Rob Moffat is a Scottish

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coach and former player. He was the assistant coach at

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under

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before taking over as head coach in 2009 and has been involved in coaching Scotland A,

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and the

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. On 31 January 2011 he was sacked by Edinburgh following a disappointing start to the season.

Career

As a PE teacher and head of department at

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Moffat taught the likes of

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, John Collins, Chris Paterson and Geoff Cross. He went on to take over from

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as the Melrose coach in the early 1990s before becoming assistant coach at the

when the game turned professional in 1997. When that team was merged with

he joined

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before returning to the borders when the team was revived. When it was again disbanded in 2007 Moffat moved to Edinburgh where he was assistant under

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and coached Scotland A to the final of the

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where they were defeated by

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. In July 2009 Moffat took over the head coach roll at Edinburgh following Robinson's appointment as head coach of the

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side. In his first season they finished 6th in the

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and failed to make progress from the pool stages of the

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having won three of their matches. The 2010 Magners campaign got off to a poor start with three losses on the trot before managing to overcome

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with a bonus point win at home in

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. By January Edinburgh had climbed to 7th but a home loss to the

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and failure to progress in the Heineken Cup with only one win in six saw Moffat's time as head coach come to an end. Moffat is now in charge of elite private school,

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. First XV and is also Director of Rugby at the school. He left Merchiston Castle School at the end of the 2015-16 rugby season.

References

External links

* http://www.edinburghrugby.org/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Moffat, Rob Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Scottish rugby union coaches Glasgow Warriors coaches Scottish schoolteachers Scotland international rugby union players Edinburgh Rugby coaches