Keith Robertson (rugby union, born 1954)

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Keith Robertson
Birth nameKeith William Robertson
Date of birth (1954-12-05) 5 December 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth Hawick, Scotland
Notable relative(s) Mark Robertson (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing/Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Melrose ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- South of Scotland ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1978 Scotland 'B' 1 (0)
1978–89 Scotland 44 (41)

Keith William Robertson (born 5 December 1954 in Hawick, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Robertson played for Melrose. [1]

Richard Bath writes of him that:

Keith Robertson never possessed the acceleration which usually marks out the great wings. Yet what he lacked in out-and-out pace he more than made up for in guile and sheer footballing ability. An accomplished Sevens player, the willowy Melrose wing – he was a shade under 11 stone – was also a prolific try scorer at every level except international. During his Scotland career which spanned eleven years, Robertson only managed to score eight tries." [2]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland. [1]

International career

He played for Scotland 'B' on 19 March 1978.

He played for Scotland forty four times between 1978 and 1989. [2] He played at both wing and centre, the latter twenty times out of his forty four caps. [2]

Keith Robertson was a major part of Scotland's Grand Slam in 1984. [2]

He was never selected for the British Lions. [2]

Media career

After retiring he became involved in Borders rugby, and was one of the major Scottish advocates of professionalism in rugby union. [2]

He occasionally appears on STV's rugby programme.

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bath, p155
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