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october 2019

11/10/2019

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​For the second month running GROGS was fortunate to have a much capped internationalist and 1990 Grand Slam winner as guest speaker.  This time it was Sean Lineen who graced the October Lunch to entertain close on 100 members who had braved the wind and rain to welcome him.  Sean was introduced by chairman, Johnston Sime, as a man of many jobs within the SRU and, unfortunately, it was the demands of one of those which made it necessary for Sean to have to leave after speaking and before the lunch was served.  In spite of that, Sean sang well for the ‘supper’ he didn’t manage to have. He opened by talking about the new Super Six set-up in Scotland, a set-up he confessed was close to his heart.  He agrees that it isn’t yet perfect and there are a number of refinements to come but he does believe it’s heading in the right direction.  We should remember we’re a small country which might benefit from emulating the structure of rugby development that can be seen in New Zealand.  Yes, he said, the original number could have been different and he speculated that this might change in the future.  He then changed from the usual running order by moving straight to questions from the floor.  Sean was asked if he thought Scotland would always lag behind other main rugby nations in under 20’s development, even although we regularly produced some very talented players.   His agreed that a lot of work is necessary to introduce young players of potential to stricter coaching regimes and to experience higher levels of play. He sees the new Super Six top tier helping in this and can foresee a pathway to success with the new coaching structures.  There were several other questions put to Sean which he dealt with in an honest and forthright manner, interspersed with a few "tour" stories.  He left the audience in little doubt about his views and his confidence in the long term future of rugby in Scotland and predicted that a playing season of April to November for the Super Six teams could only be beneficial.  By way of thanks and appreciation, and to make up for missing his lunch, Sean was presented with a bottle of rare GROGS whisky.

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