{"id":8231,"date":"2023-04-19T02:11:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T02:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/scottish-rugby-urged-to-recognise-non-capped-internationals\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T02:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T02:11:05","slug":"scottish-rugby-urged-to-recognise-non-capped-internationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/scottish-rugby-urged-to-recognise-non-capped-internationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Rugby urged to recognise non-capped internationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$video-1\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$video-1.1\">Jim Carswell: &#8216;The asterisk beside his name has always been bitter sweet&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\">Scottish Rugby has been urged to recognise players as full internationals who represented the national team in non-capped matches.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0.0\">Jim Carswell is one such example, playing against Japan in 1976 &#8211; a match not given Test status.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">Scottish Rugby is now examining whether such players should be awarded full caps retrospectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s something that we&#8217;ve wanted for a long time,&#8221; Carswell&#8217;s son, Andrew, told the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0fhd6rc\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.$link-2.0\">BBC Scotland Rugby Podcast<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.3\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">&#8220;One of the things we&#8217;ve been dealing with as a family over the past 18 months to two years is dementia diagnosis. For us, it just means there&#8217;s a bit more importance in the timing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">&#8220;If this moves forward quickly, it will mean more to him personally. It will always mean a lot to us as a family, but the sooner the better in my mind.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">Matches against teams other than rivals from the Five Nations and the traditional southern hemisphere heavyweights were normally not afforded Test status. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">This policy continued up until the late 1990s and as many as 28 players are believed to have represented Scotland without ever earning a full Test cap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">&#8220;I grew up mainly in Nottingham as the Scottish kid and I was always very proud that my dad played for Scotland,&#8221; Carswell said. &#8220;The immediate follow-up question is: &#8216;That&#8217;s great, how many caps did he get?&#8217;. And there&#8217;s a long list of caveats as to why actually the answer is zero. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">&#8220;He played the one game in 1976 against Japan. That asterisk after his name has always been a bit bittersweet.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">Carswell was called up to play second row for the match at Murrayfield as a late replacement for the great Gordon Brown. Other players in the Scotland team that day included Andy Irvine, Keith Robertson, Ian McGeechan, Alan Lawson, Jim Aitken, Alan Tomes and David Leslie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">Carswell&#8217;s son has been encouraged by recent discussions with Scottish Rugby and hopes his father will soon get the recognition for which he and his family has been waiting the longest time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15.0\">&#8220;Forty-seven years and counting in September,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Over the years, we&#8217;ve been able to piece together some mementos from that day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s important to remember in 1976, when my dad played the game, it may have been broadcast live, but there was no option to watch the game back as you would do now. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17.0\">&#8220;My sister Jenny was able to find some BBC archive footage, a 30-minute highlight reel, which was a 60th birthday present from my sister. Bill McLaren commentated on the game and it was fantastic. The cap would really seal the memory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18\"><span data-reactid=\".2dsq21i8xl4.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s very positive that there&#8217;s potentially some movement with the SRU looking into it as well. It&#8217;s a topic that comes up every few years.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/65316874?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Carswell: &#8216;The asterisk beside his name has always been bitter sweet&#8217; Scottish Rugby has been urged to recognise players as full internationals who represented the national team in non-capped matches. Jim Carswell is one such example, playing against Japan in 1976 &#8211; a match not given Test status. 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