Scott Cummings (rugby union)
Cummings in March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Scott James Cummings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 December 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kelvinside Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Strathclyde University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scott James Cummings (born 3 December 1996) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors and the Scotland national team.
Early life
Cummings was born and grew up in Glasgow.
He captained the school rugby 1st team at Kelvinside Academy. He played for Scotland age groups, captaining some.[1] He moved on to the BT Premiership side Glasgow Hawks. He was confirmed as part of SportScotland's academy system in 2013.[2] Cummings was drafted to Currie in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season.[3]
Rugby playing career
Club career
Cummings secured an Elite Development Programme and was aligned to Glasgow Warriors for the 2014–15 season.[4] This meant he could continue playing for Glasgow Hawks whilst training and challenging for a place at the Warriors.
The lock made his debut for Glasgow Warriors in a pre-season friendly against ASM Clermont Auvergne.[5] He went on to make his competitive debut against the Scarlets on 5 September 2015,[6] and scored his first try the following week in a narrow victory against Connacht.[7]
Cummings graduated from the Scottish Rugby Academy and signed a professional contract with Glasgow Warriors on 23 March 2016.[8]
International career
Scotland
Cummings was to be capped by Scotland for the under-16s,[9] under-19s[10] and the under-20s. He was in the 2015 Scotland Under-20 World Cup squad.[11] Cummings received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad by coach Gregor Townsend in October 2017 for the Autumn Internationals.[12]
Cummings received his first full senior cap from the bench for Scotland in the World Cup warm-up match against France on 17 August 2019.[13]
He was capped by Scotland 'A' on 25 June 2022 in their match against Chile.[14]
In 2023 Cummings was selected in Scotland's 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.[15]
British and Irish Lions
In May 2025 Cummings was selected by Head Coach Andy Farrell for the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia.[16] He made his Lions debut during the first warm-up match, a 24-28 defeat to Argentina in Dublin, on 20 June 2025, becoming Lion #869.[17][18]
Disciplinary record
In 2024 Cummings received a one-week ban for a croc roll.[19]
References
- ^ https://glasgowwarriors.org/team/scott-cummings/
- ^ "Brightest prospects given golden opportunity". sportscotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.
- ^ "Pro-player draft". glasgowwarriors.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "BBC Sport - Scottish Rugby name new elite development players". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Townsend pleased despite Clermont defeat". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors vs Scarlets Match Report". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors vs Connacht Match Report". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ "News".
- ^ "Scotland U16". realise.com.
- ^ "Six Edinburgh EDPs called up to Scotland U19". edinburghrugby.org.
- ^ "World U20s 2015: Scotland make eight changes for Ireland". The Sport Review. 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Scotland: Gregor Townsend calls up 10 new caps for autumn Tests". BBC. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Team, The Offside Line (17 August 2019). "France v Scotland: ominous start to World Cup build-up". The Offside Line.
- ^ "Chile v Scotland A".
- ^ "Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2023". Scottish Rugby Union.
- ^ "Pollock makes Lions squad as Farrell misses out". BBC Sport.
- ^ "BBC Sport - British & Irish Lions v Argentina". BBC Sport.
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/DLLLyR3MG2M/?img_index=8
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/czj70d9ez9ro
External links
- Scott Cummings at European Professional Club Rugby
- Scott Cummings at Scottish Rugby Union
- Scott Cummings at ESPNscrum
- Scott Cummings at ItsRugby.co.uk