Slam decider, the proudest day in Scottish rugby history. English winger Rory Underwood had scythed through the Scottish defence when Hastings managed to drag him down short of the line when a try seemed inevitable." In June 1996, Hastings made his 62nd Scotland full international appearance and became the country's most capped rugby player at the time, having previously jointly held the record with his brother Gavin. Hastings was twice a member of the British Lions in 1989 (Australia) and 1993 (New Zealand). When touring with the British Lions in New Zealand in 1993 he sustained a cheekbone injury before the test matches and did not play against the All Blacks. He played in 13 matches for the Barbarians, between 1986 and 2000, captaining the side against New Zealand in December 1993. Media career Hastings has appeared as a guest presenter on STV's daily lifestyle show The Hour on a few occasions – his first show being in November 2009, alongside main anchor Michelle McManus. The Scottish magazine programme airs weekdays at 5pm. He was a co-commentator for ITV's coverage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. On 10 July 2014, he made his début on the BBC's political discussion show Question Time. During the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Hastings supported the Better Together No campaign against independence. Scott was part of the ITV team covering the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Charity work In 2016 he and his wife Jenny were announced as ambassadors for mental health charity Support in Mind Scotland. He has been a patron of MND Scotland. He is a supporter of the Euan MacDonald Centre, a research centre that is part of the University of Edinburgh and which looks at motor neurone disease. Family and personal life Scott is the younger brother of Scottish great Gavin Hastings. He was also a Lions and Scotland international rugby union player. Scott's daughter, Kerry-Anne was selected to play Hockey for Scotland in 2019. In May 2022, he spoke about his diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and that he had received chemotherapy as treatment for this. Later that year he described that he had received his cancer diagnosis five years previously, and was now in remission. References Sources Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) External links Scott Hastings on Sporting Heroes Scott Hastings - tribute in the Scotsman newspaper 1964 births Living people Scottish rugby