Scotland winger Darcy Graham says he would happily still be playing rugby with his friends back home – but is relishing reaching 50 caps against Argentina.
The 28-year-old has 34 Test tries, the current record alongside team-mate Duhan van der Merwe.
Reflecting on his journey from playing with his hometown team Hawick to a half century of caps, Graham said he would never have expected to reach this landmark.
“I’ve got half of Hawick coming up so it should be an awesome atmosphere and special day,” he said.
“They come up in numbers so it will be class having them there to share a special day.
“Playing for Hawick feels like yesterday and I’d love go back and play for them and play with my pals again.
“Fifty caps has come up quickly and I’ve had my injuries along the way. That’s part of the game and it’s the way I play, I put my body on the line”
Graham went close to making it 35 tries against New Zealand last week but could not ground the ball in the corner under pressure from Cameron Roigard.
It was one of a number of missed chances which Scotland rued as they lost by eight points and their chance to end New Zealand’s unbeaten run against them slipped away.
“I’m going to have nightmares about that disallowed try for the rest of my life,” Graham admitted. “It’s going to haunt me for a while.
“It’s next job now. Argentina are a bloody good team. They beat the Lions, the All Blacks, Australia. They lost by two points to South Africa.
“They’re a really good team who have a lot of rugby under their belt and we’ll have to go up a level from the All Blacks.”
