David Murray Campbell Cherry (born 3 January 1991) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a

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for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh Rugby and the

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Professional career

Club

Cherry played for Currie until 2014. On leaving London Scottish he then played for French Federale 2 side

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. Cherry signed his first professional contract with London Scottish in 2014. He was with the Exiles till 2017 when he joined

. Cherry joined Edinburgh in the summer of 2018.

International

On 16 January 2019 Gregor Townsend named three

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among seven uncapped players, for his Scotland Six Nations squad. Cherry was among those selected. He was not selected in 2019 but was called up again in 2021. Cherry said: "I always thought I was good enough to play at this level, but it

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was a big step up. But I’ve fitted in pretty well at Edinburgh and I’ve put in some good performances, so I don’t think I’m a million miles off." He received his first cap for Scotland in the Calcutta Cup match against England at Twickenham Stadium on 6 February 2021. Scotland won the match 11-6. His first start came in the penultimate game of the Championship, a 52-10 victory over Italy in which Cherry scored two tries. His fifth cap came in the postponed match against France on 26 March 2021 which Scotland famously won 27-23, when he scored his third international try In 2023 Cherry was selected in the 33 player squad for the

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in France.

Career statistics

List of international tries

References

External links

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David Cherry - Edinburgh Rugby Profile
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