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Ruaridh McConnochie (born 23 October 1991) is an English men's rugby union player.[2] He was a member of the silver medal winning team in Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[3] and a full England International, making his debut against Italy at St James's Park in September 2019.

Ruaridh McConnochie

Date of birth	(1991-10-23) 23 October 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth	Lambeth, London
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb)
School	Yardley Court Cranbrook School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Youth career – Cranbrook[1] Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) – Gloucestershire () 2012-2014 Nuneaton RFC () 2014-2015 Hartpury College () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2018– Bath 61 (95) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2019- England 2 (5) National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2015-18 England 2016 Great Britain Rio 2016
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team competition

Youth

McConnochie attended Cranbrook School, Kent, where he played for the school's 1st XV rugby union team.[4] McConnochie played rugby at the University of Gloucestershire, as well as playing for Nuneaton RFC between 2012 and 2014 before joining Hartpury College.

England sevens

During his days at Hartpury, McConnochie made his England Sevens debut at the 2015 Dubai Sevens, adding to his GB Student Sevens appearance where he won the World University Sevens Championship. He was a silver Olympic medallist with Great Britain at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and World Cup finalist with England. A regular try-scorer in the World Rugby Sevens Series, a year later, Ruaridh played an integral role in England’s gold medal triumph in Cape Town in December 2016.^{[citation needed]} He also touched down in the 14-12 quarter-final win over New Zealand in Vancouver in March 2017 on the way to England’s gold medal success.

England national team

On 31 January 2018, McConnochie signed a professional contract with top English club Bath in the Aviva Premiership from the 2018-19 season.[5]

In June 2019 he was one of four uncapped players named in England's preliminary World Cup training squad.[6] Eddie Jones named McConnochie in the starting line-up to play Wales in England's first warm-up game but had to withdraw from the line-up with a hip injury, however, he was still named in Jones' 31-man squad. McConnochie was also named in the second warm-up against Wales before again pulling out through injury.

McConnochie was eligible to play for Scotland through his Scottish father, but elected instead to play for his country of birth, England.[7] He finally earned his full England cap on 6 September 2019 against Italy. McConnochie started on the wing, playing 51 minutes before being replaced by Bath teammate Joe Cokanasiga. The winger recorded his first International points, a try, during the first half of England's comfortable Rugby World Cup 2019 group stage win over the USA.[8]

References

External links

• Ruaridh McConnochie at Premiership Rugby
• Ruaridh McConnochie at World Rugby Men's Sevens Series
• Ruaridh McConnochie at ESPNscrum
• Ruaridh McConnochie at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Ruaridh McConnochie at Olympedia
• Ruaridh McConnochie at the British Olympic Association

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[fr] Ruaridh McConnochie

Ruaridh McConnochie, né le 23 octobre 1991,est un joueur britannique de rugby à sept et rugby à XV. International anglais de rugby à sept, il représente dans ce même code l'équipe de Grande-Bretagne qui remporte la médaille d'argent lors du tournoi masculin des Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016 à Rio de Janeiro.

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