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Andy Robinson

{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}

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{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Andy Robinson
OBE

| image =

| caption = England "First Team" training session

| birth_name = Richard Andrew Robinson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Taunton, Somerset, England

| death_date =

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| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|88|kg|lb stlb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = Flanker

| amatyears1 =

| amatteam1 = Loughborough Students

| ru_amupdate =

| repteam1 = England

| repyears1 = 1988–1995

| repcaps1 = 8

| reppoints1 = 4

| ru_ntupdate = 22 October 2006

| years1 = 1986–1997

| clubs1 = Bath Rugby

| apps1 = 249

| points1 = 186

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| coachteams1 = Bath Rugby

| coachteams2 = England

| coachteams3 = Edinburgh Rugby

| coachteams4 = Scotland A

| coachteams5 = Scotland

| coachteams6 = Bristol

| coachteams7 = Romania{{cite web | url=https://frr.ro/2019/09/23/englezul-andy-robinson-noul-antrenor-al-nationalei-de-rugby-a-romaniei-marius-tincu-manager-de-performanta-antrenor-federal-in-cadrul-federatiei-romane-de-rugby/ | title=Englezul Andy Robinson, noul antrenor al nationalei de rugby a Romaniei, Marius Tincu - manager de performanta/Antrenor federal in cadrul Federatiei Romane de Rugby | date=23 September 2019 }}

| coachyears1 = 1997–2000

| coachyears2 = 2004–2006

| coachyears3 = 2007–2009

| coachyears4 = 2007–2009

| coachyears5 = 2009–2012

| coachyears6 = 2013–2016

| coachyears7 = 2019–2022

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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.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37894094 | title=Andy Robinson: Bristol sack director of rugby | work=BBC Sport | access-date=7 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 Romanian national 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 (1.75 m), and weighing 13 st 12 lb (88 kg). He played 6 non-international games for the British & Irish Lions on their 1989 tour of Australia.

Teaching

Whilst playing for Bath, Robinson taught mathematics, physical education and rugby at Writhlington School, King Edward's School, Bath and later Colston's Collegiate School in Bristol, where he and Alan Martinovic masterminded the school's Daily Mail Cup wins in 1995 and 1996. 'Robbo' then left to play rugby professionally with Bath.

Coaching

Robinson later coached Bath before being appointed forwards coach of England and was deputy to Clive Woodward with the World Cup-winning England side in 2003. When Woodward resigned from the role of England coach in September 2004, Robinson was named as acting coach before being confirmed in the position. He was also a coach on the Lions tours to Australia in 2001 and New Zealand in 2005.

Robinson won just nine of his twenty two matches in charge of England. In November 2006, it was confirmed that Robinson would remain head coach with the position reviewed after the two tests against South Africa. Defeat in the second test{{cite web|last=Standley |first=James |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/6177734.stm |title=England 14–25 South Africa |work=BBC News |date=25 November 2006 |access-date=8 June 2013}} increased demands from supporters that he should be replaced. On 29 November his resignation as head coach was announced, with Robinson blaming his lack of support from the RFU.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/6185090.stm |title=Robinson is forced out by England |work=BBC News |date=29 November 2006 |access-date=8 June 2013}}

= International matches as head coach with England =

Note: World Rankings Column shows the World Ranking England was placed at on the following Monday after each of their matches

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%"
colspan=8|Matches (2004–2006)
Matches

!Date

!Opposition

!Venue

!Score
(Eng.–Opponent)

