Bryn Palmer
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/05/scotland-england-1990-grand-slam-rmurrayfield-six-nations-rugby-union under the title “Scotland’s 1990 grand slam remembered: ‘Nobody was going to beat us that day’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
