Samuel Hidalgo-Clyne is a Scottish rugby union player who is contracted to Edinburgh Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12, as well as the Scotland 7s

Scotland national rugby union team (sevens)

The Scottish national rugby union sevens team compete in the IRB Sevens World Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.During 2006, the side were in danger of no longer competing in the Sevens World Series due to the financial problems faced by the Scottish Rugby Union...

 team. He can play either half-back position, but is recognized firstly as a fly-half.

Background

Hidalgo-Clyne is set to specialize in the shorter format of the game, focusing on the IRB Sevens World Series

IRB Sevens World Series

The IRB Sevens World Series, known officially as the HSBC Sevens World Series as of the 2010-11 season, through sponsorship from banking group HSBC, and also sometimes called the World Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby union sevens tournaments organised for the first time in the...

 circuit for Scotland Sevens

Scotland national rugby union team (sevens)

The Scottish national rugby union sevens team compete in the IRB Sevens World Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.During 2006, the side were in danger of no longer competing in the Sevens World Series due to the financial problems faced by the Scottish Rugby Union...

. However, in between Sevens events he will be part of the Edinburgh squad, and available to play in RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup

Heineken Cup

The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...

 matches. He is a member of the Elite Development program.

External links

• http://www.edinburghrugby.org/team/half-backs/sam-hidalgo-clyne