!Competition

!Captain

!World
Rank

colspan=8|2004
align=center|1

| 13 November

| {{nrut|Canada}}

| rowspan=3|Twickenham, London

| align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|70–0

| rowspan=3|Autumn internationals

| rowspan=3|Jason Robinson

| align=center|3rd

align=center|2

| 20 November

| {{nrut|South Africa}}

| align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|32–16

| align=center|2nd

align=center|3

| 27 November

| {{nrut|Australia}}

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|19–21

| align=center|2nd

colspan=8|2005
align=center|4

| 5 February

| {{nrut|Wales}}

| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|9–11

| rowspan=5|Six Nations

| rowspan=3|Jason Robinson

| align=center|3rd

align=center|5

| 13 February

| {{nrut|France}}

| Twickenham, London

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|17–18

| align=center|4th

align=center|6

| 27 February

| {{nrut|Ireland}}

| Lansdowne Road, Dublin

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|13–19

| align=center|6th

align=center|7

| 12 March

| {{nrut|Italy}}

| rowspan=5|Twickenham, London

| align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|39–7

| rowspan=5|Martin Corry

| align=center|6th

align=center|8

| 19 March

| {{nrut|Scotland}}

| align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|43–22

| align=center|6th

align=center|9

| 12 November

| {{nrut|Australia}}

| align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|26–16

| rowspan=3|Autumn internationals

| align=center|5th

align=center|10

| 19 November

| {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|19–23

| align=center|4th

align=center|11

| 26 November

| {{nrut|Samoa}}

| align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|40–3

| align=center|5th

colspan=8|2006
align=center|12

| 4 February

| {{nrut|Wales}}

| Twickenham, London

| align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|47–13

| rowspan=5|Six Nations

| rowspan=5|Martin Corry

| align=center|5th

align=center|13

| 11 February

| {{nrut|Italy}}

| Stadio Flaminio, Rome

| align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|31–16

| align=center|3rd

align=center|14

| 25 February

| {{nrut|Scotland}}

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|12–18

| align=center|4th

align=center|15

| 12 March

| {{nrut|France}}

| Stade de France, Paris

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|6–31

| align=center|5th

align=center|16

| 18 March

| {{nrut|Ireland}}

| Twickenham, London

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|24–28

| align=center|5th

align=center|17

| 11 June

| rowspan=2|{{nrut|Australia}}

| Stadium Australia, Sydney

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|3–34

| rowspan=2|Australia test series

| rowspan=2|Pat Sanderson

| align=center|6th

align=center|18

| 17 June

| Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|18–43

| align=center|6th

align=center|19

| 5 November

| {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| rowspan=4|Twickenham, London

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|20–41

| rowspan=4|Autumn internationals

| rowspan=4|Martin Corry

| align=center|6th

align=center|20

| 11 November

| {{nrut|Argentina}}

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|18–25

| align=center|6th

align=center|21

| 18 November

| rowspan=2|{{nrut|South Africa}}

| align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|23–21

| align=center|7th

align=center|22

| 25 November

| align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|14–25

| align=center|6th

== Record by country ==

class="wikitable"
Opponent

! Played

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! Win ratio (%)

! For

! Against

align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Argentina}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|1|0|0|1}}

1825
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Australia}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|4|1|0|3}}

66114
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Canada}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|1|1|0|0}}

700
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|France}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|0|0|2}}

2349
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Ireland}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|0|0|2}}

3747
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Italy}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|2|0|0}}

7023
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|New Zealand}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|0|0|2}}

3964
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Samoa}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|1|1|0|0}}

403
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Scotland}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|1|0|1}}

5540
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|South Africa}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|3|2|0|1}}

6962
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Wales}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|1|0|1}}

5624
align=center

! TOTAL

{{WDLtot|decimals=0|22|9|0|13}}

! 543

! 451

In the summer of 2007, the Scottish Rugby Union appointed Robinson the new head coach of Edinburgh Rugby, as well as joint coach of Scotland A with Glasgow coach Sean Lineen. In his first season as coach, he guided Edinburgh to the highest ever finish by a Scottish side at that time{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/rugbyunion/match_report/0,,11069_61543_1,00.html |title=Match Report | Glasgow v Zebre - 10th May 2014 | Sky Sports | Rugby Union News |access-date=16 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831213645/http://www.skysports.com/rugbyunion/match_report/0%2C%2C11069_61543_1%2C00.html |archive-date=31 August 2014 }} in the Celtic League (joint 3rd), despite numerous international players leaving the previous summer for more lucrative contracts in England and France. The following season (2008–09) Edinburgh leap-frogged Leinster and the Ospreys on the final day of the competition to finish runners-up behind Munster. Edinburgh also finished highest points scorers. He stepped down in June 2009 to take up the role of head coach of Scotland, replacing Frank Hadden. Although his time as Scotland coach included a 2–0 series win in Argentina and home wins over Australia and South Africa – the latter advancing Scotland to a record sixth place in the world rankings – his stint ended after a string of disappointing results, culminating in defeat by Tonga on 24 November 2012 which was followed a day later by his resignation.

