Adam Roxburgh (born 14 April 1970) is a rugby union coach and former player who made eight appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team. He was known for his entertaining play in rugby sevens games.
| Birth name | Adam John Roxburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 April 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 6 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life edit
Roxburgh was born in Edinburgh.[1]
Rugby playing career edit
He played club rugby for Kelso RFC.[2]
He made his international rugby debut on 22 November 1997 against Australia at Murrayfield.[1] His last appearance was against Australia at Brisbane during the 1998 Scotland rugby union tour of Oceania.[1]
Roxburgh was a talented rugby sevens player. With Kelso he competed in the Dubai Sevens, 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens and has won three Kings of the Sevens.[3] In 1997, he won the Middlesex Sevens with the Barbarians.[2]
When many of his rugby-playing contemporaries turned professional in 1997, Roxburgh remained with the firm of precision tool makers, Abbey Tool and Gauge in Kelso, who had been his first employer from school.[2] He retired from club rugby in 2005.[2]
Coaching edit
By 2008 he was coaching the Kelso sevens team and the Kelso second fifteen.[4] He took over as a head coach at Kelso from 2015.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Player profile: Adam Roxburgh, Scotland". ESPN. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Music at an end as Roxy takes a bow". The Scotsman. 9 April 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Roxburgh out of sevens". BBC News. 18 July 2002.
- ^ "Roxburgh seeks home spark as Kelso Sevens kick off new season". The Scotsman. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Adam returns to his roots". The Southern Reporter. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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