I'll happily defer to anyone who knows otherwise, but I think I'm on pretty safe ground when I say Ian McLauchlan yesterday became the first Scottish Rugby Union president to stand before the governing body's annual general meeting and announce he was off on maternity leave.
This historic proclamation came during the early part of the Murrayfield gathering, ensuring the majority of delegates from clubs across Scotland were still awake to hear it. Reflecting on his time in office, McLauchlan, in his characteristic drawl of lugubrious menace, thanked everyone who had supported him in the role he has occupied for the last two years, and made it clear that he would retain a connection with the game.
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