allowing him to stay on his feet, and therefore stay in the game. In Bucharest, in May 1984, Renwick broke Andy Irvine's previous record of fifty-one caps playing , even though he'd missed the first past of the season through injury. Equally unorthodox in appearance, the sight of the later Renwick, bald and moustached, slightly rotund, with his head-nodding as he ran, jinking and weaving and breaking into open space, was one of the more peculiar joys of international rugby. He was a good kicker, but he had a weak left foot, and preferred to run with the ball. He was dropped on the Lions tour, in favour of an English player. Allan Massie thought his handling and evasion skills were marvellous: "He had marvellous adhesive hands, and perhaps the quickest wit of any midfield player of recent years. Indeed he was often at his most dangerous when on the receiving end of a bad pass, for then his ability to dodge and accelerate abruptly from a standing start enabled him to split many defences. To see him run out of defence, jinking and swerving, the ball unusually high under his arm, was always exhilarating. He was very hard to put down, being powerful in the hips, and quick to slide under the high tackles with a shrug of his shoulders. Eels might envy his elusiveness." Renwick retired at the beginning of the 1984 season, just before Scotland claimed its first grand slam since 1925. Family He has 8 children, and is divorced to Shelagh (Duncan) and now in a long term relationship with Jane Gilligan. References Sources Barnes, David Centre of Excellence: The Jim Renwick Story (Birlinn, 2006, ) Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ) External links Jim Renwick in The Scotsman newspaper 1952 births Living people Rugby union players from Hawick Scottish rugby union players Rugby union centres British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland Scotland international rugby union players Hawick Harlequins RFC players Hawick RFC players People educated at Hawick High School Scotland Probables players South of Scotland District (rugby union) players Scotland 'B' international rugby union players