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Finn Alastair Russell (born 23 September 1992) is a Scottish professional
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the Scotland national team. Russell made his international debut against the
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in 2014, and has since played over eighty test matches. He has also represented the
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during their tours of
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in 2017 and
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in 2021, playing in one test. In 2024, Russell featured in the
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documentary ''Six Nations Full Contact''.


Early life

Russell was born into a sporting family. His father played a lot of racket sports, and worked in
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, including as Director of Domestic Rugby for the
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. His grandparents were international badminton players, his uncle and great-grandfather played cricket for
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and his brothers are also noted rugby players. Russell started playing rugby in Wallace High School in
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. Russell did not feel drawn to academic work. After secondary school, he pursued an apprenticeship for three years as a
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, in a business owned by a family friend, whilst his rugby developed. In 2013 Russell received the
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, linked with New Zealand's Lincoln University, spending 15 weeks in
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's
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playing for local clubs in the
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area. He benefited from the facilities and specialist coaching offered by the
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international high performance unit.


Club career


Ayr

Russell initially played rugby at Stirling County, but in 2011 moved to second-flight
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to improve his chances of first XV club rugby. Russell was selected to play for
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after the IRB Championship tournament, helping them win the league and cup double in the 2012–13 season of the
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. Russell joined
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in 2012, but was injured in his first season.


Glasgow Warriors

Russell returned to Glasgow for the 2013/14 season. With Glasgow's top players away on international duty for the
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, Russell was named on the bench to face
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on 10 February 2013 as part of the
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season, coming onto the field and making his professional debut at the 56th minute of the game. During the
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season, Russell made his first start at the club, starting at Inside Centre against the Newport Gwent Dragons at
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on 22 November 2013. Glasgow head coach Gregor Townsend offered Russell a full-time contract with the club that began in the 2014–15 season. 2014–15 also saw Russell play a prominent role in Glasgow's Pro12 title triumph. In the final match of the regular season, he scored 22 points (including two tries) in a bonus-point victory over
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which was needed to secure a home play-off. The following week, against the same opposition, Russell's pass to D. T. H. van der Merwe in the 75th minute resulted in a try, tying the score at 14–14. Russell then scored the decisive conversion from a wide angle to send Glasgow into the final. In the
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's
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, Russell scored a try and four conversions in a 31–13 victory over Munster, as Glasgow won their maiden title.


Racing 92

On 29 November 2017, it was announced that Russell would leave Glasgow Warriors at the end of the 2017–18 season to play for French club
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, where he was to replace
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who was moving to Japan. In December 2022 it was announced that Russell would join
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after the
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.


Bath Rugby

Following Scotland's early exit from the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Russell made his Bath debut as a substitute in the opening round of the 2023-24 Premiership Rugby season, contributing to Bath's 34-26 victory over
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. Russell sustained a groin injury during Bath's Investec Champions Cup defeat to
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, taking him out of action for five weeks. He returned for the final two rounds of the regular season, playing a crucial role in helping Bath reach the playoffs for the first time in four years. In the semi-final against
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, Russell scored 16 points, leading Bath to a 31-23 victory and securing their first Premiership Final appearance in nine years. However, Bath fell to
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, losing the final 25-21. Russell won his second career league title in June 2025, scoring 13 points and setting up a try as Bath defeated
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in the 2024–25 Premiership Rugby Final. On the 19th of June 2025, just 5 days after winning the 2024-25 Premiership Rugby Final,
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announced Russell had signed a contract extension up until June 2028, adding another 2 years to his contract that was due to run out in Summer 2026.


International career


Scotland

In 2012 Russell played at
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at the World Rugby U20 Championships. Russell earned his first call-up to the senior national team during Scotland's summer 2014 tour of North America, where he started in the matches against the United States and Canada. That autumn, he started in all three of Scotland's November Tests against
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and
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. In 2014, Russell had what Scottish sportswriter Andy Newport called "a meteoric rise
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saw the former Stirling County youngster blast his way into the national team in the space of six months." Russell established himself as Scotland's first-choice Number 10 during the
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, starting four of the team's five matches. He missed the defeat to Italy through suspension, his sin-binning against
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having been upgraded to a two-week ban following a citation (and unsuccessful appeal). Russell scored his first international try in the final day defeat to eventual champions
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. Russell was selected in
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's 31-man squad for the
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, and scored a try in the team's opening match victory over
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. The summer of 2017 began with Russell as part of Scotland's Southern Hemisphere tour. He created two tries in the opening match win over
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, and followed this with a try of his own a week later during victory over
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. Russell played in all five of Scotland's
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fixtures. During the 25-13 victory over
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, he threw an audacious pass on his own 22-yard line as part of an attack leading to a try scored by
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. This piece of skill was subsequently described by many pundits as being one of the greatest of all-time. Russell played in four of Scotland's
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fixtures, missing the match against France due to injury. He scored a try and two conversions and played pivotal role in Scotland's come back against England to earn a 38-38 draw. Russell played in three of Scotland's group matches at the
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scoring a try in the loss to Japan, as Scotland failed to qualify to the quarter finals. In 2023 Russell was selected as one of two specialist stand offs, the other being Ben Healy, in Scotland's 33 player squad for the
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in France. In 2024, Russell was named co-captain alongside
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for the
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.


British & Irish Lions

Following an instrumental man-of-the-match performance for Scotland against
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, Russell was called up as a replacement to the
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. He made a brief mid-week appearance during the 31-31 draw with
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champions
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as replacement for
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who had sustained a head injury, becoming Lion number #835. In 2021, Russell was selected in the 37-man squad for the Lions' tour to South Africa. His first Lions points came when he kicked four conversions in the 7-54 victory over the Sharks. Following an achilles tendon injury that kept him out of the first two Tests, he was selected on the bench for the decisive third Test match, coming on to the field after only 11 minutes to kick 11 points. Russell's performance was widely praised, with former England scrum half Matt Dawson stating, “if he was an All Black, you’d be saying he’s the next Dan Carter, he’s that good”. In May 2025 Russell was selected for his third tour by Head Coach
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, ahead of the
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.


Personal life

After secondary school, Russell worked for three years as a
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. He recalled that time in a 2015 interview with Newport: ''On rainy days it could be pretty miserable. . . . It could be tough but I enjoyed it. I'd be making windowsills, door frames, fire places – even building walls. But compared to playing rugby, it's night and day. If I ever have a bad day at training, I think back to what it was like working in that cold shed.'' Russell has been nicknamed 'Russell the Muscle' due to having a somewhat slender build for a modern-day rugby player, and has also been given the moniker 'White Chocolate' by teammate
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. Russell has been in a relationship with Emma Canning, a Scottish
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, since 2017. In November 2022 Canning gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter.


Career statistics


List of international tries

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Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
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2024 end-of-year rugby union internationals The 2024 end-of-year rugby union internationals (also known as the autumn internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) are international rugby union matches that will be mostly played in the Northern Hemisphere during the November international windo ...


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2014–15 Pro12 The 2014–15 Pro12 (also known as the ''Guinness Pro12'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League, and the fifth with its current four-country format. It was ...
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2024–25 Premiership Rugby The 2024–25 Premiership Rugby is the 38th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition. The season began on 20 September 2024 and will finish on 14 June 2025. The reigning champions entering the season are Northampto ...


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Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is a professional rugby union club in Bath, Somerset, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Founded in 1865 as Bath Football Club, since 1894 the club has played at the Recreation Ground, Bath, Rec ...

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Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; ) is the Sport governing body, governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Now marketed as Scottish Rugby, it is the second-oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league sys ...
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