Gordon Connell (rugby union) Gordon Connell (rugby union) Gordon Colin Connell (born 3 October 1944) is a former international rugby union player. He was capped five times for Scotland as a scrum-half between 1968 and 1970. He scored one drop goal for Scotland. Connell was called up as a late replacement for the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa. With both scrum halves (Gareth Edwards and Roger Young) injured he played in the last three games on tour including the 4th Test against . He played club rugby for Trinity Academicals and laterLondon Scottish. He was also the first player to come onto
Rugby union in Tunisia has now transferred into the Africa Cup. Tunisia's proudest day, perhaps, was when they beat Romania in Tunis in 1982. Rugby union in Tunisia Rugby union in Tunisia is a significant sport. They are currently ranked 35th in the world, with 15,057 registered players (3,941 female), and 72 clubs. The Fédération Tunisienne de Rugby was founded in 1972, and affiliated to the IRFB in 1988. Like rugby union in Morocco, and many of the other North African countries, Tunisian rugby is a legacy of French colonialism after the First World War. Like many other Maghrebi nations, Tunisian rugby tended to