– Former Scotland captain and British and Irish Lions prop Tom Smith has died on the age of fifty, Scottish Rugby stated on Wednesday.
Smith, who was capped 61 instances by his nation between 1997 and 2005 and performed in six assessments in a row with the British and Irish Lions, was recognized with stage 4 colorectal most cancers in 2019.
A part of the Scotland facet that received the ultimate 5 Nations Championship in 1999, he was inducted into the Scottish Rugby Corridor of Fame final November.
“Tom was one of many hardest and most skilful gamers I had the pleasure to name a teammate,” stated Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend.
“He succeeded in essentially the most difficult of environments and saved up a excessive degree of play effectively into his thirties.
“I'm satisfied that he might be considered certainly one of our greatest ever gamers and his loss might be felt by all those that performed with him or watched him for membership and nation over time.”
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