Iain Milne (born 17 June 1956 in

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) is a former

international

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player and British & Irish Lion.Bath, p149

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Educated at

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in Edinburgh, he played

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and Milne later played for

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and also the English side,

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His nickname is "The Bear" in view of his physical size and strength.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District; and was part of the

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winning side.

International career

He was part of the

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winning side in 1984. He made his Scotland debut 3 March 1979 against

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. His 42nd, and last, cap was won alongside his brother,

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who was representing his country for the first time as hooker. Iain's final appearance came during the 1990 tour of New Zealand although he did not participate in the Scotland's 1990 Grand Slam. In all he won 44 caps. Milne was known for his workrate, durability, hard tackling and courage. Richard Bath writes of him that, he was :"''one of the great anomalies of Scottish forward play, a lumbering bull of a man whose greatest strength lay in his sheer strength. Although a capable footballer, it was Milne's destiny to build up a reputation as a formidable scrummager; the type of man even the Paprembordes of the world thought twice about taking issue with. But then, as Milne himself says, it was his ability to provide a solid tight platform that would allow Scotland to play No. 8s such as Derek White and

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in the second row so that they could play a more fluid style and get away with it.''"

Administrative career

In 2012, Milne took up the position of Vice President at

Heriot's Rugby Club Heriot's Rugby Club, also known as Heriot's FP, is one of Scotland's senior rugby football clubs in the Scottish Rugby Union, whose Men's 1st XV play in the FOSROC . The women play in The club's home is in the Goldenacre area in Edinburgh.Bath ...

Family

His brothers

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and

were also capped by

. Known as "the Three Bears, the Milne brothers made one appearance together as the Barbarians front row.

References

;Sources * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 )

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