Frank Hadden has officially parted ways with the SRU today, two months since after stepping down as Scotland head coach.

Hadden has been involved in the Scottish set up since 1992 and took the top job in 2005 when he replaced Matt Williams.

Under his reign, Scotland made the knockout stages of the 2007 World Cup but he could only manage one win in the last three Six Nations Championships paving the way for Andy Robinson to take over.

And Scottish Rugby Chief executive Gordon McKie was quick to pay tribute to work done by Hadden.

He said: "Prior to Frank's appointment, Scotland had not won an away international against a top tier southern hemisphere nation since 1982 and we had only recorded one victory over England in 16 matches.

"Frank can be rightly proud of coaching Scotland to our first ever Test victory in Argentina; of securing wins against four of our five opponents in the RBS 6 Nations Championship; beating current Grand Slam champions Ireland in our preparations for RWC 2007; of ensuring Scotland maintained its tremendous record of always qualifying for the knockout stages of every Rugby World Cup; and, most memorably, plotting back-to-back Murrayfield Calcutta Cup triumphs."