David Sole
Disambiguation: for the singer and actor, please see David Soul. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ David Sole is a former Scotish rugby player and sports commentator. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Educated at Glenalmond, a private school in Perthshire, David Sole (born May 8, 1962) played at prop for the Scotland national rugby union team, 1986-92. He won 44 caps, with a record 25 as captain. He was also the first choice loosehead prop with the victorious British Lions in Australia in 1989. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In 1990 David Sole was captain for a Grand Slam decider at Murrayfield against the "auld enemy" (Lowland Scots: for old enemy) and hot favourites, England. Sole famously walked his men onto the field with quiet but steely determination, to the delight of the partisan home crowd. Scotland won 13-7, denying England the Grand Slam and claiming their third Grand Slam after their previous triumphs in 1925 and 1984. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Nowadays David does TV commentary for Scotland games sometimes. He commentated on Scotland v Japan at McDiarmid Park on November 13, 2004 when Scotland won 100-8. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Glenalmond: Glenalmond is a glen in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated some 12 miles to the west of the city of Perth and forms the upper portion of the strath of the River Almond.... Perthshire: Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic) is a traditional county in central Scotland, which extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south. Perthshire is known as the "big county" and has a wide variety of... May 8: May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). There are 237 days remaining.... David Sole related Images and Photos (experimental)
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