Robbie Russell (rugby player)

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Robbie Russell (born 1 May 1976) is an Australian-born professional rugby union player who played hooker for London Irish and formerly with Saracens.

Russell was brought up on an Australian cattle farm. He played domestic rugby for Queensland before moving to Scotland. He attended the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane for the majority of his schooling years.

He made his debut for Scotland national rugby union team against Romania in 1999.

He represented Scotland at the World Cup in 2003, but started only one fixture in Australia, he grabbed Scotland's solitary try during the quarter-final defeat to Australia.

He scored two tries after coming off the bench in 100-8 victory over Japan at McDiarmid Park in Perth in November 2004.

He has now retired due to a neck injury and runs his ecommerce business http://www.ugsandkisses.co.uk along with his wife, Claire, selling ugg boots and other women's footwear.