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2012 Scotland Rugby Union Tour Of Oceania
In June 2012, the Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland rugby union team made a tour of Australia national rugby union team, Australia, Fiji national rugby union team, Fiji and Samoa national rugby union team, Samoa, playing one test match against each. The tour began with Scotland's second consecutive win over Australia, meaning they retained the Hopetoun Cup. (They had beaten Australia 9–8 at Murrayfield Stadium, Murrayfield in 2009.) Scotland then travelled to Fiji, becoming the first "Tier 1" nation to play a test in a Pacific Islands, Pacific Island nation since Italy national rugby union team, Italy visited Fiji in 2006. Scotland recorded away victories over both Fiji and Samoa. Scotland were also scheduled to play the New South Wales Waratahs on 10 June, but this match was called off on 11 May as the Waratahs were unable to field a team "due to injuries and the requirements of the Wallabies squad." Squad Initial 28-man squad, named on 16 May. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Robinson
Richard Andrew Robinson OBE (born 3 April 1964) is an English rugby union coach and retired player. He was the director of rugby at Bristol until November 2016. He is the former head coach of Scotland and England. From September 2019 to December 2022, he was the head coach of the Romania's national rugby team. Robinson played as an openside flanker for Bath, England and the British & Irish Lions. He was head coach of England from October 2004 until November 2006, then coach of Edinburgh Rugby and joint coach of Scotland A between October 2007 and June 2009. On 4 June 2009 Robinson was named the new head coach of Scotland. He resigned on 25 November 2012 following a 21–15 defeat at home against Tonga. Playing career Born in Taunton, Somerset, Robinson made his England debut against Australia on 12 June 1988, and gained eight caps, playing his last match on 18 November 1995 against South Africa. Robinson was quite small for a back row forward, being only 5 ft 9in (1.7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |