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ROY Laidlaw is as avid a supporter of rugby sevens as you could find, but the former Test scrum-half believes the SRU need a serious rethink of their approach to the abbreviated game if Scotland is not to become a laughing stock on the world stage.
Laidlaw was a key figure at the SRU as the game turned professional, piloting new age-grade development from under-21s down. He drew up a map for Scotland's return to the world sevens arena and led them to the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002.See the full content of this document
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Laidlaw Fears for Future If Sevens Are Downgraded
But he then quit the SRU, disillusioned with an increasing workload and ever-decreasing investment and returned to his former trade as an electrician, while furthering the interests of lifelong club Jed-Forest.
The SRU has now turned back to hi...See the full content of this document
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