Rory Hughes (born 4 March 1993) is a

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player who recently played for

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at the

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or Full-back positions.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Hughes was born in

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and was raised in the

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district; he attended a school with no rugby programme. From the age of 6 he played for

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, before joining Stirling County and the Scottish Rugby Elite Development system in 2011, aged 18. He was assigned to

, joining the professional squad in 2013. He has since spent time back with Stirling County when released to play for them by the Warriors. Hughes was assigned to

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in the Pro draft for the

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sides from

for the 2017-18 season.

Professional career

On 11 December 2015, Hughes was loaned out to London Scottish to get game time before the Six Nations tournament. Hughes scored five tries in four appearances for Scottish before returning to Glasgow Warriors in time for the

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game on 31 January 2016. Hughes scored his first competitive try for

in the match against the Ospreys. He made his debut for the

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in the Super 6 on 16 November 2019. He scored 2 tries. On 2 January 2020 Hughes went on loan to

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International career

Hughes was selected as part of Scotland head coach

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's 2015

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training squad of 46 players. He made his international début for

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against

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in Turin, Italy on 22 August 2015.

References

External links

Rory Hughes Scotland 7s profile

Rory Hughes in Scotland World Cup training squad
1993 births Living people People educated at Kings Park Secondary School Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Warriors players Scotland international rugby union players Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians RFC players London Scottish F.C. players Scotland international rugby sevens players Ayr RFC players Stirling County RFC players Male rugby sevens players Leicester Tigers players Rugby union players from Glasgow Rugby union wings Rugby union fullbacks {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub