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John Jeffrey - Wikipedia

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John Jeffrey

Date of birth

25 March 1959 (age 65)

Place of birth

Kelso, Scottish Borders

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Flanker
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
-	Kelso		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
-	South of Scotland		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1983-84	Scotland 'B'	3
1984–91	Scotland	40	(44)

John Jeffrey (born 25 March 1959) is a Scottish former rugby union player, coach and administrator. He won 40 caps for Scotland, and was part of the team that won the Grand Slam in 1990. After retiring as a player he was a coach and administrator.

Early life

Jeffrey was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose and Merchiston Castle School.^[1] Jeffrey owns a farm in the Borders. His nicknames were "The Great White Shark" and "JJ".

Playing career

Jeffrey played for Kelso and South of Scotland.

He was capped by Scotland 'B' 3 times between 1983 and 1984.

He won forty caps for Scotland between 1984 and 1991, making him, at the time, Scotland's most capped flanker. He scored 11 tries, another Scottish record at the time, shared with back-row colleague Derek White.

Journalist Richard Bath described him as "one of the most galvanising sights in Five Nations rugby throughout the 1980s and early 1990s."^[2]

In 1988, after playing football with the Calcutta Cup along Princes Street in Edinburgh with England's Dean Richards, Jeffrey received a six-month ban from the Scottish Rugby Union.^[3] Richards received a one match sentence from the English Rugby Football Union.^[2] The trophy was severely dented, and cost hundreds of pounds to repair. Jeffrey later admitted to having been drunk at the time of the incident: "There was no doubt it was us. It was a mix of alcohol and high jinks. I think I had sobered up a bit by the time I got back to the hotel. I remember looking at the cup and thinking, 'hmmm, we could be in a spot of bother here'."^[4]

Jeffrey was selected for the British Lions' 1989 Tour of Australia.

He was a part of the Scotland team that won the Grand Slam in 1990.

During the 1990 Hong Kong Sevens, Jeffrey played for Scotland 7s, but when they were knocked out, he went on to play for Wales 7s as they were suffering from too many injuries.^[5]

Later career

Jeffrey was involved in coaching the Scotland youth teams. He has commentated on rugby games for the BBC.

He was a member of the (now World Rugby) Council (previously the International Rugby Board) and head of referees since 2010.

In December 2020 Jeffrey was appointed as chairman of the Scottish Rugby Board.^[6] In December 2022 Scottish Rugby announced that Jeffrey would stand down as chairman in May 2023 but would remain on the board.^[7]

In 2024 Jeffrey put himself forward as a candidate for the charirmanship of World Rugby. His candidacy was not supported by the Scottish Ruby Union, and he subsequently resigned as president of the Six Nations and as a board member, council member and vice-chairman of World Rugby.

References

^ "John Jeffrey handed Moredun honorary fellowship". The Courier (Dundee). 16 September 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b Bath, p141
^ McMurtrie, Bill. "Ban on Jeffrey over Calcutta Cup affair". The Herald. Glasgow. p. 1. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^ "Six Nations 2013: The drunken night when Dean Richards and John Jeffrey trashed the Calcutta Cup". 31 January 2013. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^ Hands, David (2 April 1990). "Fijians perform in a way unmatched even by All Blacks". The Times. London, UK.
^ "John Jeffrey appointed chairman of the Scottish Rugby board". The Scotsman. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ "Scottish Rugby begin hunt for new chair but John Jeffrey to remain on board". The Scotsman. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

Sources

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1)

External links

John Jeffrey on Sporting Heroes
A tribute to John Jeffrey in The Scotsman newspaper
John Jeffrey at ESPNscrum

v t e British Lions – 1986 IRFB Centenary Match vs The Rest
Forwards	Nigel Carr (Ire) John Beattie (Sco) John Jeffrey (Sco) Donal Lenihan (Ire) Wade Dooley (Eng) Des Fitzgerald (Ire) Colin Deans (Sco) (c) Jeff Whitefoot (Wal) Iain Paxton (Sco) (bench) Iain Milne (Sco) (bench)
Backs	Gavin Hastings (Sco) Trevor Ringland (Ire) Brendan Mullin (Ire) John Devereux (Wal) Rory Underwood (Eng) John Rutherford (Sco) Robert Jones (Wal) Malcolm Dacey (Wal) (bench) Richard Hill (Eng) (bench) Mike Kiernan (Ire) (bench) Steve Brain (Eng) (bench)
Coach	Mick Doyle

v t e Scotland squad – 1987 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Calder Campbell-Lamerton Deans (c) Jeffrey Milne Paxton Rowan Sole Tomes Turnbull White
Backs	Cramb Duncan G. Hastings S. Hastings Laidlaw Oliver Robertson Rutherford Tait Tukalo Wyllie
Coach: Grant

v t e British Lions – 1989 Australia tour
Forwards	Ackford Calder Chilcott Dooley Griffiths Jeffrey Lenihan Moore Norster Richards Robinson Smith Sole Teague White Young
Backs	Andrew Armstrong Chalmers Clement Dean Devereux Dods Evans Guscott Hall G. Hastings S. Hastings Jones Mullin Oti Underwood Carling (withdrew - injury)
Coach	McGeechan

v t e Four Home Unions XV – 1990 Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe
Forwards	B C Moore England M Griffiths Wales P J Ackford in bio England D F Cronin in teamsheet Scotland N P Francis Ireland J Jeffrey Scotland P J Winterbottom England N P Mannion Ireland J A Probyn England K S Milne Scotland D J Turnbull Scotland D M B Sole Scotland
Backs	S M Bates England A G Hastings Scotland A G Stanger Scotland W D C Carling England J C Guscott England R Underwood England C R Andrew England R J Hill England C H Chalmers Scotland
Coach	I R McGeechan Scotland

v t e Scotland squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup fourth place
Forwards	Allan Burnell Calder Cronin Gray Jeffrey Marshall D. Milne K. Milne Rowan Sole (c) Turnbull Watt Weir White
Backs	Armstrong Chalmers Dods G. Hastings S. Hastings Lineen Oliver Shiel Stanger Tukalo Wyllie
Coaching Staff	Telfer (forwards coach)
Coach: McGeechan