Callum Hunter-Hill
| Birth name | Callum Hunter-Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melrose, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (17 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Stewart's Melville College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Callum Hunter-Hill (born 27 February 1997 in Melrose, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Edinburgh Rugby. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and London Scottish.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Whilst in Gullane Primary School, Hunter-Hill first played mini rugby for North Berwick Rugby Club. His rugby talent was spotted while at Stewart's Melville College. He won the Brewin Dolphin Shield with Stewart's Melville.[2]
He later won a place to be coached in New Zealand in the summer of 2015 winning the prestigious John Macphail Scholarship.[3] He spent 15 weeks there.[4]
He played for Stirling County when not involved in Warriors duty.[5]
Professional career
He was named as part of the new Glasgow district Rugby Academy founded by the Scottish Rugby Union in 2015.[6]
He made his debut for Glasgow Warriors coming off the bench in a friendly against the Army Rugby Union side in September 2015.[7] The Warriors won the match 71–0.
Hunter-Hill again turned out for the Warriors in the pre-season match against Harlequins on the 20 August 2016.[8]
He made his competitive debut for the Warriors on 8 October 2016 when he replaced Rob McAlpine in the away match against Zebre in the Pro12.[9]
On 16 November 2016 it was announced that Hunter-Hill had joined London Scottish in a short-term loan move.[10]
On 15 May 2017 it was announced that he had secured a professional contract and signed for Edinburgh Rugby.[11]
International career
He was capped by Scotland for the under-18s and captained the side.[12]
He is currently captain of the Scotland U20s.
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Ewan McQuillin, Adam Ashe |
John Macphail Scholarship Ben Robbins, Callum Hunter-Hill 2015 |
Succeeded by Patrick Kelly, Ross McCann |
References
- ↑ http://www.edinburghrugby.org/news/17/05/15/academy-prospects-earn-pro-deals-edinburgh
- ↑ "Glasgow Warriors - Callum Hunter-Hill". glasgowwarriors.com.
- ↑ "Top Scots prospects earn New Zealand scholarship". scotsman.com.
- ↑ "2015 Recipients of the John Macphail Rugby Scholarship Announced". therobertsontrust.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "Starting Lineups - Hawick vs Stirling County - 12 Sep 2015". SkySports.
- ↑ "Players inducted into BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academies". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ↑ "Warriors overcome Army in friendly". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ↑ "Narrow loss for Warriors in London - Glasgow Warriors".
- ↑ "Glasgow Warriors 🏉 on Twitter".
- ↑ "Hunter-Hill joins Scottish on loan - Scottish Rugby Union".
- ↑ http://www.edinburghrugby.org/news/17/05/15/academy-prospects-earn-pro-deals-edinburgh
- ↑ "Scotland U18 (Callum Hunter-Hill) - Scottish Rugby Union". scottishrugby.org.