Gavin Hastings, full-back 1986-95
Scotland: 61 caps, 667 points
Lions: 6 caps, 66 points
A fine attacking full-back and peerless goal-kicker - particularly from long range - Hastings skippered his country 20 times.
He was Scotland's record points-scorer until he was overtaken by Chris Paterson in 2008.
Hastings played a key role in Scotland's Grand Slam triumph of 1990 and almost guided Scotland to the World Cup final in 1991 - his missed penalty in the closing minutes of the semi-final against England was the low point of his career.
But he bounced back to help Scotland beat France in Paris in 1995 for the first time since 1969, scoring a try under the French posts.
The best No.15 of his generation, he played all three Tests in the Lions tour of Australia in 1989 and captained the touring party to New Zealand in 1993.
Andy Irvine, full-back 1972-82
Scotland: 51 caps, 273 points
Lions: 9 caps, 28 points
One of the great attacking full-backs of all time, Irvine is consistently voted Scotland's finest ever player in polls of supporters.
His trademark was a superbly-timed entrance into the attacking line which frequently played havoc with opposition's defensive plans.
Irvine also possessed a fine side-step and his footwork in heavy traffic was almost as feared as his pace.
His own defence was sometimes criticised - particularly in his early years - but the Edinburgh man was clearly the best full-back in the northern hemisphere for nearly a decade and went on three Lions tours.
He captained Scotland 15 times.
Finlay Calder, flanker 1986-91
Scotland: 34 caps, 8 points
Lions: 3 caps
Twenty years ago Scotland had one of the most feared back rows in the game and the man from East Lothian played a key part in that trio alongside John Jeffrey and Derek White.
Aggressive and abrasive, Calder was a menace in the loose and an inspirational figure to those around him.
He may have lacked the pace to the breakdwon to be a true great of the more quickfire modern era, but in his own time there were few finer clear-out men than Calder.
A truly canny operator, Calder survived and flourished in the forward trenches on nous and determination.
He played a key part in Scotland's Grand Slam triumph of 1990 and skippered the Lions on their historic series victory in Australia in 1989.
John Jeffrey, flanker 1984-91
Scotland: 40 caps, 44 points
Lions: 1989 tour, 0 caps
With his mane of white hair there was no more recognisable figure on an international rugby pitch than the 'Great White Shark' from the border country.
His trademark was to be the first to the breakdown and there was no more industrious battler for possession.
Jeffrey semed to reserve a particular ferocity for the English and played a key part in Scotland's 1990 Grand Slam triumph.
The farmer was also a useful try-scorer - further evidence of his all-round mobility - touching down 11 times for his country, a record for a back rower at the time.
He toured once with the Lions in Australia in 1989 but failed to gain a place in the Test side alongside his Scotland back-row colleagues Finlay Calder and Derek White.
David Sole, prop 1986-92
Scotland: 44 caps, 12 points
Lions: 3 caps
Scotland's Grand Slam winning captain of 1990 deserves his place in the pantheon of all-time greats for that alone.
He proved inspirational as Scotland shocked the heavily fancied English 13-7 at Murrayfield in the Grand Slam decider, a game rated by many Scots as their national team's finest hour.
But amidst all the passion associated with that day, it is often forgotten that Sole was a technicaly superb loosehead.
He played in all three Tests on the Lions tour of Australia in 1989 and played a starring role in the series victory over a Wallabies side who themselves were on the cusp of greatness.
Born in Aylesbury, Sole captained Scotland a then-record 25 times.
