Andy Robinson
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- For the actor see Andrew Robinson
Andy Robinson born 3 April 1964 in Taunton is a former English rugby union footballer who played openside flanker for Bath and England. He is the head coach of England.
Robinson made his England debut against Australia on 12 Jun 1988, and gained eight caps before playing last his match 18 November 1995 against
Robinson was quite small for a back row forward, being only 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), and weighing 194 lb (88 kg), and his career may have suffered from being "too small". Other small opensides, most notably Neil Back suffered from the same problem. (Back later went on to win 66 caps, showing the idea to be wrong).
Whilst playing rugby for Bath Robinson taught Mathematics, Physical Education and Rugby at King Edward's School, Bath
Robinson later went into coaching, and coached Bath before being sacked. He was later appointed forwards coach for the England side, deputy to Clive Woodward. When Woodward resigned from the role of England coach in September 2004, Robinson was named as acting coach before being confirmed in the position.
External links
- Planet-rugby stats (http://www.planet-rugby.com/stats/players/player_details.phtml/p_r/ENG?playerCode=ERO33&search_text=Andy%20Robinson&navCode=&tm1Code=%&setCode=archive)
- sporting heroes (http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=883)
| Preceded by: Clive Woodward | English national rugby coach 2004- | Followed by: ' |