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Rory Darge
Full nameRory Neil Benjamin Darge
Date of birth (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb; 16 st 1 lb)
SchoolNorth Berwick High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8
Current team Glasgow Warriors
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019–2020 Southern Knights 13 (0)
2020–2021 Edinburgh 1 (0)
2021– Glasgow Warriors 40 (15)
Correct as of 24 March 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–2020 Scotland U20 13 (0)
2022– Scotland 19 (25)
Correct as of 16 March 2024

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 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

Try Opposing team Venue Competition Date Score
1  France Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2022 Six Nations 26 February 2022 17 - 36
2  France Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches 12 August 2023 30 - 27
3  Georgia Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 26 August 2023 33 - 6
4  Tonga Stade de Nice, Nice 2023 Rugby World Cup 24 September 2023 45 - 17
5  Romania Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille 2023 Rugby World Cup 30 September 2023 84 - 0

as of 1 October 2023[9]

References

  1. ^ "Rory Darge". Edinburghrugby.org. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  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.
  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.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by 23rd Sir Willie Purves Quaich
2022
Succeeded by