T G WEATHERSTONE

1952 - England
1953 - Ireland and England
1954 - France, Wales, Ireland, England and New Zealand
1955 - France
1958 - Wales, Ireland and England
1959 - Wales, Ireland and England

Grant Weatherstone was an outstanding athlete at school, being Sports Champion in both 1948 and 1949. He captained the school 1st XV in 1948-49. He made his debut in the FP's the following year and played regularly except when injured until 1959-60. He captained the side in 1954-55 and 1956-58

In 1951, he played in the Inter-city and after being reserve in the final trial gained his first cap against England. The following year he played against Ireland and scored his first international try against England. He played the next six internationals including the All Blacks but was injured before the French match in 1955 and was out for the rest of that season.

For the next three years he seemed to be out of favour with the selectors despite the fact that his regular club centre Keith Macdonald was picked at centre for Scotland on seven occasions. Finally, Weatherstone was recalled to the Scottish team in 1958 and gained seven more caps. He represented Edinburgh, toured twice with the Barbarians and played for Major Stanley's and Steele Bodgers's XV.

He was definitely one of Scotland's finest wingers. He was unlucky that he did not play in strong Scottish teams as he would have scored many more tries had he seen more of the ball. In addition, it hindered his chances of being selected for the British Lions. However, a recurrent shoulder injury forced him to retire from rugby in the middle of the 1960-61 season.

Grant Weatherstone was undoubtedly a gifted sevens player and was an important member of the winning sevens teams of the Fifties.

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