Irish Lions tour to Australia. It was the first successful Lions' tour since 1997, with the Lions winning the series 2-1. Property career After graduation Irvine followed a career in chartered surveying. In 2004, after 26 years at the property consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle, eight of them as managing director, he was appointed as chairman. Other activities Irvine has appeared as a guest on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound radio programme to comment on international rugby games. He has also coached rugby at Heriot's Rugby Club. Awards and honours Irvine was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1979 Birthday Honours for services to Rugby Football in Scotland. In 2002 Irvine was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. He is an inductee of the International Rugby Hall of Fame. References Sources Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ) External links Andy Irvine Scotsman.com, 2 May 2002 Andy Irvine – part 1 (1972–79 Sporting-Heroes.net Andy Irvine – part 2 (1982–89 Sporting-Heroes.net Vintage Scottish rugby BBC Sport (video) profile on ESPN Scrum profile on Scottish Sports Hall of Fame profile on World Rugby Hall of Fame 1951 births Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Barbarian F.C. players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland Edinburgh District (rugby union) players Heriot's RC players Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at George Heriot's School Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union players from Edinburgh Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union commentators Scottish rugby union players Scottish sports executives and administrators World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees Scotland 'B' international rugby union players