Rebels sign Henry Hutchison

The Melbourne Rebels have signed Australian Sevens star Henry Hutchison for the 2018  Super Rugby seasons.

 
Hutchison’s contract comes off the back of a meteoric rise on the International Sevens stage which saw him awarded the 2016 World Rugby Sevens Rookie of the Year and earn Australian selection for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

The 20-year-old has taken the Sevens circuit by storm with 52 tries – 260 points – in 91 matches since his debut at the Cape Town Sevens in South Africa in December 2015.

 
Hutchison finished the 2016/17 Sevens season as Australia’s leading try scorer with 25 and second leading points scorer (125) behind the country’s most prolific Sevens points scorer ever James Stannard.

 
The Randwick product represented the Australian Schoolboys in 2013 and Australian U20s before his full-time switch to Sevens Rugby in 2015 for Australia’s Rio 2016 Oceania qualifiers.
 
The speedy winger made his return to the 15-man code with selection in the Australian U20s squad currently over in Gerogia for the 2017 World Rugby U20s Championship, where he has been producing solid performances with tries in the first two pool games.
 

Hutchison’s signing continues the Rebels exciting recruitment following the announcement of former England international and British Lions representative Geoff Parling.