Full name | Rory Neil Benjamin Darge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 February 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 the Scotland national team. [1]
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]
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]
Try | Opposing team | Venue | Competition | Date | Score |
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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 |
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