Rory Hutchinson

Rory Hutchinson (born 29 January 1995) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Northampton Saints. Born in England, he represents Scotland at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.^[1]

Rory Hutchinson

Hutchinson representing Scotland during the World Rugby U20 Championship
Date of birth	(1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Cambridge, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)
School	Felsted School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Fullback, Fly-Half Current team Northampton Saints Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2013–2014 Shelford 12 (97) 2014 → Moseley (loan) 4 (5) 2015– Northampton Saints 147 (197) 2015–2016 → Coventry (loan) 9 (5) 2016 → Rotherham Titans (loan) 1 (0) 2018 → Bedford Blues (loan) 10 (0) Correct as of 16 March 2024 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014 Scotland U18 4 (0) 2014–2016 Scotland U20 20 (37) 2019– Scotland 8 (15) Correct as of 25 November 2024

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.