Seen it the other day, a bad year for the Nerds alumni. Was great in Bloodsport
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I only watched Revenge of the Nerds for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Parts have not aged well but still funny enough.
I remember him first from Bloodsport
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Watsonians, Scotland and British Lions great,
Scott Hastings RIP.
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Wow. He canât have been old?
- The Big C.
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Scott Hastings was a staple of RTĂâs Six Nations coverage in the early professional era, or maybe tail end of the amateur one. We would usually get someone from the visiting nation/region to join the panel or possibly even co-commentate with the (late?) great Jim Sherwin. RIP Scott.
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Correct. Tony Clement from Wales often his sidekick.
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rough few years for the poor man and his family⌠I just read that his wife died by suicide in 2024
The Hastings brothers were/are utterly iconic figures in Scottish rugby and rugby in general. Theyâll always be synonomous with routing the English for that glorious Grand Slam on Paddyâs Day 1990. Hastings is a wonderful surname in a general sense, with such a lovely cadence to it, epitomised by the mad cunt (in a good way) from Mayo I roomed with for a week during Euro 2016 and the legendary nurse Mary (also from Mayo) at the Bons in Galway who looked after me oulâ fella. There was also the tremendously sympathetic character Irene in the Argentinian film âThe Secret In Our Eyesâ and indeed the town of Hastings in Kent where me Mam brought back the most scrumptious marzipan sweets from when she went over to England for an extended family wedding in August 1987. And epitomised most of all by the legendary Scottish rugby brothers.
RIP Scott.
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Scott Hastings try saving tackle on Rory Underwood in the dying minutes of the Scotland v England, 1990 Grand Slam decider at Murrayfield was one of the greatest and most important ever tackles in the history of test rugby.
Itâs just after 3 minutes in.
Former Sunday Game analyst, Liz Howard RIP
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I was reading about her there on RTE News.
Her father, Garrett, won five All-Ireland senior hurling medals, three with his native Limerick and two with Dublin. He then seemed to move to Carrick-on-Suir, where the children were born. And then Clare.
There were no details of her age or cause of death given.
She must have been 70+
He was a guard, moved around. Wasnât he living up around Burgess in North Tipp? Iâd say she was 80.
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I was having a read on Garrett Howard there. He was born in 1899. He was 95 when he died in 1995. Think he was possibly the oldest living All Ireland winner at that time.
He lived in Feakle as well. Get Loughnane used to hunt beagles with him.
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Born in the Well hurled with Croom. Was the last surviving member of the Dublin and Limerick sides of the 20s and 30s. Was the only Limerick man to to win five senior AIs in total until the current side in the last decade. He definitely lived a full life.
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not a celeb mate
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Cry more clown
There is an appropriate thread for this mate
@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy displaying disappointing levels of misogynism here. The first female sports pundit on RTE, the first female PRO of a GAA County Board and one of the greatest ever Camogie players doesnât qualify in his eyes as a celebrity.
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It easily merited inclusion in the significant persons thread, but no, not a celebrity.
Much as it pains me, @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy is correct here.
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