AS the Calcutta Cup contest draws near, and Scotland and England prepare for the latest episode of rugby's oldest international fixture, what do Sir Moir Lockhead, Mark Dodson, Stewart Regan and Neil Doncaster have in common?
The men are, respectively, chairman and chief executive of the Scottish Rugby Union; chief executive of the Scottish Football Association and chief executive of the Scottish Premier League. And all are English.
Does it matter that the quartet were born in the country which, even in this politically correct age, is still regarded in a sporting context as the Auld Enemy? Or is the issue of nationality now simply irrelevant, even in the one arena where it shouldn't be: international sport?
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