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Full Name	Rodger John Arneil
Date of Birth	01 May 1944
Place of Birth	Edinburgh
Height (cm)	190
Weight (kg)	92
Schools Attended	Edinburgh Academy

Appearances for Scotland
Played	Capt.	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Points
22	0	0	0	0	0	0

Arneil was born in Edinburgh and was a pupil of Edinburgh Academy. He played club rugby for Leicester, Northampton and Edinburgh Academicals and made his Scottish debut in 1968, winning 22 caps in total (as well as making 2 uncapped appearances against Argentina the following year).

Arneil was called up as a replacement for the British Lions tour to South Africa in 1968. Englishman Bryan West withdrew on the eve of the tour due to a leg injury and so Arneil stepped in. Despite having not been selected in the initial party, he played in all four test matches. Arneil was again called up as a replacement for the 1971 Lions tour and made five appearances in New Zealand, but this time joined too late to push for a test place.

Although a favourite with press and public, increasing business commitments led to his retirement from representative rugby in 1972.

British & Irish Lions Appearances

Date	Against	Pos.	(C)	T	C	P	DG	Pts
10/08/1971	Bay of Plenty	FL
04/08/1971	Manawatu / Horowhenua	FL
24/07/1971	Auckland	FL
17/07/1971	Hawke's Bay	FL
14/07/1971	Wairarapa / Bush	FL
27/07/1968	South Africa	FL
20/07/1968	Orange Free State	FL
13/07/1968	South Africa	FL
08/07/1968	Boland	FL
03/07/1968	Northern Transvaal	FL
22/06/1968	South Africa	FL
15/06/1968	South West Africa	FL
08/06/1968	South Africa	FL
03/06/1968	Rhodesia	FL
01/06/1968	Natal	FL
25/05/1968	South West Districts	FL
22/05/1968	Western Province	FL
Total (Capped)		4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (Provincial)		13	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (All Games)		17	0	0	0	0	0	0