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Robbie Blair
Birth nameRobert Blair
Date of birth (1953-06-03) 3 June 1953 (age 70)
Place of birthJohannesburg, Gauteng
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Helpmekaar, Grey College, Bloemfontein
UniversityStellenbosch University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1974–1980
Maties
 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1974–1980, 1984
1981–1983
Western Province
Transvaal
 75 (858)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1977 South Africa 1 (21)

Robert 'Robbie' Blair (born 3 June 1953 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player.[1]

Playing career

Blair matriculated at

Western Province in 1974 and played 74 matches for the union from 1974 to 1980 and scored 858 points, which was the provincial record up to 1987.[2][3] He played his 75th match for Western Province as a replacement in the last minutes of the 1984 Currie Cup final.[4] From 1981 to 1983, Blair played for Transvaal and in 1983 he scored 223 points, a Transvaal record for a season, that was bettered in 1989 by Cameron Oliver.[5]

Blair played his first and only test match for the

Springboks against the World XV on 27 August 1977 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. He scored 21 points in this match.[6]

Test history

No. Opposition Result (SA 1st) Position Points Date Venue
1. World XV 45–24
Fly-half
 21 (3 conv, 5 pen) 27 August 1977 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

See also

References

  1. ^ "Robbie Blair". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. OCLC 54188953
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  3. ^ Van Rooyen, Quintus (1985). S.A. Rugby Writers Annual 1985. SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 129.
  4. ^ "Robbie Blair – van kaalvoetskopper tot Springbokheld". Netwerk24. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. ISBN 0620172940
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  6. OCLC 36916860
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