Rory Darge Captains Scotland 36-Man Rugby Pacific Tour

Rory Darge has been named captain of Scotland's 36-man rugby squad for the 2025 Skyscanner Pacific Tour, which includes matches against the Māori All Blacks, Fiji, and Samoa. Darge, who has co-captained Scotland alongside Finn Russell in the last two Guinness Six Nations championships, will lead a squad featuring several returning players such as Andy Onyeama-Christie and George Turner, as well as three uncapped players: Fergus Burke, Alexander Masibaka, and Fin Richardson. The tour begins on July 5 against the Māori All Blacks in New Zealand, followed by a match against Fiji in Suva, and concludes with a game against Samoa at Eden Park in Auckland on July 18. Key players from Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby are well represented, including backs Darcy Graham, Harry Paterson, and Matt Currie, and forwards like Matt Fagerson and Gregor Brown. The squad notably lacks seven players involved with the British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, and Richardson's inclusion marks his first official senior call-up after previous apprentice tours. This tour will be the first meeting between Scotland and the Māori All Blacks since 2000 and marks Scotland's first game on Fijian soil since 2017.