The Chairman, Brian Rigby, asked at this, the last Lunch of the current season, if we had saved the best for last, almost pressurising Guest Speaker, Chris Paterson, off his meal. The former Scottish captain and record holder for both number of caps awarded and points scored for his country, may have to share that title with other excellent speakers but he certainly entertained, involved and captivated the audience to the equal of any before him. An April Lunch record of 115 turned up to pay homage to a great, and very popular, player but first had to endure the GROGS’ A.G.M.! Alasdair Graham reported on a successful year in terms of quality, numbers attending and profits being disbursed to 5 rugby charities, including £500 each to Hearts and Balls and The Murrayfield Foundation which Jim Taylor and Chris Paterson, respectively, accepted on their behalf. Although he covered his whole rugby career, Chris structured his talk round his cap “milestones” - the 1st., the 50th. and the 100th. For reasons of time alone, he felt obliged to leave us in the dark about the other 106! He admitted to having had some pretty poor games, especially on the occasion of his 50th. cap, and that his rugby career had occasionally hung in the balance. He was also shrewd enough to distance himself from his Edinburgh connection by reminding the audience he had first played professional rugby for Glasgow and was, therefore, “a Glasgow man”. Illustrating his extensive knowledge of all things rugby he fielded the questions expertly. He encouraged every club, and every youngster wanting to play rugby, to work constantly on the basics. His opinion that the quick, open, expansive game is the natural one for Scottish rugby was received with loud approval, as was his answer to name his least favourite TV pundit. For the second month in a row, Jonathan Davies won that particular plaudit! Chris left with a bottle of GROGS whisky, a GROGS tie and a barrowload of appreciation!