= International matches as head coach with Scotland =

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!colspan=8|Matches (2009–2012)

Matches

!Date

!Opposition

!Venue

!Score
(Sco.–Opponent)

!Competition

!Captain

colspan=7|2009
align=center|1

|14 November

|{{nrut|Fiji}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|23–10

|align=center rowspan=3|Autumn internationals

|align=center rowspan=3|Chris Cusiter

align=center|2

|21 November

|{{nrut|Australia}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|9–8

align=center|3

|28 November

|{{nrut|Argentina}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|6–9

colspan=7|2010
align=center|4

|7 February

|{{nrut|France}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|9–18

|align=center rowspan=5|Six Nations

|align=center rowspan=5|Chris Cusiter

align=center|5

|13 February

|{{nrut|Wales}}

|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|24–31

align=center|6

|27 February

|{{nrut|Italy}}

|Stadio Flaminio, Rome

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|12–16

align=center|7

|13 March

|{{nrut|England}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#ffc|15–15

align=center|8

|20 March

|{{nrut|Ireland}}

|Croke Park, Dublin

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|23–20

align=center|9

|12 June

|rowspan=2|{{nrut|Argentina}}

|Estadio José Fierro, Tucumán

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|24–16

|align=center rowspan=2|Summer Tour

|align=center rowspan=2|Alastair Kellock

align=center|10

|19 June

|José María Minella, Mar del Plata

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|13–9

align=center|11

|13 November

|{{nrut|New Zealand}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|3–49

|align=center rowspan=3|Autumn Internationals

|align=center|Mike Blair

align=center|12

|20 November

|{{nrut|South Africa}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|21–17

|align=center rowspan=2|Rory Lawson

align=center|13

|27 November

|{{nrut|Samoa}}

|Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|19–16

colspan=7|2011
align=center|14

|5 February

|{{nrut|France}}

|Stade de France, Paris

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|21–34

|align=center rowspan=5|Six Nations

|align=center rowspan=5|Alastair Kellock

align=center|15

|12 February

|{{nrut|Wales}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|6–24

align=center|16

|27 February

|{{nrut|Ireland}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|18–21

align=center|17

|13 March

|{{nrut|England}}

|Twickenham Stadium, London

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|16–22

align=center|18

|19 March

|{{nrut|Italy}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|21–8

align=center|19

|6 August

|{{nrut|Ireland}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|10–6

|align=center rowspan=2|2011 RWC warm-ups

|align=center|Rory Lawson

align=center|20

|20 August

|{{nrut|Italy}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|23–12

|align=center|Alastair Kellock

align=center|21

|10 September

|{{nrut|Romania}}

|Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|34–24

|align=center rowspan=4|2011 Rugby World Cup

|align=center|Alastair Kellock

align=center|22

|14 September

|{{nrut|Georgia}}

|Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|15–6

|align=center rowspan=2|Rory Lawson

align=center|23

|25 September

|{{nrut|Argentina}}

|Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|12–13

align=center|24

|1 October

|{{nrut|England}}

|Eden Park, Auckland

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|12–16

|align=center|Alastair Kellock

colspan=7|2012
align=center|25

|4 February

|{{nrut|England}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|6–13

|align=center rowspan=5|Six Nations

|align=center rowspan=5|Ross Ford

align=center|26

|12 February

|{{nrut|Wales}}

|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|13–27

align=center|27

|26 February

|{{nrut|France}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|17–23

align=center|28

|10 March

|{{nrut|Ireland}}

|Aviva Stadium, Dublin

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|14–32

align=center|29

|17 March

|{{nrut|Italy}}

|Stadio Olimpico, Italy

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|6–13

align=center|30

|5 June

|{{nrut|Australia}}

|Hunter Stadium, Newcastle

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|9–6

|align=center rowspan=3|Summer Tour

|align=center rowspan=3|Ross Ford

align=center|31

|16 June

|{{nrut|Fiji}}

|Churchill Park, Lautoka

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|37–25

align=center|32

|23 June

|{{nrut|Samoa}}

|Apia Park, Apia

|align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC|17–16

align=center|33

|11 November

|{{nrut|New Zealand}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|22–51

|align=center rowspan=3|Autumn Internationals

|align=center rowspan=3|Kelly Brown

align=center|34

|17 November

|{{nrut|South Africa}}

|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|10–21

align=center|35

|24 November

|{{nrut|Tonga}}

|Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

|align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC|15–21

== Record by country ==

class="wikitable"
Opponent

! Played

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! Win ratio (%)

