Mark Robertson (born 31 December 1984) is a former Scotland 7s international

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player. He is now a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the

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Playing career

Amateur career

Robertson was educated at

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, and then played for Melrose Wasps;

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's under 18 team. He graduated to their XV side and also played 7s for the team. He played for a while in Australia playing for Central Coast and

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Professional career

He then joined Border Reivers on an apprentice contract in summer 2006, and scored on his debut and later that year received try on the year. In the summer of 2007 Robertson joined the Edinburgh and progressed to claim a regular place in the Edinburgh side during the 2009/10 season. A pelvic injury that had flared in his first season with Edinburgh returned with a vengeance in December 2010. He struggled over the next 14 months in the Murrayfield treatment room trying to resolve the persistent injury including a double hernia operation as well as tears in his abdomen that were revealed and allowed to heal. He left Edinburgh Rugby at the end of his contract in May 2011. In December 2011 he had a four-week trial with London Scottish but did not join the club beyond this. It was announced on 31 July 2015 that Robertson would be joining the

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from Scotland 7s to provide cover during the Rugby World Cup in 2015. He played in two matches for the Warriors:- against Clermont and against Canada 'A'.

International career

Robertson played for the Scotland Club XV. He also claimed nine Scotland A caps (scoring tries against Tonga, Ireland and Georgia). He was in the Scotland squad in 2008 against Canada, He is a member of the east Scotland institute of sport. Robertson trained with the senior Scotland squad during the 2010 Six Nations Championship. He signed for Scotland sevens and at the time was Scotland sevens' highest try scorer with 17. He continued to play for Scotland sevens and played in the Dubai Sevens making the semi-finals of the Bowl competition with Scotland before they lost to Argentina, 12–5, on 1 December 2012. He was later part of the Scotland Sevens squad who won the London Sevens, Scotland's first Cup victory on the World Series. Robertson was rewarded with fine displays in the 2015/16 season, when he received a call-up to Great Britain sevens team for the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Coaching career

Robertson is now a Strength and Conditioning Coach with the

. He is assigned to the Borders and East Lothian Academy. Robertson has recently signed with Clermont Auvergne to become part of the conditioning team with the French T14 team for the 2019-20 season. He will join fellow borderer Neil McIlroy, who has been a member of the ASM coaching staff for the last 13 seasons.

Family

His father

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was capped 44 times for Scotland.

References

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Scotland profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, Mark 1984 births Living people Border Reivers players Edinburgh Rugby players Glasgow Warriors players Great Britain national rugby sevens team players London Scottish F.C. players Male rugby sevens players Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Melrose RFC players Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Olympic rugby sevens players of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain People educated at Earlston High School Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rugby union players from Melrose, Scottish Borders Rugby union strength and conditioning coaches Scotland 'A' international rugby union players Scotland Club XV international rugby union players Scotland international rugby sevens players Scottish Olympic medallists Scottish rugby union coaches Scottish rugby union players