Derrick Grant is a former international rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

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Grant was capped fourteen times as a flanker

Flanker (rugby union)

A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...

 for between 1965 and 1968. He scored one try for Scotland. He was selected for the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

In 1966 the British Lions toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against but lost all four internationals against the All Blacks....

 but did not play in any of the internationals.

He played club rugby for Hawick RFC

Hawick RFC

Hawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....

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He was Hawick's most successful ever coach in the 70 & 80's coaching Hawick to 5 division 1 championships in a row. He also coached the Scotland team during the 80's.

His brother was another Scotland cap, Oliver Grant

Oliver Grant

Thomas Oliver Grant was a Scottish international rugby union player.He was capped for six times between 1960-64. He also played for Hawick RFC.His brother Derrick Grant was also capped for Scotland.-References:...

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