Rory Neil Benjamin Darge (born 23 February 2000) is a Scottish professional

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the Scotland national team.

Club career

Darge was part of the Edinburgh academy, before signing his first professional contract in July 2019 for Super 6 side

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where he won Southern Knights youth player of the year in his first season. At the start of the 2020-21 season he signed for Edinburgh Rugby. He made his debut for Edinburgh in Round 6 of the 2020–21 URC against

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. On 16 April 2021 it was announced that he would move to

ahead of the new URC season and that he had signed ahead of the 2021-22 season.

International career

Darge was called up to the

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squad for the 2021 Summer internationals. He made his debut for

in the Six Nations match against Wales on 12 February 2022. Darge was selected in the 33 player squad for the

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in France. Darge was named as the Scotland co-captain for the

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Career statistics

List of international tries

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References

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