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My Rugby Hero: Scotland's U20s Captain, Callum Hunter Hill
Callum Hunter-Hill (born 27 February 1997 in Melrose, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Edinburgh Rugby. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and London Scottish.
Contents
- My Rugby Hero Scotlands U20s Captain Callum Hunter Hill
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- International career
- References
Amateur career
Whilst in Gullane Primary School, Hunter-Hill first played mini rugby for North Berwick Rugby Club. His rugby talent was spotted while at Stewart's Melville College. He won the Brewin Dolphin Shield with Stewart's Melville.
He later won a place to be coached in New Zealand in the summer of 2015 winning the prestigious John Macphail Scholarship. He spent 15 weeks there.
He played for Stirling County when not involved in Warriors duty.
Professional career
He was named as part of the new Glasgow district Rugby Academy founded by the Scottish Rugby Union in 2015.
He made his debut for Glasgow Warriors coming off the bench in a friendly against the Army Rugby Union side in September 2015. The Warriors won the match 71–0.
Hunter-Hill again turned out for the Warriors in the pre-season match against Harlequins on the 20 August 2016.
He made his competitive debut for the Warriors on 8 October 2016 when he replaced Rob McAlpine in the away match against Zebre in the Pro12.
On 16 November 2016 it was announced that Hunter-Hill had joined London Scottish in a short-term loan move.
On 15 May 2017 it was announced that he had secured a professional contract and signed for Edinburgh Rugby.
International career
He was capped by Scotland for the under-18s and captained the side.
He is currently captain of the Scotland U20s.