Jock Beattie
| Full name | John Ross Beattie | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 November 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | North Borneo | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) |
Johnnie Beattie Jennifer Beattie |
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| Position(s) | Flanker / Number Eight | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1980–1987 | Scotland | 25 | 25 |
John Ross Beattie (born 27 November 1957) is a Scottish former international rugby union player.
Beattie played for Glasgow Schools, Glasgow Academicals, Heriot's and Scotland B teams. He won his first International cap playing for Scotland at No. 8 in 1980 at the age of 23 and earned a total of 25 caps. He toured twice with the British Lions, South Africa in 1980 and New Zealand in 1983. In 1987 he captained Scotland in a pre-season tour to Spain and later scored a try in both Internationals against France and Wales but in a match against England he suffered a recurrence of a knee injury which was to cut short his playing career.
John has coached Biggar along with Gary Parker, and coached West of Scotland during their rise from Premier Division 3 to Division 1, and for a brief period Glasgow Academicals.
John hosts a lunchtime show of news, comment and discussion on current affairs on BBC Radio Scotland, Monday to Friday from 12 to 1.15pm, and is the co-host of the sports magazine programme Sport Nation on both radio and TV. He also writes a rugby blog on the BBC's rugby union website in which he comments on regional, national and international rugby and is match day commentator or presenter on international rugby games on both TV and Radio. John writes for The Herald, Sunday Herald and Scottish Rugby Magazine.
This is a link to his page on BBC Radio Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vkn0l
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