! For

! Against

align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Argentina}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|4|2|0|2}}

5550
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Australia}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|2|0|0}}

1814
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|England}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|4|0|1|3}}

4966
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Fiji}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|2|0|0}}

6035
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|France}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|3|0|0|3}}

4775
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Georgia}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|1|1|0|0}}

156
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Ireland}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|4|2|0|2}}

6779
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Italy}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|4|2|0|2}}

6249
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|New Zealand}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|0|0|2}}

25100
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Romania}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|1|1|0|0}}

3424
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Samoa}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|2|0|0}}

3632
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|South Africa}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|2|1|0|1}}

3138
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Tonga}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|1|0|0|1}}

1521
align=center

| align=left|{{ru|Wales}}

{{WDL|decimals=0|3|0|0|3}}

4382
align=center

! TOTAL

{{WDLtot|decimals=0|35|15|1|19}}

! 469

! 671

On 18 February 2013 it was announced by Bristol Rugby club that Andy Robinson was joining the club as the new director of rugby and in 2016 Bristol gained promotion to the Aviva Premiership under him.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/21496687 |title=BBC Sport – Andy Robinson: Bristol name ex-Scotland boss as director of rugby |publisher=BBC |date=18 February 2013 |access-date=8 June 2013}}

Personal life

Robinson is a vegetarian.{{cite web|author=Rugby Union |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/2354462/Andy-Robinson.html |title=Andy Robinson |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=31 January 2005 |access-date=8 June 2013}}{{cite web|last=Hewett |first=Chris |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/england-19-new-zealand-23-robinsons-rose-shows-new-shoots-after-taking-all-blacks-to-the-limit-516249.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/england-19-new-zealand-23-robinsons-rose-shows-new-shoots-after-taking-all-blacks-to-the-limit-516249.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=England 19 New Zealand 23: Robinson's rose shows new shoots after taking All Blacks to the limit |work=The Independent|date=21 November 2005 |access-date=8 June 2013}}{{cbignore}}

He has four children; Olly Robinson who currently plays for the Cardiff Blues; Ed Robinson, who is assistant coach at Jersey Reds; Henry; and one daughter, Charlotte Robinson.

Robinson attended Loughborough University between 1982 and 1986. He received a BSc in Physical Education and Sports Science in 1985 and then PGCE the following year.

Career record

Record as England player: Games played 8, Won 4, Lost 3, Drawn 1; 1 try (vs France){{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=883 |title=Andy Robinson |publisher=Sporting-heroes.net |access-date=8 June 2013}}

Record as England head coach: Games coached 22, Won 9, Lost 13, Drawn: 0

  • Biggest Win: Canada 70–0 (November 2004)
  • Biggest Loss (home or away): Australia 34–3 (June 2006)
  • Biggest Loss (home): New Zealand 20–41 (November 2006)

Record as Scotland head coach: Games coached 35, Won 15, Lost 19, Drawn 1

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.planet-rugby.com/stats/players/player_details.phtml/p_r/ENG?playerCode=ERO33&search_text=Andy%20Robinson&navCode=&tm1Code=%&setCode=archive Planet-rugby stats]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=883 Sporting Heroes]

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{{succession box|title=England national rugby union team head coach|before= {{flagicon|ENG}} Clive Woodward|after= {{flagicon|ENG}}Brian Ashton|years=2004–2006}}

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{{succession box|title=Romania national rugby union team head coach|before= {{flagicon|ROU}} Marius Țincu (caretaker)|after={{flagicon|ROM}} Eugen Apjok (caretaker)|years=2019–2022}}

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{{Scotland 2011 Rugby World Cup squad}}

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