EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Scott Hastings, the former Scotland rugby center who played alongside his older brother Gavin for the national team as well as the British & Irish Lions, has died. He was 61.
The Scottish Rugby Union announced his death on Sunday. In 2022, Hastings said he had been diagnosed with cancer and the SRU referenced a family statement that said he “deteriorated extremely quickly” due to complications with his treatment.
“He passed away peacefully and pain free,” the family statement read.
The most-capped center in the history of Scotland's men's team after making 65 appearances from 1986-97, Hastings was a member of its Grand Slam-winning team in the Five Nations in 1990 and scored 10 tries for his country.
He also toured twice with the Lions — in 1989, when he started two of their three test matches against Australia, and '93 in New Zealand. He regularly played alongside Gavin, who was three years his elder and also part of the back line of Scotland and the Lions at fullback.
Scott Hastings was later a TV pundit.
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