Former Scotland captain Tom Smith has been diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer, the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) confirmed https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/former-scotland-captain-faces-his-biggest-challenge on Thursday. The 48-year-old prop, who was capped 61 times by his country between 1997 and 2005 and played six times for the British and Irish Lions, has had chemotherapy and is undergoing radiotherapy to treat the lesions in his brain. “I played rugby for 15 years professionally. “I try to get on with things and that’s probably my downfall … I was an idiot to ignore the symptoms. The SRU said Scotland’s 1999 Five Nations-winning team would raise funds for Smith – who also represented the Caledonian Reds, Glasgow Caledonians, Brive and Northampton Saints – at a reunion lunch in Edinburgh next month.

Source: National Post November 21, 2019 10:41 UTC