Hayden Hyde (born 15 September 2000) is an English

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player who plays as a centre for Harlequins in the Premiership.

Club career

After finishing his education at Cranleigh School at 18, Hyde moved to

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. Playing for Ulster 'A' in the Celtic Cup, including featuring in the final against Leinster 'A'. He rejoined Harlequins in 2021 going on to make his debut in the first round of the 2021-22 Premiership Rugby Cup against

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. Coming off the bench in a 28–21 loss. He signed a new deal with Harlequins in February 2023. He has also featured on loan for London Scottish in the RFU Championship.

International career

He qualifies for Ireland through his Mother, who was born in

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. His first taste of international rugby came in 2017 when he was called up to the Ireland under-18 squad for a friendly against Portugal under-18. Hyde opening the scoring for the Irish side, with a try in the 9th minute in the 27–46 win. In 2018 he started at centre in a 56–17 win over Canada under-18 where he scored two tries. He featured for the under-18 side 5 times in total. He was named in the Irish squad for the 2018 Rugby Europe Under-18 Sevens Championship. With Ireland coming runners up, losing to France in the final. He featured once for Ireland under-19 in a friendly against Australia Schools. While he was with Ireland under-19 he was invited to join the England squad however he declined. He was named in the Ireland under-20 squad for the

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, featuring twice, starting at inside centre against Scotland under-20 and England under-20. In 2021 he joined England Sevens and made his debut at the Malaga leg of the World Sevens, and was later named in the England squad for the

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References

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