It is a decade since he set up the Scotland try that left England’s grand slam-seekers stunned. As the countdown to Saturday’s game between the sides 10 years on continues, the former Glasgow stalwart spoke of his mixed emotions at the time.
Gordon McIlwham, one of Scotland’s more unlikely Calcutta Cup heroes, revealed last night that he could not celebrate fully the greatest moment in his career, because he feared his wife was about to give birth in the Murrayfield stand.
It is a decade since he set up the Scotland try that left England’s grand slam-seekers stunned. As the countdown to Saturday’s game between the sides 10 years on continues, the former Glasgow stalwart spoke of his mixed emotions at the time.