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1 ROB CARMICHAEL

Age 20 (4 Apr 2003) Born Hong Kong Position Second-row Club Edinburgh Country Scotland

When did you first play rugby? I started playing in Hong Kong, where both my parents worked, when I was four. They took me and my brother to HKU Sandy Bay RFC as a way to meet new people.

Way hotter than the UK but it was still a really good rugby environment to grow up in. It’s pretty big over there. You get loads of

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