Representing the Capital: Our Internationalists

As part of Edinburgh Rugby’s 150th anniversary celebrations, the club proudly presents its full list of international players.

From Angus Buchanan, to the capital’s most recent internationalist Glen Young, 300 players have donned both the castle and their nation on their chest.

PLAYER INTERNATIONAL DEBUT DATE NATION
Angus Buchanan v England at Raeburn Place 27/03/1871 Scotland
James Finlay v England at Raeburn Place 27/03/1871 Scotland
Bulldog Irvine v England at Raeburn Place 27/03/1871 Scotland
John Lisle Hall McFarlane v England at Raeburn Place 27/03/1871 Scotland
Thomas Marshall v England at Raeburn Place 27/03/1871 Scotland
James Mein v England at Raeburn Place 27/03/1871 Scotland
Francis Moncreiff v England at Raeburn Place 27/03/1871 Scotland
Edward Bannerman v England at The Oval 05/02/1872 Scotland
Charles Cathcart v England at The Oval 05/02/1872 Scotland
William Grant v England in Glasgow 03/03/1873 Scotland
Alexander Petrie v England in Glasgow 03/03/1873 Scotland
Tom Whittington v England in Glasgow 03/03/1873 Scotland
Alexander Wood v England in Glasgow 03/03/1873 Scotland
James Reid v England at The Oval 23/10/1874 Scotland
Alexander Stewart v England at The Oval 23/10/1874 Scotland
Arthur Young v England at The Oval 23/10/1874 Scotland
Arthur Finlay v England in Edinburgh 08/03/1875 Scotland
Ninian Finlay v England in Edinburgh 08/03/1875 Scotland
Arthur Marshall v England in Edinburgh 08/03/1875 Scotland
Duncan Robertson v England in Edinburgh 08/03/1875 Scotland
Nat Brewis v England at The Oval 06/03/1876 Scotland
Gussie Graham v England at The Oval 06/03/1876 Scotland
George Paterson v England at The Oval 06/03/1876 Scotland
Charles Villar v England at The Oval 06/03/1876 Scotland
Edward Innes Pocock v Ireland in Belfast 19/02/1877 Scotland
Thomas Torrie v Ireland in Belfast 19/02/1877 Scotland
Bill Maclagan v England at The Oval 04/03/1878 Scotland
George Macleod v England at The Oval 04/03/1878 Scotland
Robert Ainslie v Ireland in Belfast 17/02/1879 Scotland
William Masters v Ireland in Belfast 17/02/1879 Scotland
David Sommerville v Ireland in Belfast 17/02/1879 Scotland
William Sorley Brown v Ireland at Glasgow 14/02/1880 Scotland
John Guthrie Tait v Ireland at Glasgow 14/02/1880 Scotland
Thomas Begbie v Ireland in Belfast 19/02/1881 Scotland
Charles Reid v Ireland in Belfast 19/02/1881 Scotland
Pat Smeaton v Ireland in Belfast 19/02/1881 Scotland
Thomas Ainslie v England in Edinburgh 19/03/1881 Scotland
Robert Maitland v England in Edinburgh 19/03/1881 Scotland
William Peterkin v England in Edinburgh 19/03/1881 Scotland
Andrew Don-Wauchope v England in Edinburgh 19/03/1881 Scotland
Augustus Grant-Asher v Ireland in Glasgow 18/02/1882 Scotland
Andrew Philp v England in Manchester 04/03/1882 Scotland
James Veitch v England in Manchester 04/03/1882 Scotland
George Aitchison v Ireland in Belfast 17/02/1883 Scotland
Marshall Reid v Ireland in Belfast 17/02/1883 Scotland
John Tod v Wales in Newport 12/01/1884 Scotland
Charles Berry v Ireland in Edinburgh 16/02/1884 Scotland
Ernest Roland v Ireland in Edinburgh 16/02/1884 Scotland
Gardyne Maitland v Wales in Glasgow 10/01/1885 Scotland
Henry Evans v Ireland in Belfast 21/02/1885 Scotland
Walter Irvine v Ireland in Belfast 21/02/1885 Scotland
Patrick Wauchope v Ireland in Belfast 21/02/1885 Scotland
Alexander Clay v Wales in Cardiff 09/01/1886 Scotland
William MacLeod v Wales in Cardiff 09/01/1886 Scotland
Reggie Morrison v Wales in Cardiff 09/01/1886 Scotland
Matthew McEwan v England in Edinburgh 13/03/1886 Scotland
George Wilson v England in Edinburgh 13/03/1886 Scotland
