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Sir Ian's appeal after diagnosis
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
|May 12, 2025
RUGBY UNION Former Scotland and British and Irish Lions head coach Sir Ian McGeechan has urged rugby players and all younger men to get themselves tested after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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The 78-year-old, who is currently consultant director of rugby at Doncaster, led Scotland to the Five Nations Grand Slam in 1990 and oversaw series victories as the Lions boss in 1989 and 1997.
Leeds-born McGeechan told the Telegraph: “I have prostate cancer. I have just completed a six-week course of radiotherapy.
This story is from the May 12, 2025 edition of The Huddersfield Daily Examiner.
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