Portugal Colonial - Scotland rugby great Scott Hastings dead at 61 - SRU

The centre won 65 caps for Scotland, playing 51 internationals with his full-back brother, Gavin. He was also selected for the British and Irish Lions tours of Australia in 1989 and New Zealand in 1993.

Following his retirement as a player in 1999, Scott Hastings enjoyed a successful career as a rugby broadcaster.

In 2022 Hastings revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer, receiving treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which could not be cured.

He was also known for his charity work in aid of mental health, motor neurone disease, several other causes.

His children announced that Hastings had died in in an Edinburgh hospital.

"Corey and Kerry-Anne Hastings are saddened to inform you that Scott, the Scotland and British & Irish Lions centre, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on the morning of Sunday 17 May," said a Scottish Rugby Union statement.

"This also marked his late wife Jenny's birthday which speaks louder than words that he is safe and with his beloved Jenny. Scott was undergoing cancer treatment and due to complications deteriorated extremely quickly."

The statement added: "Despite every effort by the incredible team at the Western General Hospital ICU (intensive care unit), he passed away peacefully and pain free.

"At this time the family ask everyone to give them space to process and manage their energies and ask for their privacy to be respected."

P.Mira--PC