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Rory Darge
Full name	Rory Neil Benjamin Darge
Date of birth	23 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb; 16 st 1 lb)
School	North Berwick High School
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flanker, Number 8
Current team	Glasgow Warriors
Senior career
Years	Team
2019–2020	Southern Knights
2020	Edinburgh
2021–	Glasgow Warriors
	Correct as of 24 March 2024
International career
Years	Team
2018–2020	Scotland U20
2022–	Scotland
	Correct as of 25 November 2024

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Rory Neil Benjamin Darge (born 23 February 2000) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors and captains the Scotland national team.^[1]

Club career

Darge was part of the Edinburgh academy, before signing his first professional contract in July 2019^[2] for Super 6 side Southern Knights where he won Southern Knights youth player of the year in his first season.

At the start of the 2020-21 season he signed for Edinburgh Rugby. He made his debut for Edinburgh in Round 6 of the 2020–21 URC against Leinster.^[3]

On 16 April 2021 it was announced that he would move to Glasgow Warriors ahead of the new URC season and that he had signed ahead of the 2021-22 season.^[4]

International career

Darge was called up to the Scotland squad for the 2021 Summer internationals.^[5]

He made his debut for Scotland in the Six Nations match against Wales on 12 February 2022.^[6] Darge was selected in the 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.^[7] Darge was named as the Scotland co-captain for the 2024 Six Nations Championship.^[8]

Career statistics

List of international tries


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 February 2022	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	France	8–15	17–36	2022 Six Nations Championship
2	12 August 2023	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France	France	20–27	27–30	2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
3	26 August 2023	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	Georgia	12–6	33–6	2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
4	24 September 2023	Stade de Nice, Nice, France	Tonga	22–10	45–17	2023 Rugby World Cup
5	30 September 2023	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France	Romania	75–0	84–0	2023 Rugby World Cup

as of 1 October 2023^[update]^[9]

References

^ "Rory Darge". Edinburghrugby.org. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
^ "Age-grade trio pen pro deals". Edinburgh Rugby. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Eight-try Leinster overpower Edinburgh 50-10 in Pro14". BBC Sport. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
^ "Squad update".
^ "Scotland: Seventeen uncapped players in squad for summer Tests". BBC. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Scotland players rated after tough Six Nations away loss to Wales". The National. 12 February 2022.
^ "Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2023". Scottish Rugby Union. 16 August 2023.
^ "Rory Darge and Finn Russell named Scotland co-captains for Six Nations". The Independent. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^ "Rory Darge". 26 February 2022.

External links

Rory Darge at European Professional Club Rugby
Rory Darge at Scottish Rugby Union
Rory Darge at ESPNscrum
Rory Darge at ItsRugby.co.uk
Rory Darge at Scottish Rugby Union

Awards and achievements
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[1] "Rory Darge". Edinburghrugby.org. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

[Edinburgh_academy_trio-2] "Age-grade trio pen pro deals". Edinburgh Rugby. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[3] "Eight-try Leinster overpower Edinburgh 50-10 in Pro14". BBC Sport. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

[4] "Squad update".

[5] "Scotland: Seventeen uncapped players in squad for summer Tests". BBC. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[6] "Scotland players rated after tough Six Nations away loss to Wales". The National. 12 February 2022.

[Squad2023-7] "Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2023". Scottish Rugby Union. 16 August 2023.

[8] "Rory Darge and Finn Russell named Scotland co-captains for Six Nations". The Independent. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[9] "Rory Darge". 26 February 2022.

