Rory Hutchinson

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Rory Hutchinson
Rory Hutchinson 2015.jpg
Date of birth (1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Cambridge, England
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)
School Felsted School
Rugby union career
Position(s)

Centre,

Fullback
Current team Northampton Saints
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012–2014
2014–
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016
Shelford
Northampton Saints
Moseley
Coventry
Rotherham Titans
12
111
4
9
1
(97)
(180)
(5)
(5)
(0)
Correct as of 4 July 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014
2014–2016
2019-
Scotland U18s
Scotland U20s
Scotland
4
20
7
(-)
(33)
(15)
Correct as of 11 July 2022

Rory Hutchinson (born 29 January 1995) is a Scotland international rugby union player currently playing with Northampton Saints. [1]

Contents

Club career

Rory Hutchinson plays predominantly at centre. He began his rugby career at National League 2 South side Shelford RFC. [2]

He joined the Saints' Academy in July 2014. Hutchinson made his senior debut for the club on 31 January 2015, aged just 19 as Saints played local rivals Leicester Tigers. [3]

The centre went on to make his Aviva Premiership debut against Exeter Chiefs in September 2016. Hutchinson scored the club's try of the season in Saints' tight one point victory over their guest. [4]

Since 2017 Hutchinson has been a regular for the Saints' senior side. In 2019 he was part of the team that won the Premiership Cup v Saracens. He won the Gallagher Premiership Player on the month in February 2019 and has been nominated several times since then.

International career

Hutchinson's maternal grandparents were born in Scotland. [5] He first represented Scotland at U18 level. After having impressed at under-18 level, he was called up into the under-20 team. [6] Playing in the IRB Junior World Cup in New Zealand Hutchinson went on to play in 2 further U20 World Cups and 2 U20 Six Nations series. He fell just one appearance short of the all-time record for number of appearance for the Scotland U20 side, playing 20 times for the country at that level.

He received his first full senior cap from the bench for Scotland in the World Cup warm-up match against France on 17 August 2019. [7] He has gone on to gain a further 6 caps and scored 3 tries.

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References

  1. "Rory Hutchinson". Northampton Saints. 29 January 1996. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. "Shelford 37 v Redruth 15". Redruth Rugby. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. "Report". Northampton Saints. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. "SAINTS 20 EXETER 19 Dream debut for Hutchinson". Northampton Saints. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. "From Cambridgeshire to Nice: Rory Hutchinson's rise with Scotland". National League Rugby. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. "Scotland U20 (Rory Hutchinson) | Scottish Rugby Union". Scottishrugby.org. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  7. Team, The Offside Line (17 August 2019). "France v Scotland: ominous start to World Cup build-up". The Offside Line.