Last week I wrote about the emergency of Scottish Rugby in regard to our many clubs that have dwindling memberships and resources.

I am glad to say that I have had many club members and officials contact me, even including former internationalists calling to agree, and I will be looking in depth over the next few weeks about the possible ways forward to right the many wrongs of Scottish rugby.

Not everyone will like what I say about the various options for our sport, but I will set out my case for the reform of the game in this country, because first of all, we can’t let rugby in Scotland dwindle any further in any way.

Leaving aside the question of whether the governing body of the sport in Scotland should also be the owners of the wholly owned subsidiaries that are Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors – it’s a question I will return to soon when I point out the huge conflicts of interest in modern rugby – the fact is that this weekend will see the Warriors play Munster in Limerick in the semi-finals of the United Rugby Championship and like it or not, Glasgow now carry Scotland’s banner into the penultimate match of the domestic season.

It really is a case of Glasgow being sent an SOS –........

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