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style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1957-11-27</span>) </span>27 November 1957<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 67)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Place of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo" title="Crown Colony of North Borneo">North Borneo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Notable relative(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Beattie" title="Johnnie Beattie">Johnnie Beattie</a> (son)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jen_Beattie" title="Jen Beattie">Jen Beattie</a> (daughter)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Rugby union career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" 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style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1986</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Combined_Scottish_Districts" title="Combined Scottish Districts">Combined Scottish Districts</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data 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normal;">1980–1987</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 25</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (25)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>  </p><p><b>John Ross Beattie</b> (born 27 November 1957) is a Scottish broadcaster and former <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> player. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Beattie_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beattie was born to Scottish parents in <a href="/wiki/North_Borneo" title="North Borneo">North Borneo</a>, where his father was manager of a rubber estate.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended boarding school in <a href="/wiki/Penang" title="Penang">Penang</a>, Malaysia and the family returned to <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> when he was eleven.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and went to <a href="/wiki/The_Glasgow_Academy" title="The Glasgow Academy">the Glasgow Academy</a>. </p><p>He studied at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a> and gained a degree in <a href="/wiki/Civil_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Engineering">Civil Engineering</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rugby_Union_career">Rugby Union career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Beattie_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rugby Union career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Amateur_career">Amateur career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Beattie_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Amateur career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beattie played for Glasgow Schools, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Academicals_RFC" title="Glasgow Academicals RFC">Glasgow Academicals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heriot%27s_Rugby_Club" title="Heriot's Rugby Club">Heriot's</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provincial_career">Provincial career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Beattie_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Provincial career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He played for <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_District_(rugby_union)" title="Glasgow District (rugby union)">Glasgow District</a>. </p><p>He played for <a href="/wiki/Combined_Scottish_Districts" title="Combined Scottish Districts">Combined Scottish Districts</a> on 1 March 1986 against <a href="/wiki/South_of_Scotland_District_(rugby_union)" title="South of Scotland District (rugby union)">South of Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_career">International career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Beattie_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He gained 2 caps for <a href="/wiki/Scotland_B_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland B national rugby union team">Scotland 'B'</a> in 1980. </p><p>He won his first international <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">cap</a> for <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> at <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_positions#8._Number_Eight" title="Rugby union positions">No. 8</a> on 2 February 1980 against <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lansdowne_Road" title="Lansdowne Road">Lansdowne Road</a> at the age of 22.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to earn a total of 25 Scotland caps. </p><p>He toured twice with the <a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="British and Irish Lions">British Lions</a>, to South Africa in 1980 and New Zealand in 1983, winning one test cap. He also played for the Lions against <a href="/wiki/The_Rest_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rest (rugby union)">'the Rest'</a> in 1986. </p><p>In 1987 he captained Scotland in a pre-season tour to Spain and later scored a try in both internationals against France and Wales. </p><p>His first try for Scotland came against <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Parc_des_Princes" title="Parc des Princes">Parc des Princes</a> on 7 March 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 April he started a match against England but suffered a recurrence of a knee injury and was substituted early in the second half.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The injury ruled him out of playing in the <a href="/wiki/1987_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1987 Rugby World Cup">inaugural Rugby World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not play for Scotland again and the knee injury cut short his playing career.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Beattie_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a brief period, Beattie was assistant coach at <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Academicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Academicals">Glasgow Academicals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahead of the 2004–05 season, Beattie was appointed as coach of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Premiership_Division_One" title="Scottish Premiership Division One">Premier One</a> side <a href="/wiki/Biggar_RFC" title="Biggar RFC">Biggar</a> along with Gary Parker.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He coached <a href="/wiki/West_of_Scotland_F.C." title="West of Scotland F.C.">West of Scotland</a> during their rise from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Premiership_Division_Three" title="Scottish Premiership Division Three">Premier Division 3</a> to <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Premiership_Division_One" title="Scottish Premiership Division One">Division 1</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting_and_journalism_career">Broadcasting and journalism career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Beattie_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Broadcasting and journalism career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After retiring from rugby, Beattie moved on from civil engineering and retrained as a chartered accountant, before moving into broadcasting in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He works as a commentator or presenter for rugby on television and radio. He hosts a lunchtime show of news, comment and discussion on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Scotland" title="BBC Radio Scotland">BBC Radio Scotland</a>, and is a host of the sports magazine programme <i>Sport Nation</i> on both radio and TV. </p><p>He writes a rugby blog on the BBC's rugby union website, and has written for <a href="/wiki/The_Herald_(Glasgow)" title="The Herald (Glasgow)">The Herald</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunday_Herald" title="Sunday Herald">Sunday Herald</a> and Scottish Rugby Magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003 Beattie was chairman of the Scottish government physical activity taskforce to improve the health of the nation through exercise<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and oversaw a review in 2008, 'Let's Make Scotland More Active'. </p><p>In 2010, Radio Scotland announced that he would host the "John Beattie Show", a 75-minute show four days a week.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2019, Beattie serves as a presenter on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland_(TV_channel)" title="BBC Scotland (TV channel)">BBC Scotland</a>'s news programme <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nine_(BBC_Scotland)" title="The Nine (BBC Scotland)">The Nine</a></i>. </p><p>In 2024, he joined the news presenting team at BBC News <a href="/wiki/Reporting_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Reporting Scotland">Reporting Scotland</a> as relief presenter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Beattie_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beattie's son, <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Beattie" title="Johnnie Beattie">Johnnie</a>, is also a Scottish international rugby player, who has won 38 caps since 2006. One of his daughters, <a href="/wiki/Jen_Beattie" title="Jen Beattie">Jen</a>, plays football for <a href="/wiki/Scotland_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Scotland women's national football team">Scotland</a>, having more than 100 caps, and <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_W.F.C." title="Arsenal W.F.C.">Arsenal</a> and previously for <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C._Women" title="Celtic F.C. Women">Celtic F.C. Women</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, Beattie was a candidate for <a href="/wiki/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)">Rector</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a>. </p><p>In 2015 <a href="/wiki/Abertay_University" title="Abertay University">Abertay University</a> awarded him an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_doctorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary doctorate">honorary doctorate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received another honorary doctorate from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a> one year later.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Beattie_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/sportsweekly/biography/">"Sports Weekly - 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