Birth name | Darcy Graham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 June 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20th Sir Willie Purves Quaich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 2019–2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Matt Fagerson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jamie Ritchie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darcy Graham (born 21 June 1997) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland national team as a winger and fullback.
Graham played for Hawick Rugby Club,playing in the Scottish Cup final aged only 17. [1]
Having been a Scottish Rugby Academy stage 2 player,in 2017 Graham was signed by Edinburgh on a two year professional contract. [2]
He made his debut in the European Challenge Cup against London Irish,scoring a try in a 50-20 win. [3]
He has represented Scotland under 18s,Scotland under 20s and Scotland 7s. In August 2017 Gregor Townsend called Graham up to the extended Scotland national team training squad. [4]
In October 2018 Graham was called up again to the training squad and was then promoted to the main squad. He earned his first cap off the bench against Wales in November 2018. [5] His first international try came in the 2019 Six Nations match against Wales at Murrayfield, [6] and he subsequently scored two tries against England in the Calcutta Cup. [7]
Graham was part of Scotland's squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. [8] In 2023 Graham was selected in the 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. [9]
National team | Year | Apps | Tries |
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Scotland | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 10 | 5 | |
2020 | 4 | 2 | |
2021 | 7 | 3 | |
2022 | 11 | 6 | |
2023 | 6 | 8 | |
Total | 39 | 24 |
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