Educated at Glenalmond, a public school in Perthshire, David Sole (born May 8, 1962) played at prop for the Scotland national rugby union team, 1986-92. He won 44 caps, with a record 25 as captain. He was also the first choice loosehead prop with the victorious British Lions in Australia in 1989.

In 1990 David Sole was captain for a Grand Slam decider at Murrayfield against the "auld enemy" (Scottish English for old enemy) and hot favourites, England. Sole famously walked his men onto the field with quiet but steely determination, to the delight of the partisan home crowd. Scotland won 13-7, denying England the Grand Slam and claiming their third Grand Slam after their previous triumphs in 1925 and 1984.

Nowadays David does TV commentary for Scotland games sometimes. He commentated on Scotland v Japan at McDiarmid Park on November 13, 2004 when Scotland won 100-8.

Articles by David Sole

• Scanty evidence for Williams' bold boast - Electronic Telegraph, March 21, 2005

External links

• David Sole in The Scotsman newspaper