Rory Darge

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Rory Darge
Full nameRory Neil Benjamin Darge
Date of birth (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb; 16 st 1 lb)
School North Berwick High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8
Current team Glasgow Warriors
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019–2020 Southern Knights 13 (0)
2020 Edinburgh 1 (0)
2021– Glasgow Warriors 48 (15)
Correct as of 24 March 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018–2020 Scotland U20 13 (0)
2022– Scotland 24 (25)
Correct as of 11 November 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 captains the Scotland national team. [1]

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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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
126 February 2022 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, ScotlandFlag of France.svg  France 8–1517–36 2022 Six Nations Championship
212 August 2023 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, FranceFlag of France.svg  France 20–2727–30 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
326 August 2023Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, ScotlandFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 12–633–6 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
424 September 2023 Stade de Nice, Nice, FranceFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 22–1045–17 2023 Rugby World Cup
530 September 2023 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, FranceFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 75–084–0 2023 Rugby World Cup

as of 1 October 2023 [9]

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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.
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