We take a look at five players who played for both England and Scotland ahead of this weekend’s 2021 Six Nations opener at Twickenham.
1. Cameron Redpath
The Bath playmaker, 21, played for England at U20 level but chose to join Scotland for the 2021 Six Nations, where
he will make his debut at Twickenham this weekend. He was previously selected in England's 34-man squad for their 2018 summer tour of South Africa but was unable to travel with the squad because of injury
DID YOU KNOW? Bryan Redpath’s nickname as a player was “Basil” and whilst at Sale his son was given the nickname “boom boom” as a result due to the association with the children’s television character Basil Brush
2. Gary Graham
The former Scotland U20 cap (and son for former Scotland prop and forward coach, George) was called up by Eddie Jones for England ahead of the 2018 Six Nations, but didn't feature. Later that year, he was named in the Scotland squad for the 2018 Autumn Tests, where he made his international debut.
DID YOU KNOW? Graham joined Newcastle Falcons in the summer of 2017 from Championship club Jersey Reds
3. James Holt Marsh
The winger is most notable as the only player to have represented two international teams in the Home Nations Championship (now the Six Nations), Scotland and England. He won two caps for Scotland in 1889 before representing the enemy three years later in 1892.
DID YOU KNOW? He was a General Practitioner by profession, holding a practice in Manchester for nearly forty years.
4. Lee Dickson
Born in Germany to an English mother and Scottish father, Dickson represented
Scotland at the 2004
Under-19 World Cup before switching his international allegiance to England and being part of their Under-21 World Cup campaign a year later. He then went onto play first for the England Saxons before winning 18 senior England caps between 2012 and 2014
DID YOU KNOW? Dickon's older brother
Karl Dickson is also a former professional rugby union player for
Harlequins and
England 5. Jim Hamilton
Hamilton played for England at under-19 and under-21 level but decided to opt for senior honours with Scotland. He was the 1000th man to be capped by Scotland when he made an appearance off the bench against Romania on 11 November 2006. He went onto win 63 caps in total.
DID YOU KNOW? He's briefly mentioned on
Pottermore, in an excerpt written by J.K. Rowling for the website, suggesting that he is in fact a
squib (powerless wizard) masquerading as a
muggle (non magical person)
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