Mark Robertson (rugby union)

Mark Robertson
Date of birth (1984-12-31) 31 December 1984 (age 39)
Place of birthMelrose, Scotland
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
SchoolEarlston High School
UniversityEdinburgh University[1]
Notable relative(s)Keith Robertson (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Melrose RFC ()
– Central Coast Waves ()
– Terrigal Trojans ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006–2007 Border Reivers 7 (8)
2007–2011 Edinburgh Rugby 44 (55)
2011–2012 London Scottish 3 (0)
2015 Glasgow Warriors 0 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006 Scotland Club XV
– Scotland A
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2012–2017 Scotland 7s 34
Coaching career
Years Team
2017- Scottish Rugby Academy (Strength & Conditioning)
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition

Mark Robertson (born 31 December 1984) is a former Scotland 7s international rugby union player. He is now a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Scottish Rugby Academy.[2]

Playing career

Amateur career

Robertson was educated at Earlston High School, and then played for Melrose Wasps; Melrose RFC's under 18 team. He graduated to their XV side and also played 7s for the team.[3]

He played for a while in Australia playing for Central Coast and Terrigal.

Professional career

He then joined Border Reivers on an apprentice contract in summer 2006,[3] and scored on his debut and later that year received try on the year.

In the summer of 2007 Robertson joined the Edinburgh and progressed to claim a regular place in the Edinburgh side during the 2009/10 season.[3]

A pelvic injury that had flared in his first season[3] with Edinburgh returned with a vengeance in December 2010. He struggled over the next 14 months in the Murrayfield treatment room trying to resolve the persistent injury including a double hernia operation as well as tears in his abdomen that were revealed and allowed to heal. He left Edinburgh Rugby at the end of his contract in May 2011.

In December 2011 he had a four-week trial with London Scottish but did not join the club beyond this.

It was announced on 31 July 2015 that Robertson would be joining the Glasgow Warriors from Scotland 7s to provide cover during the Rugby World Cup in 2015.[4] He played in two matches for the Warriors:- against Clermont and against Canada 'A'.[5][6]

International career

Robertson played for the Scotland Club XV.[1] He also claimed nine Scotland A caps (scoring tries against Tonga, Ireland and Georgia). He was in the Scotland squad in 2008 against Canada,[7] He is a member of the east Scotland institute of sport. Robertson trained with the senior Scotland squad during the 2010 Six Nations Championship.[8]

He signed for Scotland sevens[3] and at the time was Scotland sevens' highest try scorer with 17. He continued to play for Scotland sevens and played in the Dubai Sevens making the semi-finals of the Bowl competition with Scotland before they lost to Argentina, 12–5, on 1 December 2012. He was later part of the Scotland Sevens squad who won the London Sevens, Scotland's first Cup victory on the World Series.[citation needed] Robertson was rewarded with fine displays in the 2015/16 season, when he received a call-up to Great Britain sevens team for the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Coaching career

Robertson is now a Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Scottish Rugby Academy. He is assigned to the Borders and East Lothian Academy.[2]

Robertson has recently signed with Clermont Auvergne to become part of the conditioning team with the French T14 team for the 2019-20 season. He will join fellow borderer Neil McIlroy, who has been a member of the ASM coaching staff for the last 13 seasons.

Family

His father Keith was capped 44 times for Scotland.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mark Robertson". redskymanagement.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b "Lamont and Robertson join BT Sport Academy coaching team". Scottish Rugby. 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Mark Robertson: From Melrose to Scotland Sevens". The Scrum Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Squad Update". glasgowwarriors.org. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Clermont V Glasgow Warriors". Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Canada V Glasgow Warriors".
  7. ^ "Lineen unhappy with Parks jeering". BBC. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Nathan Hines and Alasdair Strokosch return from injury". BBC. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2016.