United nations of Scotland

PETER JACKSON

ALL BAR one of Scotland’s ten tries against Tonga came courtesy of players born far from Flodden Field – Kyle Steyn (Johannesburg), Rufus McLean (Boston, Massachussets), Pierre Schoeman (Nelspruit), Nick Haining (Freemantle) and Oli Kebble (Durban).
The supporting cast include others drawn from equally far-flung spots, like Sione Tuipulotu (Auckland) and the Queenslander Sam Johnson. Whatever the SRU pays the genealogy department at Murrayfield, it’s not enough.

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