PICTURES: Scotland rugby legend Sean Lineen presents the prizes at Moray Rugby Club's end-of-season awards dinner
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MORAY Rugby Club had a special guest at their end-of-season awards dinner - a true Scotland international hero.
Sean Lineen, the original 'Kilted Kiwi' who played 29 times at centre for Scotland and starred in their famous 1990 Grand Slam triumph, was main speaker at the dinner at Mansefield Hotel in Elgin.
Lineen, now 60, also took rugby youngsters from Moray/Huntly under-15 and under-18 squads for training session on the morning of the dinner, ahead of their Caledonia Plate Final matches the next day.
The Scotland legend must have inspired the Moray kids, as the 18s went on to triumph and lift the trophy while the 15s valiantly lost out to a last-gasp try in their final on Sunday.
Lineen, a former head coach of Glasgow Warriors and now a Director for the Scottish Rugby Union, honoured some of the squad from Moray first team's squad superb season in Tennent's Caledonia North Region Division 2.
The club's annual dinner was attended by around 125 people including players, lady players, ex-players, friends of the club and a number of company and group tables.
Lineen was the main speaker alongside former rugby writer Peter Mitchell.
The awards were handed out with the senior Player of the Year trophy going to Lewis Scott.
Cameron Preece won the senior Most Improved Player of the Year and Calum Archibald collected the Players Player of the Year honour.
Before returning to Edinburgh, Lineen took time to visit Morriston, joined the walking rugby session for 15 minutes before helping out with the final training session for the Moray/Huntly under-18s.
He gave the squad some advice which put them in good stead for a 22-17 victory over The North on Sunday.
Unfortunately a club trophy double was denied at the death as Dunfermline scored a late try to earn a 29-27 success in the under-15s final.
A club spokesperson said: "To lose, when so close, is hard to take but congratulations to the team and coaches for making the final and putting up such a valiant effort.
