Keith Robertson (rugby union, born 1954)

Keith Robertson

Birth name	Keith William Robertson
Date of birth	(1954-12-05) 5 December 1954
Place of birth	Hawick, Scotland
Notable relative(s)	Mark Robertson (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing/Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Melrose () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - South of Scotland () International career Years Team Apps (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.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Robertson played for Melrose.

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."

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland.

International career

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

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

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

He was never selected for the British Lions.

Media career

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

He occasionally appears on STV's rugby programme.

References

Sources

• Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. ISBN 1-86200-013-1.

External links

• Sporting Heroes profile – page 1
• Sporting Heroes profile – page 2