21 Facts About Finn Russell

Finn Russell was born on 23 September 1992 and is a Scottish rugby union player who can play fly-half or centre, and currently plays for French side Racing 92.

Finn Russell's father played a lot of racket sports, and worked in sports administration, including as Director of Domestic Rugby for the Scottish Rugby Union.

Finn Russell's grandparents were international badminton players, his uncle and great-grandfather played Cricket for Scotland and his brothers are noted rugby players.

Finn Russell initially played rugby at Stirling County, but in 2011 moved to second-flight Falkirk to improve his chances of first XV club rugby.

In 2012 Finn Russell played at centre for Scotland at the World Rugby U20 Championships.

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Finn Russell joined Glasgow Warriors in 2012, but was injured in his first season.

In 2013 Finn Russell received the John Macphail Scholarship, linked with New Zealand's Lincoln University, spending 15 weeks in New Zealand's South Island playing for local clubs in the Christchurch area.

Finn Russell benefited from the facilities and specialist coaching offered by the Canterbury Rugby Football Union international high performance unit.

Finn Russell then stepped up to slot home the decisive conversion from a daunting position to send Glasgow into the Final.

Finn Russell earned his first call-up to the senior national team during Scotland's summer 2014 tour of North America, where he started in the matches against the United States and Canada.

Finn Russell established himself as Scotland's first-choice Number 10 during the 2015 Six Nations Championship, starting four of the team's five matches.

Finn Russell missed the defeat to Italy through suspension, his sin-binning against Wales having been upgraded to a two-week ban following a citation.

Finn Russell scored his first international try in the final day defeat to eventual champions Ireland.

Finn Russell was selected in Scotland's 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, and scored a try in the team's opening match victory over Japan.

Finn Russell created two tries in the opening match win over Italy in Singapore, and followed this with a try of his own a week later during victory over Australia.

Finn Russell played in all five of Scotland's 2018 Six Nations Championship fixtures.

Finn Russell played in four of Scotland's 2019 Six Nations Championship fixtures, missing the match against France due to injury.

Finn Russell played in three of Scotland's group matches at the 2019 Rugby World Cup scoring a try in the loss to Japan, as Scotland failed to qualify to the quarter finals.

In 2018, Finn Russell was capped with the Barbarians against England during the mid-year rugby tests.

Finn Russell recalled that time in a 2015 interview with Newport:.

Finn Russell has been nicknamed 'Finn Russell the Muscle' due to having a somewhat slender build for a modern-day rugby player, and has been given the moniker 'White Chocolate' by teammate Simon Zebo.