Robbie Russell (rugby player)
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Robbie Russell is an Australia
n-born professional rugby union
player who played hooker for London Irish
and formerly with Saracens.
Russell was brought up on an Australian cattle farm. He played domestic rugby for Queensland before moving to Scotland. He attended the Anglican Church Grammar School
in Brisbane for the majority of his schooling years.
He made his debut for Scotland national rugby union team
against Romania in 1999.
He represented Scotland at the World Cup in 2003
, but started only one fixture in Australia, he grabbed Scotland's solitary try during the quarter-final defeat to Australia.
He scored two tries after coming off the bench in 100-8 victory over Japan at McDiarmid Park in Perth in November 2004.
He has now retired due to a neck injury and runs his ecommerce business http://www.shudoo.co.uk along with his wife, Claire, selling ugg boots and other women's footwear.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n-born professional rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player who played hooker for London Irish
London Irish
London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...
and formerly with Saracens.
Russell was brought up on an Australian cattle farm. He played domestic rugby for Queensland before moving to Scotland. He attended the Anglican Church Grammar School
Anglican Church Grammar School
The Anglican Church Grammar School , is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Founded in 1912 by Canon William Perry French Morris, Churchie has a non-selective...
in Brisbane for the majority of his schooling years.
He made his debut for Scotland national rugby union team
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
against Romania in 1999.
He represented Scotland at the World Cup in 2003
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
, but started only one fixture in Australia, he grabbed Scotland's solitary try during the quarter-final defeat to Australia.
He scored two tries after coming off the bench in 100-8 victory over Japan at McDiarmid Park in Perth in November 2004.
He has now retired due to a neck injury and runs his ecommerce business http://www.shudoo.co.uk along with his wife, Claire, selling ugg boots and other women's footwear.