Gavin Hastings
| Player information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Gavin Hastings | |
| birthday | January 3, 1962 | |
| place of birth | Edinburgh , Scotland | |
| Nickname | Big Gav | |
| society | ||
| society | Career ended | |
| position | Goalkeeper | |
| Clubs as active | ||
| Years | society | Games (points) |
| 1985 | Cambridge University RUFC | |
| Watsonians RFC | ||
| London Scottish | ||
| National team | ||
| Years | National team | Games (points) |
| 1986-1995 |
 Scotland
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61 (667) |
| 1989-1993 | British and Irish Lions | 6 (66) |
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Status: June 11, 1995 |
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Andrew Gavin Hastings OBE (born January 3, 1962 in Edinburgh ) is a former Scottish rugby union player . He played for the Scottish national team and the British and Irish Lions in the position of goalkeeper . He is considered one of the best players of his generation. With 667 points in 61 games for Scotland, he held the record until 2008 when Chris Paterson overtook him. Until the 2007 World Cup , he was also the player with the most points in World Cup tournaments, but Jonny Wilkinson overtook him in the quarter-final match between England and Australia .
Career
During his school days, Hastings managed to become the first captain of a Scottish school team to beat the English selection. In 1985 he led the team from the University of Cambridge to victory in the traditional duel against the team from Oxford .
Hastings took over the final position in the Scottish national team from Andy Irvine , who until then was considered the best player in Scotland in this position. On January 7, 1986 Gavin made his debut for the national team at the side of his brother Scott Hastings when they met France . His first international match started badly. He carried out the kick-off, which, however, went straight to the end. Usually after a mistake of this kind a scrum is ordered at the center line with a throw-in for the opponent, so that Hastings turned around and initially did not follow the further course. However, the French surprisingly decided to throw the ball in quickly from out of bounds and then scored a try due to the Scots' lack of concentration. Hastings recovered from his mistake, however, and scored six penalties, which were ultimately enough to win 18:17.
Hastings was part of the Scottish team that won the third Grand Slam in history at the 1990 Five Nations . In 1995 he made the game-winning attempt against the French national team for the Scots' first away win in France since 1969. Four years earlier, at the World Cup , he experienced the greatest disappointment of his career. In the final minutes of the semi-final against England , he missed a simple penalty that would have put the Scots ahead. Ultimately, Scotland lost 6-9.
Hastings broke the world record twice for most points in an international match, which was taken away from him on the same day. At the 1995 World Championships he scored 44 points against Ivory Coast , but a few hours later Simon Culhane scored one more point for New Zealand in the historic 145:17 victory over Japan . He had previously broken the record with 29 points at the first World Cup , before Didier Camberabrero scored another point for France on the same day.
In 1996 Hastings accepted an offer from the Scottish Claymores and switched to American football as a kicker. However, he remained relatively unsuccessful in this sport in terms of his individual performance. The Claymores, however, managed to win the World Bowl .
In 2003 Hastings was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame . From 2007 to 2010 he was President of Edinburgh Rugby , one of the two remaining professional clubs from Scotland.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hastings, Gavin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hastings, Andrew Gavin; Hastings, Gavin; Big Gav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish rugby player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh , Scotland |