Alec Cameron v Wales in Edinburgh 26/02/1887 Scotland
Henry Chambers v Wales in Newport 04/02/1888 Scotland
Alfred Duke v Wales in Newport 04/02/1888 Scotland
Henry Stevenson v Wales in Newport 04/02/1888 Scotland
Louis Stevenson v Wales in Newport 04/02/1888 Scotland
Tom White v Wales in Newport 04/02/1888 Scotland
James Marsh v Wales in Edinburgh 02/02/1889 Scotland
Alexander Aitken v Ireland in Belfast 16/02/1889 Scotland
Ian MacIntyre v Wales in Cardiff 01/02/1890 Scotland
William Gibson v Ireland in Belfast 21/02/1891 Scotland
John Simpson v Ireland in Belfast 18/02/1893 Scotland
Willie McEwan v Wales at Newport 03/02/1894 Scotland
Harry Smith v Wales in Edinburgh 26/01/1895 Scotland
Robin Welsh v Wales in Edinburgh 26/01/1895 Scotland
Andrew Balfour v Wales in Cardiff 25/01/1896 Scotland
Mark Morrison v Wales in Cardiff 25/01/1896 Scotland
Alec Timms v Wales in Cardiff 25/01/1896 Scotland
Alf Bucher v England in Manchester 13/03/1897 Scotland
Alec Robertson v England in Manchester 13/03/1897 Scotland
James Reid v Ireland in Belfast 19/02/1898 Scotland
Jimmy Gillespie v England at Blackheath 11/03/1899 Scotland
David Bedell-Sivright v Wales in Swansea 27/01/1900 Scotland
William Halliday Welsh v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 24/02/1900 Scotland
Alfred Fell v Wales at Inverleith 09/02/1901 Scotland
Andrew Flett v Wales at Inverleith 09/02/1901 Scotland
Andrew Drybrough v Ireland in Belfast 22/02/1902 Scotland
Alexander Cairns v Wales at Inverleith 07/02/1903 Scotland
John Dallas v England at Richmond 21/03/1903 Scotland
John Forbes v Wales at Inverleith 04/02/1905 Scotland
Andrew Ross v Wales at Inverleith 04/02/1905 Scotland
John MacCallum v England at Richmond 18/03/1905 Scotland
James Moir Mackenzie v New Zealand at Inverleith 18/11/1905 Scotland
John Simson v New Zealand at Inverleith 18/11/1905 Scotland
Louis Speirs v South Africa in Glasgow 17/11/1906 Scotland
George Sanderson v Wales at Inverleith 02/02/1907 Scotland
Jock Scott v England at Blackheath 16/03/1907 Scotland
Lewis Robertson v England at Inverleith 21/03/1908 Scotland
Alexander Angus v Wales at Inverleith 06/02/1909 Scotland
John McGregor v Ireland at Inverleith 27/02/1909 Scotland
James Pearson v Ireland at Inverleith 27/02/1909 Scotland
Eric Milroy v Wales at Cardiff 05/02/1910 Scotland
Frank Osler v France at Colombes 02/01/1911 Scotland
John MacDonald v Wales at Inverleith 04/02/1911 Scotland
Andrew Ross v Wales at Inverleith 04/02/1911 Scotland
Sandy Gunn v France at Inverleith 20/01/1912 Scotland
John Hume v France at Inverleith 20/01/1912 Scotland
Thomas Bowie v Ireland at Inverleith 22/02/1913 Scotland
Arthur Laing v Wales in Cardiff 07/02/1914 Scotland
Archibald Stewart v Wales in Cardiff 07/02/1914 Scotland
Finlay Kennedy v France at Parc des Princes 01/01/1920 Scotland
Jimmy Carmichael v France at Inverleith 22/01/1921 Scotland
Hamish Shaw v Wales in Swansea 05/02/1921 Scotland
John McCrow v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 26/02/1921 Scotland
Eric Liddell v France at Colombes 02/01/1922 Scotland
Dan Drysdale v France at Inverleith 20/01/1923 Scotland
David Kerr v France at Inverleith 20/01/1923 Scotland
Ted McLaren v France at Inverleith 20/01/1923 Scotland
Alex Brown v England at Twickenham 17/03/1928 Scotland
William Emslie v France at Colombes 10/01/1930 Scotland
Ross Logan v England at Murrayfield 21/03/1931 Scotland
Mark Stewart v South Africa at Murrayfield 16/01/1932 Scotland
Mac Henderson v Wales in Swansea 04/02/1933 Scotland
Jack Park v Wales at Murrayfield 03/02/1934 Scotland
Peter Tait v England at Murrayfield 16/03/1935 Scotland
