Mark Robertson (rugby union)
| Date of birth | 31 December 1984 | |||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Melrose, Scotland | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | |||||||||||
| School | Earlston High School | |||||||||||
| University | Edinburgh University[1] | |||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Keith Robertson (father) | |||||||||||
| Rugby union career | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | ||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||||||||
| Amateur clubs | ||||||||||||
| Years | Club / team | |||||||||||
| Melrose RFC Central Coast Waves Terrigal Trojans | ||||||||||||
| Professional / senior clubs | ||||||||||||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) | |||||||||
| 2006–2007 2007–2011 2011–2012 |
Border Reivers Edinburgh Rugby London Scottish |
7 44 3 |
(8) (55) (0) | |||||||||
| National team(s) | ||||||||||||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) | |||||||||
| Scotland Club XV Scotland A |
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| Sevens national teams | ||||||||||||
| Years | Club / team | Comps | ||||||||||
| 2012– | Scotland | 34 (296) | ||||||||||
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Mark Robertson (born 31 December 1984) is a Scotland 7s on the World Rugby Sevens Series.
His father Keith was capped 44 times for Scotland.[2]
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.[2] He also played for the Scotland Club XV[1]
He played for a while in Australia playing for Central Coast and Terrigal.
He then joined Border Reivers on an apprentice contract in summer 2006,[2] and scored on his debut and later that year received try on the year, he was then signed for Scotland sevens[2] and at the time was Scotland sevens' highest try scorer with 17.
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, also claiming nine Scotland A caps[2] (scoring tries against Tonga, Ireland and Georgia) and was taking advice from the national coaches on what he had to do to make the step-up to the top level. However, a pelvic injury that had flared in his first season[2] 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.
He was in the Scotland squad in 2008 against Canada,[3] and has played for Scotland A with three caps, and he has had 10 Scotland Sevens caps. He is a member of the east Scotland institute of sport. Robertson trained with the senior Scotland squad during the 2010 Six Nations Championship.[4]
In December 2011 he had a four-week trial with London Scottish but did not join the club beyond this.
He continues to play for Scotland sevens and recently played in the Dubai Sevens making the semi-finals of the Bowl competition with Scotland before they lost to Argentina 12–5 on December 1, 2012.
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.[5] He was later part of the Scotland Sevens squad who made history in winning London 7s, Scotland's first Cup victory on the World Series since it's inauguration. Robertson was rewarded with fine displays in the 2015/16 season, when he received a call-up to GB 7s for the 2016 Rio Olympics winning a silver medal.
References
- 1 2 "Mark Robertson". redskymanagement.co.uk.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mark Robertson: From Melrose to Scotland Sevens". The Scrum Magazine.
- ↑ "Lineen unhappy with Parks jeering". BBC. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Nathan Hines and Alasdair Strokosch return from injury". BBC. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Squad Update". glasgowwarriors.org.