Mike Blair

Date of birth: 20/04/1981

Position: Scrum-Half

Test Caps: 39

Test Debut: Canada, 2002

Test Points: 20

Current Club: Edinburgh Rugby

Strengths: Mike's spatial awareness and searing pace make him deadly on the fringes and with precise distribution, Scotland are blessed with two class scrum-halves.

Weaknesses: Blair's flair qualities may blow away Pool minnows Romania and Portugal, but against the All Blacks and suffocating Italians, he could come up short.

Likely headline(s): Blair and Brown heroes of Scotland.

Did you know?: Mike's younger brother David has signed for Edinburgh from Sale Sharks for the forthcoming season.