Jake Borthwick v Wales at Murrayfield 05/02/1938 Scotland
George Roberts v Wales at Murrayfield 05/02/1938 Scotland
William Renwick v England at Twickenham 19/03/1938 Scotland
John Craig v Wales in Cardiff 04/02/1939 Scotland
George Gallie v Wales in Cardiff 04/02/1939 Scotland
Ian Henderson v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 25/02/1939 Scotland
Donald McKenzie v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 25/02/1939 Scotland
Gus Black v France at Colombes 01/01/1947 Scotland
David Deas v France at Colombes 01/01/1947 Scotland
Doug Elliot v France at Colombes 01/01/1947 Scotland
John Henry Orr v France at Colombes 01/01/1947 Scotland
David Mackenzie v Wales at Murrayfield 01/02/1947 Scotland
Ernie Anderson v Ireland at Murrayfield 22/02/1947 Scotland
Robert Finlay v England at Murrayfield 20/03/1948 Scotland
John Macphail v England at Twickenham 19/03/1949 Scotland
Ranald Macdonald v France at Murrayfield 14/01/1950 Scotland
Douglas Muir v France at Murrayfield 14/01/1950 Scotland
Hamish Inglis v France at Colombes 13/01/1951 Scotland
Norman Mair v France at Colombes 13/01/1951 Scotland
Bob Gordon v Wales at Murrayfield 03/02/1951 Scotland
Ian Thomson v Wales at Murrayfield 03/02/1951 Scotland
Ken Dalgleish v Ireland at Murrayfield 03/02/1951 Scotland
Ian Cordial v France at Murrayfield 12/01/1952 Scotland
James Davidson v France at Murrayfield 12/01/1952 Scotland
Grant Weatherstone v England at Murrayfield 15/03/1952 Scotland
Graham Ross v New Zealand at Murrayfield 13/02/1954 Scotland
Bill Relph v France at Colombes 08/01/1955 Scotland
Tommy McClung v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 25/02/1956 Scotland
Eddie McKeating v France at Colombes 12/01/1957 Scotland
David Edwards v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 27/02/1960 Scotland
Colin Blaikie v Ireland at Murrayfield 23/02/1963 Scotland
Rodger Arneil v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 24/02/1968 Scotland
Robert Young v Wales in Cardiff 07/02/1970 Scotland
Bobby Clark v France at Murrayfield 15/01/1972 Scotland
Alan Lawson v France at Murrayfield 15/01/1972 Scotland
Ian Forsyth v New Zealand at Murrayfield 16/12/1972 Scotland
Andy Irvine v New Zealand at Murrayfield 16/12/1972 Scotland
Ronald Wright v France at Parc des Princes 13/01/1973 Scotland
Dougie Morgan v Wales at Murrayfield 03/02/1973 Scotland
Bill Watson v Wales in Cardiff 19/01/1974 Scotland
Bruce Hay v New Zealand at Auckland 14/06/1975 Scotland
Alex Brewster v England at Twickenham 15/01/1977 Scotland
Graham Hogg v France at Murrayfield 04/02/1978 Scotland
Iain Lambie v New Zealand at Murrayfield 09/12/1978 Scotland
Iain Milne v Ireland at Murrayfield 03/03/1979 Scotland
James Burnett v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 02/02/1980 Scotland
Norrie Rowan v Wales in Cardiff 01/03/1980 Scotland
Jim Calder v France at Parc des Princes 17/01/1981 Scotland
Euan Kennedy v New Zealand at Murrayfield 12/11/1983 Scotland
Peter Steven v Australia at Murrayfield 08/12/1984 Scotland
Finlay Calder v France at Murrayfield 18/01/1986 Scotland
Gavin Hastings v France at Murrayfield 18/01/1986 Scotland
Scott Hastings v France at Murrayfield 18/01/1986 Scotland
David Sole v France at Murrayfield 18/01/1986 Scotland
Alan Tait v France at Christchurch 23/05/1987 Scotland
Sean Lineen v Wales at Murrayfield 21/01/1989 Scotland
Kenny Milne v Wales at Murrayfield 21/01/1989 Scotland
David Milne v Japan at Murrayfield 01/10/1991 Scotland
Graham Shiel v Ireland at Murrayfield 12/10/1991 Scotland
Peter Jorgensen v Scotland at Sydney 13/06/1992 Australia
Peter Wright v Australia at Sydney 13/06/1992 Scotland
