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Colin Deans
Colin Thomas Deans MBE (born 3 May 1955) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. A hooker, he played for Hawick and won 52 caps for Scotland, a record at the time. In 1986 he captained the British Lions against 'The Rest'.
He was born in Hawick in the Scottish borders. He played for Hawick Trades and then Hawick. His nickname was Beano. Deans attended the primary school in Hawick where Bill McLaren taught.
Deans recalled:
In Hawick we were born into rugby. It’s like New Zealand in its devotion to the game. And honestly, popping off to bed aged nine knowing that the next morning it would be my time to be coached by Mr McLaren was even more exciting than Christmas Eve. He asked each of us our names. 'Colin Deans, sir.' 'Peter Deans' laddie?’ 'Yes sir.' 'You’ll be a hooker then.'
Richard Bath wrote of him that he was:
The prototype for the faster hooker, acting as an extra flanker that has since emerged, Deans has few equals. Superb in the loose and a wonderfully quick striker of the ball in the scrum, the rugged Deans was also a pinpoint line-out thrower.
He was capped by South of Scotland District.
He was capped 3 times for Scotland 'B' between 1976 and 1978.
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Colin Deans
Colin Thomas Deans MBE (born 3 May 1955) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. A hooker, he played for Hawick and won 52 caps for Scotland, a record at the time. In 1986 he captained the British Lions against 'The Rest'.
He was born in Hawick in the Scottish borders. He played for Hawick Trades and then Hawick. His nickname was Beano. Deans attended the primary school in Hawick where Bill McLaren taught.
Deans recalled:
In Hawick we were born into rugby. It’s like New Zealand in its devotion to the game. And honestly, popping off to bed aged nine knowing that the next morning it would be my time to be coached by Mr McLaren was even more exciting than Christmas Eve. He asked each of us our names. 'Colin Deans, sir.' 'Peter Deans' laddie?’ 'Yes sir.' 'You’ll be a hooker then.'
Richard Bath wrote of him that he was:
The prototype for the faster hooker, acting as an extra flanker that has since emerged, Deans has few equals. Superb in the loose and a wonderfully quick striker of the ball in the scrum, the rugged Deans was also a pinpoint line-out thrower.
He was capped by South of Scotland District.
He was capped 3 times for Scotland 'B' between 1976 and 1978.