{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player & coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=October 2015}} {{infobox rugby biography | name = Adam Roxburgh | image = | image_size = | caption = | alt = | birth_name = Adam John Roxburgh | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|4|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|6|ft|2|in|2|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|15|st|6|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | ru_currentteam = | position = Flanker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = -1996 | years2 = 1996- | clubs1 = Kelso | clubs2 = Border Reivers | clubs3 = Kelso | apps1 = | points1 = | ru_clubupdate = | repyears1 = 1997–1998 | repteam1 = Scotland | repcaps1 = 8 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | repsevensyears1 = | repsevenscomp1 = | coachyears1 = 2015- | coachteams1 = Kelso }} '''Adam Roxburgh''' (born 14 April 1970) is a rugby union coach and former player who made eight appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team. He was known for his entertaining play in rugby sevens games.
==Early life== Roxburgh was born in Edinburgh.<ref name="ESPN profile">{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/12722.html |title=Player profile: Adam Roxburgh, Scotland |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=8 October 2015}}</ref>
==Rugby playing career== He played club rugby for Kelso RFC.<ref name="Scotsman 8Oct2005">{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby/latest/music-at-an-end-as-roxy-takes-a-bow-1-707266 |title=Music at an end as Roxy takes a bow |work=The Scotsman |date=9 April 2005 |accessdate=8 October 2015}}</ref>
He made his international rugby debut on 22 November 1997, against Australia at Murrayfield.<ref name="ESPN profile"/> His last appearance was against Australia at Brisbane during the 1998 Scotland rugby union tour of Oceania.<ref name="ESPN profile"/>
Roxburgh was a talented rugby sevens player. With Kelso he competed in the Dubai Sevens, 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens and has won three Kings of the Sevens.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/rugby_7s/newsid_2136000/2136721.stm |title=Roxburgh out of sevens |publisher=BBC News |date=18 July 2002}}</ref> In 1997, he won the Middlesex Sevens with the Barbarians.<ref name="Scotsman 8Oct2005"/>
When many of his rugby-playing contemporaries turned professional in 1997, Roxburgh remained with the firm of precision tool makers, Abbey Tool and Gauge in Kelso, who had been his first employer from school.<ref name="Scotsman 8Oct2005"/> He retired from club rugby in 2005.<ref name="Scotsman 8Oct2005"/>
==Coaching== By 2008 he was coaching the Kelso sevens team and the Kelso second fifteen.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/roxburgh-seeks-home-spark-as-kelso-sevens-kick-off-new-season-1-1085930 |title=Roxburgh seeks home spark as Kelso Sevens kick off new season |work=The Scotsman |date=15 August 2008 |accessdate=8 October 2015}}</ref> He took over as a head coach at Kelso from 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/sport/rugby/adam-returns-to-his-roots-1-3741450 |title=Adam returns to his roots |work=The Southern Reporter |date=9 April 2015 |accessdate=1 August 2016 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818085027/http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/sport/rugby/adam-returns-to-his-roots-1-3741450 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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