Description
Finn Russell, born 23 September 1992 in Stirling, is a Scottish rugby union Elite Development player who can play fly-half or centre, and currently plays for Scottish side Glasgow Warriors.
Russell, was first picked up by Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend in the summer of 2012, after impressing for Falkirk and the Scotland U20's in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa. He was selected to play for Ayr after the IRB Championship tournament, in which he helped them win the league and cup double in the 2012-13 season of the Scottish Premiership.
In 2013, he was part of the John Macphail Scholarship, in which he spent 15 weeks in New Zealand's South Island, playing for local clubs in the Christchurch area, benefiting from the state-of-the art facilities and specialist coaching offered by the Canterbury Rugby Football Union international high performance unit.
With Glasgow's top players away on international duty for the 2013 Six Nations Championship, Russel was named on the bench to face Zebre on the 10 February 2013 as part of the 2012?13 Pro12 season. He came on at the 56 minute to make his professional debut.
Born
September 23rd, 1992 in Stirling (Age 32)
Last Changes
2023/08/28
New Address: Available to members only
2023/08/28
Address Removed: Available to members only
2023/04/19
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)