Introduction
John Ross Beattie (born 27 November 1957) is a Scottish former international rugby union player.
Playing career
North Borneo-born Beattie earned a total of 25 caps playing for Scotland as No. 8, and toured twice with the British Lions.
Coaching
John has coached Biggar along with Gary Parker, and West of Scotland from Premier 3 to 1 in Scotland, and for a brief period Glasgow Academicals.
Broadcasting career
John hosts the lunch time news on BBC Radio Scotland Monday to Thursday from 12 to 1.15, 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 for either TV or Radio.
This is a link to his page on BBC Radio Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vkn0l
This is a link to his BBC Sport Nation page for TV and Radio http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/sport_nation/
He tweets @johnrossbeattie
Personal life
Beattie's son, Johnnie, is also a Scottish international rugby union player, winning his first cap in a victory against Romania. His daughter, Jenny, plays football for both the Scottish and Manchester City Women's.
In 2004, Beattie was a candidate for Rector of the University of Glasgow, and holds a degree in Civil Engineering from that institution. After retiring from rugby when injured at Twickenham in 1987 he retrained as a Chartered Accountant and left that profession in 1995 to concentrate on broadcasting.
Articles by John Beattie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/johnbeattie/2011/09/scotland_blew_world_cup_game_t.html BBC blog, and this takes you to his other blogs.