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-'''Rory Neil Benjamin Darge''' (born 23 February 2000) is a Scottish professional [[rugby union]] player who plays as a [[Flanker (rugby union)|flanker]] for [[United Rugby Championship]] club [[Glasgow Warriors]] and the [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland national team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghrugby.org/edinburgh-rugby-team/rory-darge|website=Edinburghrugby.org|title=Rory Darge|accessdate=17 November 2020}}</ref>
+'''Rory Neil Benjamin Darge''' (born 23 February 2000) is a Scottish professional [[rugby union]] player who plays as a [[Flanker (rugby union)|flanker]] for [[United Rugby Championship]] club [[Glasgow Warriors]] and [[Captain (sports)|captains]] the [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland national team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghrugby.org/edinburgh-rugby-team/rory-darge|website=Edinburghrugby.org|title=Rory Darge|accessdate=17 November 2020}}</ref>
 == Club career ==
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 == International career ==
-In June 2021 Darge was called up to the [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] squad for the Summer internationals.<ref>{{cite news
+Darge was called up to the [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] squad for the 2021 Summer internationals.<ref>{{cite news
 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/57318490
 |title=Scotland: Seventeen uncapped players in squad for summer Tests
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 |date=1 June 2021 |access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref>
-He made his debut for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in the Six Nations match against Wales on 12 February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/sport/19920475.scotland-players-rated-tough-loss-away-wales/|title=Scotland players rated after tough Six Nations away loss to Wales|website=The National}}</ref>
+He made his debut for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in the Six Nations match against Wales on 12 February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/sport/19920475.scotland-players-rated-tough-loss-away-wales/|title=Scotland players rated after tough Six Nations away loss to Wales|website=The National|date=12 February 2022 }}</ref> Darge was selected in the 33 player squad for the [[2023 Rugby World Cup]] in France.<ref name = Squad2023>{{cite web |url=https://scottishrugby.org/scotland-squad-named-for-rugby-world-cup-2023/ |title=Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2023 |date=16 August 2023 |publisher=Scottish Rugby Union}}</ref> Darge was named as the Scotland co-captain for the [[2024 Six Nations Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/finn-russell-scotland-gregor-townsend-six-nations-jamie-ritchie-b2482256.html|title=Rory Darge and Finn Russell named Scotland co-captains for Six Nations|website=The Independent|date= 21 January 2024|accessdate= 7 February 2024}}</ref>
 == Career statistics ==
 === List of international tries ===
+{{International goals header|ref=no}}
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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+|style="text-align:center;"|1
-! Number
+|26 February 2022
-! Position
+|[[Murrayfield Stadium]], [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
-! Points
+|{{ru|France}}
-! Tries
+|style="text-align:center;"|8–15
-! Result
+|{{lost|17–36}}
-! Opposition
+|[[2022 Six Nations Championship]]
-! Venue
-! Date
-! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
 |-
+|style="text-align:center;"|2
-| 1
+|12 August 2023
-| [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
+|[[Stade Geoffroy-Guichard]], [[Saint-Étienne]], France
-| 5
+|{{ru|France}}
-| 1
+|style="text-align:center;"|20–27
-| Lost
-| {{ru|FRA|noflag=y}}
+|{{lost|27–30}}
+|[[2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches]]
-| [[Murrayfield Stadium]]
+|-
-| [[2022 Six Nations Championship|26 February 2022]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|3
-| <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/report/france-impress-on-the-way-to-dominant-win-in-scotland#report | title = FRANCE IMPRESS ON THE WAY TO DOMINANT WIN IN SCOTLAND | last = Eddison | first = Paul | date = 26 February 2022 | website = Six Nations Rugby | access-date = 27 June 2023 }}</ref>
+|26 August 2023
+|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
+|{{ru|Georgia}}
+|style="text-align:center;"|12–6
+|{{win|33–6}}
+|[[2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches]]
+|-
+|style="text-align:center;"|4
+|24 September 2023
+|[[Allianz Riviera|Stade de Nice]], [[Nice]], France
+|{{ru|Tonga}}
+|style="text-align:center;"|22–10
+|{{win|45–17}}
+|[[2023 Rugby World Cup]]
+|-
+|style="text-align:center;"|5
+|30 September 2023
+|[[Stade Pierre-Mauroy]], [[Lille]], France
+|{{ru|Romania}}
+|style="text-align:center;"|75–0
+|{{win|84–0}}
+|[[2023 Rugby World Cup]]
 |}
-{{as of|2022|02|26|lc=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/30035.html?source=opta|title=Rory Darge|date=26 February 2022}}</ref>
+{{as of|2023|10|01|lc=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/30035.html?source=opta|title=Rory Darge|date=26 February 2022}}</ref>
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 == External links ==
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+* [https://scottishrugby.org/teams/scotland-men/rory-darge/ Rory Darge] at [[Scottish Rugby Union]]
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+{{s-ttl|title=[[Sir Willie Purves Quaich]]|years=2022}}
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v t e Glasgow Warriors – current squad
Forwards	Jamie Bhatti Gregor Brown Scott Cummings Rory Darge Allan Dell Jack Dempsey JP du Preez Matt Fagerson Zander Fagerson Angus Fraser Richie Gray Adam Hastings Gregor Hiddleston Johnny Matthews Nathan McBeth Ally Miller Fin Richardson Alex Samuel Patrick Schickerling Grant Stewart Rory Sutherland Sam Talakai Sione Vailanu Henco Venter Murphy Walker Max Williamson
Backs	Ben Afshar Sebastián Cancelliere Facundo Cordero Jamie Dobie George Horne Huw Jones Tom Jordan Sean Kennedy Stafford McDowall Josh McKay Duncan Munn Kyle Rowe Ollie Smith Kyle Steyn Logan Trotter Sione Tuipulotu Duncan Weir
Coach	Franco Smith

v t e Scotland squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ashman Bhatti Cherry Crosbie Cummings Darge Dempsey M. Fagerson Z. Fagerson Gilchrist Gray Matthews (replaced McInally) McInally (replaced Cherry) Nel Ritchie (c) Sebastian Schoeman Skinner Sutherland Turner Watson
Backs	Graham Harris Healy Horne Jones Kinghorn Price Redpath Russell Smith Steyn Tuipulotu Van der Merwe White
Head coach: Gregor Townsend