Ian Corcoran v Australia at Sydney 13/06/1992 Scotland
Jeremy Richardson v South Africa at Murrayfield 19/11/1994 Scotland
Stuart Reid v Samoa at Murrayfield 18/11/1995 Scotland
Barry Stewart v New Zealand at Auckland 22/06/1996 Scotland
Graham Ellis v Wales at Murrayfield 18/01/1997 Scotland
Cameron Glasgow v France at Parc des Princes 15/03/1997 Scotland
Duncan Hodge v France at Parc des Princes 15/03/1997 Scotland
Grant McKelvey v Australia at Murrayfield 22/11/1997 Scotland
Derrick Lee v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 02/02/1998 Scotland
Hugh Gilmour v Fiji at Suva 26/05/1998 Scotland
Matt Proudfoot v Fiji at Suva 26/05/1998 Scotland
Todd Blackadder v England at Dunedin 20/06/1998 New Zealand
Jamie Mayer v South Africa at Murrayfield 21/11/1998 Scotland
Martin Leslie v South Africa at Murrayfield 21/11/1998 Scotland
Iain Fairley v Italy at Murrayfield 06/03/1999 Scotland
Graeme Burns v Italy at Murrayfield 06/03/1999 Scotland
Steve Brotherstone v Ireland at Murrayfield 20/03/1999 Scotland
Aleki Lutui v Georgia at Tbilisi 28/03/1999 Tonga
Robbie Russell v Romania at Glasgow 28/08/1999 Scotland
Cameron Mather v Romania at Glasgow 28/08/1999 Scotland
Chris Paterson v Spain at Murrayfield 16/10/1999 Scotland
Iain Fullarton v New Zealand at Dunedin 24/06/2000 Scotland
Nathan Hines v New Zealand at Auckland 01/07/2000 Scotland
Steve Scott v New Zealand at Auckland 01/07/2000 Scotland
Simon Taylor v USA at Murrayfield 04/11/2000 Scotland
Francisco Leonelli Morey v Uruguay at Kingston 19/05/2001 Argentina
Gordon Ross v Tonga at Murrayfield 10/11/2001 Scotland
Brendan Laney v New Zealand at Murrayfield 24/11/2001 Scotland
Mike Blair v Canada at Vancouver 15/06/2002 Scotland
Craig Smith v Canada at Vancouver 15/06/2002 Scotland
Allan Jacobsen v Canada at Vancouver 15/06/2002 Scotland
Marcus di Rollo v USA at San Francisco 22/06/2002 Scotland
Andrew Dall v Wales at Millenium Stadium 30/08/2003 Scotland
Dougie Hall v Wales at Millenium Stadium 30/08/2003 Scotland
Simon Webster v Ireland at Murrayfield 06/09/2003 Scotland
Ben Atiga v Tonga at Brisbane 24/10/2003 New Zealand
Allister Hogg v Wales at Millenium Stadium 14/02/2004 Scotland
Tom Philip v Wales at Millenium Stadium 14/02/2004 Scotland
Lucio Lopez Fleming v Uruguay at Santiago 28/04/2004 Argentina
Hugo Southwell v Samoa at Wellington 04/06/2004 Scotland
Alistair Kellock v Australia at Murrayfield 06/11/2004 Scotland
Phil Godman v Romania at Bucharest 05/06/2005 Scotland
Michele Rizzo v Australia at Melbourne 25/06/2005 Italy
Netani Talei v Tonga at Gosford 10/06/2006 Fiji
Esteban Lozada v England at Twickenham 11/11/2006 Argentina
Rob Dewey v Romania at Murrayfield 11/11/2006 Scotland
David Callam v Romania at Murrayfield 11/11/2006 Scotland
Jim Hamilton v Romania at Murrayfield 11/11/2006 Scotland
Alasdair Strokosch v Australia at Murrayfield 25/11/2006 Scotland
John Barclay v New Zealand at Murrayfield 23/09/2007 Scotland
Alasdair Dickinson v New Zealand at Murrayfield 23/09/2007 Scotland
Dimitri Basilaia v Portugal at Tbilisi 02/02/2008 Georgia
Nick de Luca v France at Murrayfield 03/02/2008 Scotland
Ross Rennie v Ireland at Croke Park 23/02/2008 Scotland
Ben Cairns v Argentina at Rosario 07/06/2008 Scotland
Matt Mustchin v Argentina at Rosario 07/06/2008 Scotland
Tomas Leonardi v Chile at Santiago 08/10/2008 Argentina
Geoff Cross v Wales at Murrayfield 08/02/2009 Scotland
Sep Visser v Sweden in Amsterdam 18/04/2009 Netherlands
Kyle Traynor v Fiji at Murrayfield 14/11/2009 Scotland
Alan MacDonald v Argentina at Murrayfield 28/11/2009 Scotland
Will Helu v Fiji at Apia 06/19/2010 Tonga
