Robbie Nairn
Full name | Robbie Peter Nairn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Livingston, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School |
Currie Community High School George Watson's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robbie Nairn is a Scotland 7s international rugby union player who is a Stage 3 Scottish Rugby Academy player assigned to Glasgow Warriors. His usual position is at the Wing position.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Nairn started his rugby union career playing with Currie. As part of the Currie U15 side they won the Edinburgh and District League and Cup in the 2011-12 season.[1] A year later the Currie U16 won the similar honours.[1]
He entered the Scottish Rugby Academy at the Stage 3 professional phase of the academy in the 2017-18 season.[2]
Professional career
Nairn joined Harlequins in 2015.[3] He was loaned out to Esher for game time [4] and then loaned out to London Welsh.[5][6]
Nairn is enrolled in the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy as a Stage 3 player.[2] Stage 3 players are aligned to a professional club and given regional support.[7] Nairn is assigned to the Glasgow Warriors.
International career
Nairn played for Scotland U18 and was then picked for the Scotland U20 side despite still being eligible for the U18s.[1]
He has been capped for Scotland 7s in 2016.[8][9]
References
- 1 2 3 "Scotland U20 () - Scottish Rugby Union". www.scottishrugby.org.
- 1 2 "2016/17 BT Sport Academy intake announced - Scottish Rugby Union". www.scottishrugby.org.
- ↑ "Rugby starlet Robbie Nairn joins Harlequins". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com.
- ↑ "Robbie Nairn - Esher Rugby Club - Official Website". Esher Rugby Club - Official Website.
- ↑ "ComeAllWithin.co.uk - Robbie Nairn". Sportnetwork.net.
- ↑ "Robbie Nairn – U20 Rugby". u20rugby.wordpress.com.
- ↑ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academies".
- ↑ "Nairn aiming to make an impact in Singapore". 14 April 2017.
- ↑ "Scotland 7s () - Scottish Rugby Union". www.scottishrugby.org.
External Links
- Scotland U20 player profile
- ESPN player profile
- Scotlands' Robbie Nairn scores from own 22 - YouTube