21 Facts About Finn Russell

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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.

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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.

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3.

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

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4.

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.

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5.

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

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6.

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

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7.

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.

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8.

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

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9.

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

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10.

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.

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11.

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.

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12.

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.

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13.

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

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14.

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.

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15.

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.

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16.

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

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17.

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

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18.

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.

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19.

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

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20.

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

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21.

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.

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