Greig Laidlaw v New Zealand at Murrayfield 13/11/2010 Scotland
Ramiro Moyano Joya v Chile at Cataratas 22/05/2011 Argentina
David Denton v Ireland at Murrayfield 06/08/2011 Scotland
Lee Jones v England at Murrayfield 04/02/2012 Scotland
Duncan Weir v France at Murrayfield 26/02/2012 Scotland
Matt Scott v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 10/03/2012 Scotland
Tom Brown v Australia at Newcastle 05/06/2012 Scotland
Tim Visser v Fiji at Lautoka 16/06/2012 Scotland
Henry Pyrgos v New Zealand at Murrayfield 11/11/2012 Scotland
Grant Gilchrist v France at Stade de France 16/03/2013 Scotland
Viliami Fihaki v Japan at Kanagawa 25/05/2013 Tonga
Greig Tonks v Samoa at Durban 08/06/2013 Scotland
Stevie Lawrie v Samoa at Durban 08/06/2013 Scotland
Dougie Fife v Wales at Millenium Stadium 15/03/2014 Scotland
Otulea Katoa v Samoa at Apia 07/06/2014 Tonga
Grayson Hart v Canada at Toronto 14/06/2014 Scotland
Lee-Roy Atalifo v Cook Islands at Suva 28/06/2014 Fiji
Mark Bennett v Argentina at Murrayfield 08/11/2014 Scotland
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne v France at Stade de France 07/02/2015 Scotland
Hamish Watson v Italy at Murrayfield 15/02/2015 Scotland
Ben Toolis v Italy at Murrayfield 15/02/2015 Scotland
Stuart McInally v Italy at Stadio Olimpico di Torino 22/08/2015 Scotland
John Hardie v Italy at Stadio Olimpico di Torino 22/08/2015 Scotland
WP Nel v Italy at Stadio Olimpico di Torino 22/08/2015 Scotland
Damien Hoyland v Italy at Stadio Olimpico di Torino 22/08/2015 Scotland
Pietro Ceccarelli v Ireland at Lansdown Road 12/03/2016 Italy
Rory Sutherland v Ireland at Aviva Stadium 19/03/2016 Scotland
Felipe Arregui v Uruguay at Colonia del Sacramento 28/05/2016 Argentina
Allan Dell v Australia at Murrayfield 12/11/2016 Scotland
Magnus Bradbury v Argentina at Murrayfield 19/11/2016 Scotland
Simon Berghan v France at Stade de France 12/02/2017 Scotland
Cornell du Preez v England at Twickenham 11/03/2017 Scotland
Emiliano Boffelli v England at San Juan 10/06/2017 Argentina
Viliame Mata v Australia at Melbourne 10/06/2017 Fiji
Darryl Marfo v Samoa at Murrayfield 11/11/2017 Scotland
Jamie Bhatti v Samoa at Murrayfield 11/11/2017 Scotland
Luke Hamilton v New Zealand at Murrayfield 18/11/2017 Scotland
Phil Burleigh v Australia at Murrayfield 25/11/2017 Scotland
Murray McCallum v Wales at Millenium Stadium 03/02/2018 Scotland
Blair Kinghorn v England at Murrayfield 24/02/2018 Scotland
James Lang v Canada at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 09/06/2018 Scotland
Jamie Ritchie v Canada at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 09/06/2018 Scotland
Lewis Carmichael v Canada at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 09/06/2018 Scotland
Darcy Graham v Wales at Principality Stadium 03/11/2018 Scotland
Sam Skinner v Fiji at Murrayfield 10/11/2018 Scotland
Eroni Sau v Uruguay at Hartpury 17/11/2018 Fiji
Nick Haining v Ireland at Aviva Stadium 01/02/2020 Scotland
Duhan van der Merwe v Georgia at Murrayfield 23/10/2020 Scotland
Mesulame Kunavula v Georgia at Murrayfield 05/12/2020 Fiji
Jaco van der Walt v Ireland at Aviva Stadium 05/12/2020 Scotland
David Cherry v England at Twickenham 06/02/2021 Scotland
Jamie Hodgson v Tonga at Murrayfield 30/10/2021 Scotland
Pierre Schoeman v Tonga at Murrayfield 30/10/2021 Scotland
Luke Crosbie v Tonga at Murrayfield 30/10/2021 Scotland
Marshall Sykes v Tonga at Murrayfield 30/10/2021 Scotland
Ben Vellacott v Italy at Stadio Olimpico 12/03/2022 Scotland
Glen Young v Argentina at Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades 16/07/2022 Scotland

 

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