Leeds rugby hero McGeechan gets cancer all clear

Former Scotland and British and Irish Lions head coach Sir Ian McGeechan has revealed his prostate cancer is "all gone and under control" - and backed calls for a national screening programme to be introduced.

- by Harriet Sutton

The 78-year-old former Yorkshire Carnegie executive chairman, led Scotland to the Five Nations Grand Slam in 1990, and also oversaw series victories as the Lions boss in both 1989 and 1997.

During his playing days, fly-half McGeechan earned 32 Scotland capsincluding nine as captain - and won the 1974 Lions series in South Africa before touring again with the side in New Zealand in 1977.