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Published Date: 29 August 2008
By DAVID FERGUSON
THE SRU has moved into new territory by appointing former Scotland captain Gordon Bulloch and ex-STV chief executive Donald Emslie to vacant positions on the executive board.


At 33 and still captaining West of Scotland, Bulloch is much younger and more closely associated with the current game than any previous non-executive or executive director. The decision of Brian Kennedy, the Sale owner, to stand down this year left a huge void of pro rugby experience among the SRU leadership, but Bulloch played both amateur and pro rugby, and represented the British and Irish Lions, in a career which brought 75 caps.

He said: “I think it’s important to put something back into the game that has given me so much.”

Emslie, 51, has 22 years experience in television and was chief executive of Scottish Media Group Television from 1999-2006, and SMG plc in 2006-7. He played rugby while at Jordanhill College, is chairman of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre.

The new men replace Graeme Millar, who quit in May, and Kennedy as from 1 September, and join Jock Millican and Allan Munro as non-executive directors.







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  • Last Updated: 28 August 2008 9:51 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

leemagee,

Perth 29/08/2008 02:26:31
I can understand Bulloch being brought on as he has experience at all levels of Scottish rugby. Still playing, he should also be able to being the views of club rugby to the fore which should be a good thing. However, why has Donald Emslie been given a position?? He doesn't appear to have a rugby bone in his body! He played whilst at Jordanhill College...well that is surely the pinnacle of world rugby!!!
This smells a little of SRU Bufty-ism...paying someone a salary who will probably just go along with the status quo and not rock the boat. There surely must be more qualified people in Scotland. Hell, my old man would be a better choice...he played rugby once too!
2

leemagee,

Perth 29/08/2008 02:27:13
Second line 'being' should be 'bring'...oops!
3

jdships,

29/08/2008 07:57:58
1 leemagee,

Agree with you on the Emslie appointment .
On the odd occasion I have met him he hasn't come accross as someone who was "naturally" interested in sport.
Is however a friend of McKie's - end of !!
4

Mutt,

Paisley 29/08/2008 08:10:40
Jeez!

An organisation with little to no meaningful media exposure bring on board a guy who has MAJOR media experience and INTIMATE knowledge of how not only TV, but press and radio operate and you reckon it's Bufty-ism?!?!?

Heads out of posteriors chaps, the guy was the head of THE major media outlet/organisation in Scotland until last year - is it at all possible he's been brought on board to try and milk some of his contacts?!?!?!
5

Chunky Winger,

29/08/2008 09:44:05
#4 I sincerely hope you're right and 1-3 are wrong on this occasion; the sport needs TV coverage if it is to grow in Scotland. Sky's all very well if you can afford it and like the English bias. Setanta almost gets there with the odd Edinburgh and Glasogw game televised live, but even this tends to have an Irish slant at times. STV's flirt with rugby last year was OK, but 30 minutes to cover all aspects in the game in Scotland is insufficient- make the show longer and pickup more action!
6

tubster,

the office 29/08/2008 09:50:18
I agree with Mutt re Emslie. The SRU is normally a haven of bufty-ism, but this time I thought they had made a smart choice. Rugby is a business as well as a sport, and it needs people who understand the way media works. He should also have a pretty big book of contacts he can pull in from sport to arts to government, which is part of the role of any non-exec.
7

WHISTLEBLOWER,

gdgdg 29/08/2008 15:11:12
I'm not sure about Emslie myself - too much a part of the British establishment, they need someone with fresh ideas, and radical solutions, rather than another blazer. His one advantage is media experience - if the media can be bothered to cover rugby in my view...

Leemagee is right in my view.

p.s.

http://www.petitiononline.com/cleague/petition.html

"We the undersigned, call upon the Scottish Rugby Union to proudly display ‘Alba’ (the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland), alongside Scotland, on the front of the national rugby team shirt."

 

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