Hamish Watson

Hamish Watson appeals to me precisely because flanker is the position where the unglamorous work happens. Born in Manchester but committed to Scotland, he built his game on diving into the breakdown and winning ball nobody else wants to contest. At 185 cm he is not oversized for the role, which makes his relentlessness the real story. His loan from Edinburgh to Leicester Tigers reads, to me, as a player still hungry to test himself rather than coast. I always reserve my loudest applause for the unseen custodians of a team, and Watson is exactly the kind of grafter I admire.

Name (English)

Hamish Watson

Name (Japanese)

ハミッシュ・ワトソン

Reading

はみっしゅ・わとそん

Born

October 15, 1991 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Goat

Origin

Manchester, United Kingdom

Height

185 cm

Occupation

rugby union player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hamishwatson07/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• rugby union player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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