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Brian Robertson (born 9 August 1959 in Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. He formerly played for the professional provincial side now known as Glasgow Warriors. Robertson played for Glasgow in the 1996-97 season. His usual position was at tighthead prop. Robertson played amateur rugby for Stirling County. He was part of a formidable front three in the forward pack;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search )〕 his Stirling County teammate Stewart Hamilton in the book Giants of Scottish Rugby remembers: "We had a great side then particularly the pack.The front row was Brian Robertson, Kevin McKenzie and George Graham. Brian unfortunately had a bad neck injury but the other two went on to play for Scotland." Coached by Richie Dixon the County team won promotion from Division 2 and then won Division 1 in season 1994-95.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=More tears for souvenirs )〕 He also represented the provincial side Glasgow District in the amateur era.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Telfer's revolutionary call to revive city's rugby fortunes )〕 He was part of Glasgow's touring squad that played the Netherlands and Belgium〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search )〕 He was in Glasgow District's famous 1989-90 side which won the Scottish Inter-District Championship that season; winning outright the title for only the third time in Glasgow's history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Underdog tag spurred on our Glasgow title team, says Derek Stark )〕 That season Glasgow went unbeaten against allcomers, including the touring Fiji national rugby union team〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warriors Honour Winning Greats )〕 although Robertson missed Glasgow's Irish tour that year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A testing time for front row )〕 In 1992 he received a shoulder injury and was dropped by the Glasgow side.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robertson absent as Glasgow face Exiles )〕 However this break wasn't for long and he came back for Glasgow's next match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Malcolm back as Smith has to wait )〕 He played for the amateur district until 1996〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stark returns to face Leicester )〕 when they turned professional. Robertson played in all 8 competitive matches for Glasgow Warriors in their first season; 3 matches in the 1996-97 Scottish Inter-District Championship and 5 matches in the European Conference, now European Challenge Cup. The veteran tighthead became a coach at Stirling County. However he quit in 2004 stating that he wanted a break from rugby.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=McKillop and Jardine take over the reigns at Stirling County )〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Robertson (rugby union)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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