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Scotland rugby great Scott Hastings has died aged 61
Scott Hastings, who has died aged 61, will be remembered as one of the greats of Scottish Rugby, and the flag will fly at half-mast at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium in tribute to one of Scotland’s finest sons. The former Watsonian centre three-quarter had latterly been suffering from ill-health. The Scottish Rugby Union said: "Scott had previously fought off non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, but it returned, though typical of the man, he always sought to maintain a positive outlook."