A Carnoustie rugby player was caught driving while over five times the alcohol limit after Saturday’s Calcutta Cup match.
Mark McQueen had been watching the clash between Scotland and England before getting behind the wheel to drive home in the early hours of Sunday.
Depute fiscal Mohammad Sadiq told the court how officers on patrol in Broughty Ferry had spotted McQueen’s Mazda being driven in a manner that caused them to stop him.
He admitted driving on Torridon Road with 112 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath five times the legal limit of 22 microgrammes.
Defence solicitor Larry Flynn said McQueen, 20, of Strathbeg Place, had not intended to drive, but he had fallen out with another person.
Mr Flynn said: “He had gone to watch the game at the rugby club on Saturday.
“He had a row with another individual and left the rugby club under a cloud. He realised he had made a mistake about halfway home.”
Mr Flynn told the court the sports science student also plays rugby at a “high level” in Carnoustie.
“He feels embarrassed about what happened. He has never behaved like this before. He simply wishes to apologise.”
He added McQueen had passed his test in January 2014 and had only had the car two years.
Sheriff Elizabeth Munro dismissed the suggestion he should be sent on a drink-driving course that could have lessened his ban, saying: “You don’t need me to tell you how stupid you’ve been.
“Nobody in their right minds would have thought they could drive at that level of alcohol you don’t need a drink-driving course to know that.”
Sheriff Munro banned McQueen from driving for 20 months and imposed a £600 fine he must pay at £80 a month.
A Crown motion for the car to be forfeited was refused.