Henry Hutchison (born 12 February 1997) is a professional

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player who represents Australia in rugby sevens. Born in Sydney, NSW and playing for Randwick at club level, he debuted for Australia in December 2015. Hutchison attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne and later

Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview Saint Ignatius' College Riverview is an Australian independent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, conducted in the Jesuit tradition, located in Riverview, a small suburb located on the Lane Cove River on the ...

. He joined the Australian Sevens program in August 2015 after impressing for his local club side Randwick in Sydney's

Shute Shield The Shute Shield is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end ...

competition. Hutchison was due to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa in September 2015 but such was the impression he made that he was promoted to the senior squad for the pre-season tour to

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. He was part of the 12-man squad that helped Australia qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio at the Oceania Sevens in November 2015. He was also nominated rookie of the year in the 2015/16 World Rugby Sevens Series. Hutchison competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Australian men's rugby seven's squad at the

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. The team came third in their pool round and then lost to Fiji 19-nil in the quarterfinal. Representative honours include Australian Men's Sevens, Australian Under 20s and the Australian Schoolboys. He competed for Australia at the

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the eighth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens organised by World Rugby. The 2022 tournament, comprising 24 men's and 16 women's teams as previously, was played over three days in one venue in September. ...

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchison, Henry 1997 births Living people Australian rugby union players Male rugby sevens players Australia international rugby sevens players Rugby union wings Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Melbourne Rebels players Melbourne Rising players People educated at St Kevin's College, Melbourne People educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview 21st-century Australian people Rugby union players from Sydney