| Description | The big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren. It is accompanied by:
- Notes concerning the players, Italian terms and introducing the game.
- Italian programme.
- Postcard produced for the match showing the Italian team.
- Cuttings and pages from The Herald, The Scotsman, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times and other unidentified newspapers. One of the pages from The Herald includes an article by Bill McLaren entitled 'What we need is some fire and fury in that old-fashioned way'. As well as the Italy v Scotland match, the cuttings also include reports on France v. Italy held on 22 March 1997 and Wales v. Italy [held on 7 February 1998].
- Annotated fax providing information about the Italian team.
- The Famous Grouse Team Sheet, which is a press release providing information about the match .
This match was part of Scotland's tour. The score was Italy 25 - 21 Scotland. The big sheet records:
Italy
Team: Corrado Pilat, Paolo Vaccari, Cristian Stoica, Luca Martin, Marcello Cuttitta, Diego Dominguez, Alessandro Troncon, Giampiero de Carli, Carlo Orlandi, Andrea Castellani, Giambattista Croci, Carlo Chechinato [Checchinato?], Massimo Giovanelli, Julian Gardner and Andrea Sgorlon.
Replacements: Daniele Davo, Orazio Arancio, Simone Stocco, Gianluca Guidi, Dennis Dallan and Andrea Scanavacca.
President: Giancarlo Dondi.
Coach: Georges Costes.
Physiotherapist: Mario Palma.
Medical officer: Dr Prof Didomenica.
Scotland
Team: Rowen Shepherd, Tony Stanger, Alan Tait, Craig Chalmers, Craig Joiner, Gregor Townsend, Gary Armstrong, David Hilton, Gordon Bulloch, Matti Stewart, Scott Murray, Doddie Weir, Adam Roxburgh, Rob Wainwright and Simon Holmes.
Replacements: Derek Stark, Cameron Murray, Andrew Nichol, Peter Walton, Peter Wright and Gavin Scott.
President: Charlie Richie.
Chairman: Arthur Hastie.
Coaches: R. Dixon and DIJ [David Ian Johnston].
Physiotherapist: Martin Rennison.
Medical officer: Dr Ken McKenzie.
Referee: David Davies.
Assistant referees / touch judges: Bob Davies and Hugh David. |