Adam Roxburgh

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.

Adam Roxburgh
Birth nameAdam John Roxburgh
Date of birth (1970-04-14) 14 April 1970
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight15 st 6 lb (98 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
-1996
1996-		 Kelso
Border Reivers
Kelso		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997-1998 Scotland 8 8
Teams coached
Years Team
2015- Kelso

Early life

Roxburgh was born in Edinburgh.[1]

Rugby playing career

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

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]

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References
  1. "Player profile: Adam Roxburgh, Scotland". ESPN. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. "Music at an end as Roxy takes a bow". The Scotsman. 9 April 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. "Roxburgh out of sevens". BBC News. 18 July 2002.
  4. "Roxburgh seeks home spark as Kelso Sevens kick off new season". The Scotsman. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. "Adam returns to his roots". The Southern Reporter. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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