The half-backs from Scotland’s 1984 Grand Slam success against France, John Rutherford (Selkirk) and Roy Laidlaw (Jed-Forest), will present the match-ball as part of the 40^th anniversary.

Laidlaw’s brace of tries at Lansdowne Road in the Triple Crown clinching game against Ireland, which preceded the Grand Slam decider, are forever enshrined in Scottish rugby folklore.

Rutherford, like Laidlaw a British and Irish Lion in New Zealand the previous year, was one of Scotland’s all-time great stand-offs and is a member of Scottish Rugby’s Hall of Fame.

The 1984 Grand Slam is also celebrated in the match programme, where there is an exclusive feature with Jim Calder – scorer of the decisive try against France – Euan Kennedy (who thundered over for a try against England) and the redoubtable “Bear” Iain Milne, whose scrummaging sapped French resolve.

All five will be Scottish Rugby’s guests for tomorrow’s match – along with team-mates, Colin Deans, David Leslie, Peter Dods, David Johnston, Keith Robertson, Iain Paxton, Jim Pollock and John Beattie.