Ian Barnes (born 19 April 1948) is a former

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international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Barnes first played for Hawick Linden. He played for

Hawick Hawick ( ; sco, Haaick; gd, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east of Selkirk. It is one of ...

from 1968 onwards. He also played for

Edinburgh Academicals The Edinburgh Academical Football Club, also known as Edinburgh Accies, is a rugby union club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club is currently a member of the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of Scottish club rugby. Its home ground is Raeburn Pl ...

, Heriots, Stewart's Melville, Haddington, North Berwick and

Trinity Academicals Trinity Academicals RFC, nicknamed "Trinity" or "Trinity Accies" is a rugby union club based in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, originally for the former pupils of Trinity Academy, Edinburgh. Trinity Accies competes in the . History Early days ...

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District. He played for

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in 1975.

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' against France 'B' in 1971. He went on to receive 7 full senior caps from

Coaching career

He was Head Coach of

. He was Head Coach of

. He was Head Coach of Edinburgh University.

Administrative career

For a short spell he was a Director at

. He was elected to the Scottish Rugby Council in 2008.

Journalistic career

He contributes articles to the internet rugby magazine site ''The Offside Line''.

Business career

He was a Charter Accountant.

References

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