Roy Laidlaw
| Date of birth | 5 October 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 11 ½ st | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||
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| Jed-Forest RFC | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1980-1988 |
Scotland British Lions |
47 4 |
(28) (0) |
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Roy James Laidlaw (born 5 October 1953) is a Scottish rugby union player. Laidlaw was capped 47 times, as a scrum half, for Scotland between 1980–1988, and British Lions in New Zealand in 1983.
Although he was first capped against Ireland in 1980, he didn't become a regular until 1981. Amongst the highlights of his career, were his two tries in the Triple Crown decider in Dublin, and when he scored a long range solo try against England.
Much of his domestic rugby was played with Jed-Forest RFC, who were in the Scottish Second Division at the time.
Laidlaw came to prominence in the late 1970s due a string of good performances for Scotland B, then managed by Jim Telfer.
He was an international reserve for three seasons, before getting capped again in 1980.
At the time, Dougie Morgan was holding down the scrum half position in the Scotland team, having displaced Alan Lawson. As Lawson refused to act as replacement, Laidlaw gained a place on the bench. When Morgan retired in 1979, the selectors brought back Lawson, with Laidlaw staying on the bench. Laidlaw continued his good form for Scotland B, and finally gained a place in the Scotland team in the 1980 season, having sat on the bench for 10 games without coming on as a replacement.
Writing during Laidlaw's international career in the mid-1980s, Allan Massie said that:
In 1983, he became captain of Scotland, and his style was described as being like "Gareth Edwards rather than Jacques Fouroux." Massie added:
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