Scotland rugby union international Mike Blair rides on a rowing machine
during a squad training session in the Tropical Aquatic House at the
Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, September 23, 2003. In the unlikely
surroundings of the 180-year-old gardens, the Scotland squad are making
some of their final preparations ahead of their opening World Cup match
against Japan next month in Australia's Northern Queensland city of
Townsville. REUTERS/Chris Watt

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