Nairn Alexander MacEwan (12 December 1941 – 31 May 2018) was a Scottish international rugby player and coach.[1][2] He played at flanker,[1] and was capped twenty times for Scotland between 1971 and 1975, including a try in the match against England in 1972.[2]
Unusually for a top level Scottish rugby player, MacEwan was a Highlander, and Highland based. As Allan Massie says:
There have been fine players too who missed Lions selection: ... Nairn MacEwan, a great mauler whose enthusiasm for the game was so great that he travelled thousands of miles between his home in Inverness and his club Gala.[3]
MacEwan helped Highland RFC to their "years of glory in the Seventies, when guided and inspired by [him], they shot up through the divisions, but they have since fallen away, and are now a run of the mill Second Division outfit."[4]
I've seen this Scottish pack rucking. If it's blood on their boots they want, that's what they'll get.[5]
Nairn MacEwan was taken off the field in this game after only two minutes.[5]
Coachingedit
MacEwan became the second national coach for Scotland in 1977 (a position which was unpaid at the time), succeeding Bill Dickinson, but was unsuccessful over the next three seasons—Scotland only won one game in this period.[1] MacEwan was succeeded by Jim Telfer.[6]
MacEwan also coached the Italian side Rugby Rovigo.
nairn, macewan, nairn, alexander, macewan, december, 1941, 2018, scottish, international, rugby, player, coach, played, flanker, capped, twenty, times, scotland, between, 1971, 1975, including, match, against, england, 1972, birth, namenairn, alexander, macewa. Nairn Alexander MacEwan 12 December 1941 31 May 2018 was a Scottish international rugby player and coach 1 2 He played at flanker 1 and was capped twenty times for Scotland between 1971 and 1975 including a try in the match against England in 1972 2 Nairn MacEwanBirth nameNairn Alexander MacEwanDate of birth 1941 12 12 12 December 1941Place of birthDar es Salaam TanzaniaDate of death31 May 2018 2018 05 31 aged 76 Rugby union careerPosition s FlankerAmateur team s YearsTeamApps Points Highland RFC International careerYearsTeamApps Points 1971 75Scotland20Coaching careerYearsTeam1977 80ScotlandRugby RovigoPlaying career editMacEwan was born in Dar es Salaam modern Tanzania Unusually for a top level Scottish rugby player MacEwan was a Highlander and Highland based As Allan Massie says There have been fine players too who missed Lions selection Nairn MacEwan a great mauler whose enthusiasm for the game was so great that he travelled thousands of miles between his home in Inverness and his club Gala 3 MacEwan helped Highland RFC to their years of glory in the Seventies when guided and inspired by him they shot up through the divisions but they have since fallen away and are now a run of the mill Second Division outfit 4 Bill McLaren notes that Bill Dickinson included MacEwan in one of the most formidable packs of all time alongside the Scottish rugby greats like Ian McLauchlan Sandy Carmichael Alistair McHarg Gordon Brown Peter Brown and Rodger Arneil 5 However once when Scotland played England at Twickenham when England coach John Burgess made the notorious comment I ve seen this Scottish pack rucking If it s blood on their boots they want that s what they ll get 5 Nairn MacEwan was taken off the field in this game after only two minutes 5 Coaching editMacEwan became the second national coach for Scotland in 1977 a position which was unpaid at the time succeeding Bill Dickinson but was unsuccessful over the next three seasons Scotland only won one game in this period 1 MacEwan was succeeded by Jim Telfer 6 MacEwan also coached the Italian side Rugby Rovigo MacEwan died on 31 May 2018 7 References editBath Richard ed 2007 The Scotland Rugby Miscellany Vision Sports Publishing ISBN 1 905326 24 6 McLaren Bill 1991 Talking of Rugby London Stanley Paul ISBN 0 09 173875 X Massie Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby Edinburgh Polygon ISBN 0 904919 84 6 a b c Bath p133 a b Player profile on scrum com retrieved 9 March 2010 Massie p 183 Massie p131 a b c McLaren p 181 Bath p 133 Smith Duncan 31 May 2018 Ex Scotland coach and Calcutta Cup hero Nairn MacEwan dies The Scotsman Retrieved 2 June 2018 Preceded byBill Dickinson Scotland national rugby union team coach1977 1980 Succeeded byJim Telfer nbsp nbsp nbsp This Scottish rugby union biography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nairn MacEwan amp oldid 1178181625, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
