He has played for Watsonians, London Scottish, Cambridge University, Scotland and the British and Irish Lions and was one of the outstanding rugby union players of his generation, winning 61 caps for Scotland, 20 of which as captain.
His nickname is "Big Gav." Hastings was born in Edinburgh. He is frequently considered one of the best, if not the best, rugby player to come out of Scotland. Excerpt: Andrew Gavin Hastings, OBE (born 3 January 1962) is a former Scotland rugby union player. Moses, Bo Rogers, Clifford Ivory, Lance Zeno, Cedric Scott, Chris Watton, Dave Costa, Duane Hawthorne, Eric Moss, Emory Smith, Donald Sellers, Rob Hart. Chapters: Scottish Claymores players, Gavin Hastings, Khari Jones, Dante Hall, Khalil Carter, Lawrence Tynes, Graham Gano, Clint Stoerner, Kevin Daft, Paul McCallum, Marcus Ray, Craig Nall, Israel Byrd, Marco Rivera, Mark Grieb, Mark Jensen, John Minardi, Dameyune Craig, Yo Murphy, Barry Sims, Scott Dreisbach, Joe Andruzzi, Marcus Crandell, Derrell Mitchell, Phil Glover, Matt Blundin, Aaron Stecker, Reggie Hunt, Shane Stafford, Edell Shepherd, Nick Murphy, Mark Nohra, Siran Stacy, George Coghill, Radell Lockhart, Jim Ballard, Maurice Hicks, Barry Stokes, Ian Sunter, Tom Arth, Willie Gary, DeAndrew Rubin, Ronald Bellamy, Dave Barr, Scott Couper, Demetrice Martin, Mark Hartsell, Scott McCready, Ian Smart, Brandon Moore, Aden Durde, Leonard Stephens, Sean LaChapelle, J.
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