Rory Hutchinson (born 29 January 1995) is a professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in England, he represents

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at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.

Club career

Rory Hutchinson plays predominantly at centre. He began his rugby career at

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side Shelford RFC. He joined the Saints' Academy in July 2014. Hutchinson made his senior debut for the club on 31 January 2015, aged just 19 as Saints played local rivals

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. The centre went on to make his

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debut against

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in September 2016. Hutchinson scored the club's try of the season in Saints' tight one point victory over their guest. Since 2017 Hutchinson has been a regular for the Saints' senior side. In 2019 he was part of the team that won the Premiership Cup v Saracens. He won the Gallagher Premiership Player on the month in February 2019 and has been nominated several times since then.

International career

Hutchinson's maternal grandparents were born in Scotland. He first represented Scotland at U18 level. After having impressed at under-18 level, he was called up into the

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team. Playing in the IRB Junior World Cup in

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Hutchinson went on to play in 2 further U20 World Cups and 2 U20 Six Nations series. He fell just one appearance short of the all-time record for number of appearance for the Scotland U20 side, playing 20 times for the country at that level. He received his first full senior cap from the bench for

in the World Cup warm-up match against

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on 17 August 2019. He has gone on to gain a further 6 caps and scored 3 tries.

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