Brian Robertson (rugby union)
| Birth name | G. Brian Robertson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 August 1959[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Robertson (born 9 August 1959 in Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. He formerly played for the professional provincial side now known as Glasgow Warriors. Robertson played for Glasgow in the 1996-97 season. His usual position was at tighthead prop.
Robertson played amateur rugby for Stirling County. He was part of a formidable front three in the forward pack;[2] his Stirling County teammate Stewart Hamilton in the book Giants of Scottish Rugby remembers: "We had a great side then particularly the pack.The front row was Brian Robertson, Kevin McKenzie and George Graham. Brian unfortunately had a bad neck injury but the other two went on to play for Scotland." Coached by Richie Dixon the County team won promotion from Division 2 and then won Division 1 in season 1994-95.[3]
He also represented the provincial side Glasgow District in the amateur era.[4] He was part of Glasgow's touring squad that played the Netherlands and Belgium[5]
He was in Glasgow District's famous 1989-90 side which won the Scottish Inter-District Championship that season; winning outright the title for only the third time in Glasgow's history.[6] That season Glasgow went unbeaten against allcomers, including the touring Fiji national rugby union team[7] although Robertson missed Glasgow's Irish tour that year.[8]
In 1992 he received a shoulder injury and was dropped by the Glasgow side.[9] However this break wasn't for long and he came back for Glasgow's next match.[10]
He played for the amateur district until 1996[11] when they turned professional.
Robertson played in all 8 competitive matches for Glasgow Warriors in their first season; 3 matches in the 1996-97 Scottish Inter-District Championship and 5 matches in the European Conference, now European Challenge Cup.
The veteran tighthead became a coach at Stirling County. However he quit in 2004 stating that he wanted a break from rugby.[12]
References
- ^ "Player Archive : Statistics - EPCR - Official Website". epcrugby.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
- ^ "More tears for souvenirs". scotsman.com.
- ^ "Telfer's revolutionary call to revive city's rugby fortunes". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
- ^ "Underdog tag spurred on our Glasgow title team, says Derek Stark". scotsman.com.
- ^ "Warriors Honour Winning Greats". scottishrugby.org.
- ^ "A testing time for front row". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Robertson absent as Glasgow face Exiles". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Malcolm back as Smith has to wait". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Stark returns to face Leicester". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "McKillop and Jardine take over the reigns at Stirling County". highbeam.com.