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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 (10)
2020–2021 Edinburgh 1 (0)
2021– Glasgow Warriors 32 (10)
Correct as of 27 June 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–2020 Scotland U20 13 (0)
2022– Scotland 7 (5)
Correct as of 18 July 2022

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

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

He made his debut for Scotland in the Six Nations match against Wales on 12 February 2022.[6]

Career statistics

List of international tries

Number Position Points Tries Result Opposition Venue Date Ref.
1 Flanker 5 1 Lost France Murrayfield Stadium 26 February 2022 [7]

as of 26 February 2022[8]

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.
  7. ^ Eddison, Paul (26 February 2022). "FRANCE IMPRESS ON THE WAY TO DOMINANT WIN IN SCOTLAND". Six Nations Rugby. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Rory Darge". 26 February 2022.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by 23rd Sir Willie Purves Quaich
2022
Succeeded by