Blair Kinghorn

Blair Simon Kinghorn (born 18 January 1997) is a Scottish professional rugby union footballer who plays as a utility back for Edinburgh in the United Rugby Championship and the Scotland national team. Although he primarily plays as a fullback, he can also play as a wing and at fly-half.

Blair Kinghorn
Birth nameBlair Simon Kinghorn
Date of birth (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight107 kg (16 st 12 lb)[1]
SchoolEdinburgh Academy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Stand-off/Fullback/Wing
Youth career
– Currie RFC
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015– Edinburgh Rugby 113 (259)
Correct as of 18 April 2022
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015
2015
2018–		 Scotland U18
Scotland U20
Scotland		 5
5
27		 (28)
(22)
(59)
Correct as of 18 November 2021

Edinburgh

Edinburgh signed Kinghorn on a two-year professional contract straight from Edinburgh Academy.[2]

He made his professional debut as a 70th-minute substitute in Edinburgh's match against Zebre in the 2015–16 Pro12. For the last play of the game, a penalty attempt from inside Zebre's half, he was called on to take the kick, though it fell inches short.

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
  1. "Blair Kinghorn". Scottish Rugby Union.
  2. "Scotland youth Blair Kinghorn wins Edinburgh deal". BBC Sport. 5 May 2015.
  3. "Edinburgh Rugby sign stand-off Blair Kinghorn". scotsman.com.
  4. "Six Nations: Scotland returns for Greig Laidlaw & Scott Lawson". BBC. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. "Scotland v England - 2018 Six Nations". Six Nations Guide.
  6. "Six Nations: Blair Kinghorn scores hat-trick as Scotland beat Italy". BBC Sport. 2 February 2019.
  7. "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.
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