Gordon Colin Connell (born 3 October 1944) is a former international

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player. He was capped five times for Scotland as a scrum-half between 1968 and 1970.Griffiths, page 1:39-1:40 He scored one

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for Scotland. Connell was called up as a late replacement for the

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. With both scrum halves (

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and Roger Young) injured he played in the last three games on tour including the 4th Test against . He played club rugby for Trinity Academicals and later London Scottish. He was also the first player to come onto an international field (Murrayfield) as a substitute for an injured player (Ian McCrae of Gordonians and Scotland).

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