TV commentators

The most famous of TV commentators until recently was Bill McLaren

Bill McLaren

William Pollock "Bill" McLaren CBE was a Scottish rugby union commentator, teacher, journalist and one time rugby player. Until his retirement in 2002, he was known as 'the voice of rugby'...

, a Scotsman from Hawick

Hawick

Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is...

 and one of world rugby's best-loved personalities. He retired in 2002 and died in 2010.

Ian Robertson

Ian Robertson (rugby commentator)

Ian Robertson is a Scottish-born broadcaster, writer and former international rugby player. He is best known as a rugby union commentator for BBC Radio.-Early life:...

 is also a Scottish TV commentator and former Cambridge Blue, with eight Scottish caps to his name. He is famous for commentating in the Rugby Union World Cup Final between England and Australia at Sydney in 2003. David Sole

David Sole

David Sole is a former Scottish rugby union footballer. He was educated at Blairmore prep school and Glenalmond College, a private school in Perthshire....

 also does TV commentary.

Radio commentators

Bill Johnstone, nephew of Bill McLaren, leads the BBC Radio Scotland rugby commentary team on the Sportsound programme. John Beattie also does commentary and interviews such people as Sean Lineen

Sean Lineen

Sean Lineen is a Scottish rugby player, originally from New Zealand. He has been awarded the freedom of the city of Edinburgh.-Early life:Lineen was born on December 25, 1961, in Auckland. He is the son of rugby player Terry Lineen....

 and Andy Irvine

Andy Irvine (rugby player)

Andrew Robertson "Andy" Irvine MBE is a former President of the Scottish Rugby Union , and a former Scottish international rugby player. He earned fifty one Scottish caps, and scored over 250 points for .-Background:...

. Other commentators include John Jeffrey

John Jeffrey

John Jeffrey is a Scottish former internationalistrugby union player. His nicknames are "The Great White Shark" and "JJ", the former because of his blond "thatch of hair"....

 and Gary Parker.

Journalists

Allan Massie

Allan Massie

Allan Massie is a well-known Scottish journalist, sports writer and novelist.-Early life:Born in 1938 in Singapore, where his father was a rubber planter for Sime Darby, Massie spent his childhood in Aberdeenshire...

 and Stuart Bathgate write in The Scotsman

The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....

, and David Ferguson

David Ferguson

David Ferguson is the name of:*David Ferguson, Dual Diagnosis Counsellor*David Ferguson *Dave Ferguson , British boxer*David Ferguson...

 is the chief rugby writer of that paper. Kevin Ferrie is the chief rugby writer for the Glasgow-based Herald

The Herald (Glasgow)

The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, and available throughout Scotland. As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 47,226, giving it a lead over Scotland's other 'quality' national daily, The Scotsman, published in Edinburgh.The 1889 to 1906 editions...

 and Alasdair Reid also writes for the Herald.

Norman Mair

Norman Mair

Norman G.R. Mair is a sports journalist and a former Scottish international rugby union and cricket player. He later became a journalist for The Scotsman on rugby and golf., and also wrote for Rugby World His daughter is Suzi Mair, who presents STV News at Six.Mair has always been outspoken in his...

 has also written for The Scotsman and for Rugby World

Rugby World

Rugby World is the world's top-selling rugby union magazine. It is published monthly by IPC Media and edited by Paul Morgan. Long considered a leader in the industry, the magazine has benefited from a worldwide rise in interest in rugby following the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup.-See also:* Bill...

External links

• Channel XV - Scottish Rugby's Digital Media centre
• Scottish Rugby Radio - podcasts available
• Bill McLaren - his life
• Ian Robertson - his web page
• Shameful assault on reputations of men with the game in their veins - Allan Massie (The Scotsman, January 15, 2005)
• Allan Massie on the Scottish rugby team from about 1940 to 1990
• The age of Telfer by Allan Massie
• Alasdair Reid's page on the Sunday Herald