John Rutherford

John Young Rutherford (born 4 October 1955) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Fly half.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Rutherford played for Selkirk.

Richard Bath writes of him that: "Outside , perhaps only the Irish pair of Tony Ward and Ollie Campbell were able to hold a candle to fly-half John Rutherford, the man who dominated Scottish back play for most of the 1980s... Deceptively quick and a natural athlete, he was able to boot the ball prodigious distances or beat a man one-on-one, seemingly at will. Allied to a keen rugby intellect, Rutherford was Scotland's star turn throughout the 1980s."

Rutherford was chosen to tour with the British and Irish Lions in 1983, being picked to play in the test team at inside centre.

Rutherford is a Director of The Bill McLaren Foundation alongside Andy Irvine.