Education
Having gained a scholarship, he attended Merchiston Castle School where he played as a stand-off before being selected as a scrum-half.
Having gained a scholarship, he attended Merchiston Castle School where he played as a stand-off before being selected as a scrum-half.
His primary position is as a scrum-half, but he can also operate as a fly-half, winger and full-back. Born in Jayena, Granada, Spain, he moved to Edinburgh at the age of three. He began playing rugby at primary school for Forrester Reconstruction Finance Corporation and continued there when he started his secondary schooling at the Royal High School.
Hidalgo-Clyne specialised in international sevens for the 2011-2012 season and joined Edinburgh"s elite development roster in the summer of 2012.
He was awarded a place on the 2013 Macphail Scholarship to New Zealand. Upon his return, Hidalgo-Clyne put himself in contention for a place in the senior squad and made his debut against Munster in September 2013.
His first try for the club came in the opening minute of Edinburgh"s 48–0 evisceration of Benetton Treviso in December 2014. Hidalgo-Clyne made his full Scotland debut on Saturday 7 February 2015, coming off the replacements" bench in a 15–8 defeat to France in the 2015 Six Nations Championship, and did so again in each of the remaining four matches.
Hidalgo-Clyne has also represented Scotland under-17, under-18, under-20 and Scotland Sevens.