[1] He was educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford,[1][2] with National Service in the Royal Air Force Regiment in between.
[1] After university, he took a position as a French and Latin teacher at King Edward's School, Birmingham from 1958[3] to 1968, before going into commerce.
[6] Robbins played the position then known as wing forward in the back row, firstly for Coventry and Oxford University where he earned 4 “blues” and was captain of his final match.
[2] He was selected for the British Lions tour of New Zealand in 1959, but broke his leg in a Barbarians match, and thus never had this sporting honour.
"[1] The Rugby Football Union barred Robbins from any activity associated with the national amateur game (playing, coaching etc.