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For the day job Ian Robertson is the BBC Rugby Correspondent covering both Radio and TV. In the evening he is a very amusing, entertaining and highly articulate after-dinner speaker,
His rugby career ended with a bad knee injury at the age of 25 but by
that time he had won "Blues" at both Aberdeen University and Cambridge
University, had played for London Scottish and the Barbarians and had
won 8 international caps for Scotland. he was vice-captain of Scotland.
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He was Rugby Correspondent of the Sunday Times for three years between '1980 and '1983 but then returned to the microphone to become BBC Rugby Correspondent in '1983. He has appeared regularly on television for the past 15 years as a member of the "Rugby Special" team on BBC 2 and he also presents the rugby previews and features on Grandstand on BBC 1 before all major internationals, and provided the highly acclaimed commentary for England's victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. A prolific writer he is author or co-author of over 20 books including several best sellers - with Gareth Edwards, Bill Beaumont and Andy Irvine and he helped to host the official biography of the actor Richard Burton with Burton's younger brother. This book was best seller in over a dozen countries,
Throughout the '1980's he worked on a Celebrity Road Show which covered
the length and breadth of Britain and in the course of nine years he
appeared regularly as compere or quizmaster with sporting celebrities
like Denis Law, Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Boycott and Willie Carson, Over the last 20 years he has reported on most sports at one time or another and he appears 2 or 3 times a month on the after-dinner circuit with a fund of anecdotes covering a very wide range of sports. Although happy to accept any challenge, he specialises in Sportsmen's Dinners, golf days (a very competitive handicap of 16) dinners and conferences for the business world. Ian enjoys entertaining mixed audiences. |
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