Rob Wainwright

This article is about the Scottish rugby player. For the head of Europol, see Rob Wainwright (Europol).

Rob Wainwright

Full name	Robert Iain Wainwright
Date of birth	(1965-03-22) March 22, 1965
Place of birth	Perth, Scotland
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
School	Glenalmond College
University	Magdalene College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Doctor
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	flanker, No 8
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Cambridge University R.U.F.C. Dundee HSFP
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	London Scottish F.C.Glasgow Warriors West Hartlepool R.F.C.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1992 - 1998 1997	Scotland British Lions	37

Robert Iain Wainwright (born 22 March 1965 in Perth, Scotland) is a former rugby union footballer who was capped 37 times for Scotland (Captain 16 times) and once for the British Lions. He played flanker. He was educated at Glenalmond College and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C..

He received his first cap in 1992, as a reserve against Ireland. He could play all back row positions, including flanker and number 8.

Richard Bath wrote of him that he had a

"quiet and urbane manner belies a steely resolve that led Jim Telfer to eventually appoint the utility back-row man as skipper after Gavin Hastings' retirement in 1995... he was forced to wait until the famous back row of Jeffrey, Calder and White called it a day after the 1991 World Cup before he could force his way into the Scottish squad... An unshowy player who does so much of the unseen work, Wainwright is a useful tail of the line jumper and a consistently good tackler."

When he was injured in 1996, Gregor Townsend took on the position of national captain.

A doctor by profession, he was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1987 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1990, Captain on the completion of his medical training in 1991 and Major in 1996.

He now runs a farm and bed and breakfast on the Hebridean Isle of Coll with his wife Romayne and his 4 children Douglas, Natasha, Alexander, Cameron.

References

• Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. ISBN 1862000133. 

External links

• Lions profile
• Heineken cup profile