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<blockquote data-quote="BigTen" data-source="post: 82496"><p>You should also mention that he captained the Lions on their '93 tour to New Zealand. In the second test at Athletic Park his side won 20-7 with Hastings kicking four penalties. This was the last time that Lions had beaten the All Blacks making Hastings the last Lions captain to win against the All Blacks.</p><p></p><p>In that game the All Blacks were so concerned about the long distance kicking ability by Hastings that they did not dare concede any penalties anywhere in their own half.</p><p></p><p>The All Blacks went on to win the series 2-1 but the Lions were led well by their Scottish captain.</p><p></p><p>Gavin Hastings made his final international rugby appearance against the All Blacks in Pretoria, South Africa in the 1995 World Cup Quarter Final. Scotland lost that game 48-30 and continued a trend that Scotland's last game of each of the previous world cups (1987, 1991) would end up with them playing the All Blacks. This would also be the case in 1999 but not 2003.</p><p></p><p>It seems ironic that Hastings last game would be against the All Blacks - it was a team that always had a lot of empathy with him and also a hell of a lot of respect.</p><p></p><p>Another interesting note about Gavin Hastings was that in 1996 he played for the Scottish Claymores in the WLAF (American Football) and won that year's World Bowl at Murrayfield.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigTen, post: 82496"] You should also mention that he captained the Lions on their '93 tour to New Zealand. In the second test at Athletic Park his side won 20-7 with Hastings kicking four penalties. This was the last time that Lions had beaten the All Blacks making Hastings the last Lions captain to win against the All Blacks. In that game the All Blacks were so concerned about the long distance kicking ability by Hastings that they did not dare concede any penalties anywhere in their own half. The All Blacks went on to win the series 2-1 but the Lions were led well by their Scottish captain. Gavin Hastings made his final international rugby appearance against the All Blacks in Pretoria, South Africa in the 1995 World Cup Quarter Final. Scotland lost that game 48-30 and continued a trend that Scotland's last game of each of the previous world cups (1987, 1991) would end up with them playing the All Blacks. This would also be the case in 1999 but not 2003. It seems ironic that Hastings last game would be against the All Blacks - it was a team that always had a lot of empathy with him and also a hell of a lot of respect. Another interesting note about Gavin Hastings was that in 1996 he played for the Scottish Claymores in the WLAF (American Football) and won that year's World Bowl at Murrayfield. [/QUOTE]
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