| George Horne | |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Dundee, Scotland |
| Height: | 1.750NaN0 |
| Weight: | 790NaN0 |
| School: | Bell Baxter High School Strathallan School |
| University: | University of Edinburgh |
| Position: | Scrum-half |
| Currentclub: | Glasgow Warriors |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs1: | → London Scottish (loan) |
| Apps1: | 15 |
| Points1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2016– |
| Clubs2: | Glasgow Warriors |
| Apps2: | 119 |
| Points2: | 424 |
| Repyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| Repteam1: | Scotland U20 |
| Repcaps1: | 12 |
| Reppoints1: | 59 |
| Repyears2: | 2016–2018 |
| Repteam2: | Scotland 7s |
| Repcaps2: | 44 |
| Reppoints2: | 133 |
| Repyears3: | 2018– |
| Repteam3: | Scotland |
| Repcaps3: | 32 |
| Reppoints3: | 44 |
| Repyears4: | 2022 |
| Repteam4: | Scotland 'A' |
| Repcaps4: | 1 |
| Reppoints4: | 10 |
| Clubupdate: | 12 July 2024 |
| Repupdate: | 12 July 2024 |
George Horne (born 12 May 1995) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors and the Scotland national team.[1]
Coming through the school set up, Horne was a pupil at Bell Baxter High School before moving to Strathallan School. He is currently studying physical education at the University of Edinburgh.
Horne has played for Howe of Fife[2] and Currie.[3]
Horne currently plays for amateur team Glasgow Hawks when not playing for the Warriors.[4]
Horne was drafted to Glasgow Hawks in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season.[5]
Horne was one of the new inductees for season 2015–16 at the new Scottish Rugby Academy as a Stage 3 player. Stage 3 players are assigned to professional clubs and Horne was assigned to Glasgow Warriors.[6]
Horne made his debut for Glasgow Warriors in a friendly match against the British Army Rugby Union side on 25 September 2015. In a 71–0 victory for the Warriors, Horne came off the bench to grab a try.[7]
In November, 2015, Horne was loaned to London Scottish, by Glasgow Warriors, to gain more experience of playing professional rugby.[8]
Horne remained as a Stage 3 player assigned to Glasgow Warriors in the 2016-17 season. He made his competitive debut for the Warriors in the Pro12 match against the Ospreys on 25 November 2016.[9] Horne has an exceptional try scoring rate, averaging better than a try every other game at both club and international levels.
Horne has represented Scotland at under-17, under-19 and under-20 levels.[10]
Coming through the Scotland age grades, Horne made his debut for the Scotland 7s side on 2 December 2016 against USA 7s at the Dubai Sevens.[11]
Horne gained his first senior XV cap for Scotland on 16 June 2018 when playing against the United States.[12] The following week he scored two tries as Scotland beat Argentina 15-44.[13]
On 9 October 2019 Horne scored a hat-trick in a 61-0 win over Russia at the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[14] [15] He also had a fourth try disallowed for a forward pass in the build up.
He was capped by Scotland 'A' on 25 June 2022 in their match against Chile.[16]
In 2023 Horne was selected in Scotland's 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.[17]
|-|style="text-align:center;"|1|rowspan="2"|23 June 2018|rowspan="2"|Estadio Centenario, Resistencia, Argentina|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center;"|5–0|rowspan="2" |rowspan="2"|2018 June rugby union tests|-|style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|36–3|-|style="text-align:center;"|3|6 September 2019|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland||style="text-align:center;"|27–9||2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches|-|style="text-align:center;"|4|rowspan="3"|9 October 2019|rowspan="3"|Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi, Japan|rowspan="3"||style="text-align:center;"|19–0|rowspan="3" |rowspan="3"|2019 Rugby World Cup|-|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|26–0|-|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|47–0|-|style="text-align:center;"|7|24 September 2023|Allianz Riviera, Nice, France||style="text-align:center;"|29-17||2023 Rugby World Cup|-|style="text-align:center;"|8|12 July 2024|Audi Field, Washington DC, United States of America||style="text-align:center;"|33–7||2024 mid-year rugby union tests|}
Horne's brother is the former Glasgow Warriors centre and Scotland international Peter Horne.[18]