Sam Hidalgo-Clyne

Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
Birth name Samuel Peter Hidalgo-Clyne
Date of birth (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993
Place of birth Granada, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 84.2 kg (13 st 4 lb)
School Corstorphine Primary, The Royal High School, Merchiston Castle School
University Edinburgh University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum Half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2018
2018–		 Edinburgh Rugby
Scarlets		 107
 (470)
Correct as of 22 May 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2013
2015–		 Scotland U20
Scotland		 12
12		 (5)
(7)
Correct as of 23 June 2018
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2011–2012 Scotland 7s 5 (9)

Samuel Hidalgo-Clyne (born 4 August 1993) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Welsh side Scarlets in the Guinness Pro14 and Scotland. He joined the Scarlets following the conclusion of the 2017/18 season. His primary position is as a scrum-half, but he can also operate as a fly-half, winger and full-back.

Early life

Born in Jayena, Granada, Spain, he moved to Edinburgh at the age of three.[1] He began playing rugby at primary school for Forrester RFC and continued there when he started his secondary schooling at the Royal High School.[2] Having gained a scholarship, he attended Merchiston Castle School[1] where he played as a stand-off before being selected as a scrum-half.

Club rugby

Hidalgo-Clyne specialised in international sevens for the 2011–12 season and joined Edinburgh's elite development roster in the summer of 2012.

He was awarded a place on the 2013 Macphail Scholarship to New Zealand.[3]

Upon his return, Hidalgo-Clyne put himself in contention for a place in the senior squad and made his debut against Munster in September 2013.[4] His first try for the club came in the opening minute of Edinburgh's 48–0 evisceration of Benetton Treviso in December 2014.[5] At the end of the 2014–15 season, Hidalgo-Clyne was named the Pro12 Young Player of the Year.[6]

International career

Hidalgo-Clyne made his full Scotland debut on Saturday 7 February 2015, coming off the replacements' bench in a 15–8 defeat to France in the 2015 Six Nations Championship, and did so again in each of the remaining four matches.[7]

Hidalgo-Clyne has also represented Scotland under-17, under-18, under-20 and Scotland Sevens.

References

  1. 1 2 Lothian, Bill (29 May 2012). "Rugby: Ex-Forrester kid lands development deal". The Scotsman. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Morrison, Iain (20 January 2015). "Six Nations: Sam Hidalgo-Clyne on fast-track to top". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Ferguson, David (26 September 2013). "Edinburgh v Scarlets: Sam Hidalgo-Clyne to start". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Edinburgh Rugby (Sam Hidalgo-Clyne) - Edinburgh Rugby". edinburghrugby.org.
  5. ↑ McVake, Roddy (19 December 2014). "Pro 12: Edinburgh 48-0 Treviso". BBC Sport.
  6. ↑ "GUINNESS PRO12 Awards 2014/15" (Press release). Guinness Pro12. 17 May 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Scotland (Sam Hidalgo-Clyne) - Scottish Rugby Union". scottishrugby.org.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jonny Gray,
Gregor Hunter		 John Macphail Scholarship
Finn Russell,
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
2013		 Succeeded by
Ewan McQuillin,
Adam Ashe
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