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Birth name | Cameron Hamish MacDougall Hutchison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 June 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Birmingham, West Midlands, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | North Berwick High School George Heriot's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Heriot-Watt University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cameron Hutchison (born 1 June 1998) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who currently plays for Newcastle Falcons in the Premiership Rugby.
Hutchison born in Birmingham and moved to North Berwick when he was 2 where he attended North Berwick High School and latterly George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. He was awarded a Stage 3 contract in the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy in 2016.[1]
In 2018 Hutchison played in the south of France, through Scottish Rugby's performance partnership with French Federale 1 side Stade Niçois.[2]
He returned to Scotland after his one-year loan period and signed for Heriot's Rugby in Scottish Rugby's Super 6 franchise earning 3 Player of the Match awards.
Hutchison started training with Edinburgh Rugby in November 2020 and made a try-scoring debut for the club in the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup clash against Ulster in June 2021.
Following his performances in the Rainbow Cup Hutchison signed a professional contract with Edinburgh Rugby in partnership with FOSROC Super6 side Heriot's Rugby.
Following strong performances at the start of the 2021–2022 United Rugby Championship season, Hutchison's contract was upgraded a full time professional contract with Edinburgh Rugby.[3]
In April 2023 Hutchison announced he would be joining Newcastle Falcons at the start of the 2023–24 Premiership Rugby season.[4]
Hutchison was chosen to lead the Scotland U18s at the inaugural International Series held in Wales in April 2016. He also Captained the Scotland U19s in a game against Georgia U20 in November 2016[5]
Hutchison played in the highly successful Scotland U20 side in the 2016–2017 season[6] before sustaining a season ending injury against England U-20's during a Six Nations game in Northampton. He returned from injury in time to join the team for the 2017-18 World Cup in France.[7][8]