Robert Russell (born 1 May 1976) is an Australian-born professional rugby union player who played hooker for London Irish and formerly with Saracens. He won 27 caps for Scotland from 1999 to 2005.

Early life

Russell was brought up on an Australian cattle farm. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.[1] He played domestic rugby for Queensland before moving to Scotland.

Rugby career

He played for Edinburgh Reivers until 1999, then joined English Premiership Rugby team Saracens F.C. until 2004. He then played for London Irish and played 60 games, scoring seven tries.[2]

He made his debut for Scotland national rugby union team against Romania in Glasgow on 28 August 1999.[3]

He represented Scotland at the World Cup in 2003, but started only one fixture in Australia. He scored Scotland's solitary try during its quarter-final defeat to Australia.[4]

He scored two tries after coming off the bench in a 100–8 victory over Japan at McDiarmid Park in Perth in November 2004.[5]

In 2007, he retired from playing rugby, due to a persistent neck injury.[6]

Post-playing retirement

In 2012 he started an online freight marketplace called Truckit.net in Australia.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
  2. ↑ Edwards, Tim (18 July 2007). "Ex Sarries hooker forced to quit game". Watford Observer. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Rugby Union: Logan leads Scots' revival". The Independent. 29 August 1999. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Australia cruise past Scots". BBC Sport. 8 November 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Scotland 100-8 Japan". BBC Sport. 13 November 2004. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Robbie Russell: Injury 'already affecting me'". BBC. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Graham, James. "Truckies embrace digital market". Big Rigs. Retrieved 5 March 2020.


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