Blair Kinghorn
| Birth name | Blair Simon Kinghorn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 January 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Edinburgh Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blair Simon Kinghorn (born 18 January 1997) is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for Scottish-based Edinburgh Rugby in the Guinness Pro14.[2]
Edinburgh
Edinburgh signed the Scotland youth cap Blair Kinghorn on a full professional two-year contract straight from Edinburgh Academy.[2]
He made his professional debut, off the bench, in the 70th minute of Edinburgh round five 2015–16 Guinness PRO12 match against Zebre. For the last play of the game, a penalty attempt from inside Zebre's half, he was called on to take the kick, just slotting it short by inches.
Youth
Kinghorn has represented Edinburgh at under-17, under-18 and under-20 level and Scotland at under-18 and under-20 level.
Kinghorn was a National Youth League Cup winner with Currie at under-16 level and formerly a member of Heart of Midlothian’s Youth Academy.
He said: "When I was younger, football was my main interest, then I started to play rugby at school. Some of my mates went to play for Currie so I went along with them, then things escalated at under-16 level. I began playing for the school first XV and since then it’s been my goal to play professionally.[3]
International
In January 2018 he was called up to the senior Scotland squad for the 2018 Six Nations Championship.[4]
He went on to make his debut at Murrayfield in a 25-13 win against England.[5]
He then went on to earn his first international start, on the wing, in a 28-8 loss to Ireland. He scored Scotland's only try of the match. He played in all three matches during his first tour with Scotland - to the Americas in the summer of 2018 - scoring tries against the USA and Argentina.
In Scotland's 2019 campaign he scored three tries in their first match against Italy. [6]
Kinghorn was selected in the 31 man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. [7]
References
- ^ "Blair Kinghorn". Scottish Rugby Union.
- ^ a b "Scotland youth Blair Kinghorn wins Edinburgh deal". BBC Sport. 5 May 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Edinburgh Rugby sign stand-off Blair Kinghorn". www.scotsman.com.
- ^ "Six Nations: Scotland returns for Greig Laidlaw & Scott Lawson". BBC. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Scotland v England - 2018 Six Nations". Six Nations Guide.
- ^ "Six Nations: Blair Kinghorn scores hat-trick as Scotland beat Italy". BBC Sport. 2 February 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Rugby World Cup: Stuart McInally to captain Scotland as Huw Jones and Rory Hutchinson miss out". BBC Sport. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
External links
- "Scotland U20 (Jamie Ritchie) | Scottish Rugby Union". scottishrugby.org. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- Edinburgh Rugby - Blair Kinghorn