Irvine-born tighthead D’Arcy Rae joined Edinburgh Rugby from Top 14 side Montpellier in October 2023.

His rugby roots are in the west of Scotland. Aged just 17, he played his part in an Ayr side that won the Premiership, Scottish Cup and Bill McLaren Shield in the same season.

He represented Scotland through the age grades, winning 18 caps at U20 level across two World Rugby U20 Championships and two U20 Six Nations.

Rae’s professional career took flight at his boyhood club Glasgow Warriors, where he spent eight years and made 85 appearances, with loan spells at Benetton and London Scottish along the way.

He was selected for Scotland’s 2017 summer tour and won his first senior cap against Ireland in the 2019 Six Nations.

He moved to the Premiership with Bath in 2021 and made 46 appearances in two seasons at The Rec. Those included a visit to Hive Stadium for the 2021/22 EPCR Challenge Cup Round of 16, when Edinburgh came out on top.

He then had a short spell at Montpellier, featuring against French heavyweights La Rochelle and Toulouse.

Since arriving in the capital, Rae has established himself as a key part of the front-row. He featured in every matchday squad in the first half of 2024/25, starting the 1872 Cup win in front of a then-record 40,063 crowd at Scottish Gas Murrayfield.

That form earned him a second Scotland cap against Fiji in November 2024, more than five years after his first, and a two-year contract extension to summer 2027.

He kicked on again in 2025/26, starting for Scotland against the USA and then against New Zealand as Scottish Gas Murrayfield marked its centenary. He was named in Scotland’s squad for the 2026 Six Nations.