Max Malins

Maxim Hugo Malins (born 7 January 1997) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Premiership Rugby club Saracens and formerly for the England national team.

Early life Malins' first participation in rugby was at his local rugby club, Saffron Walden, aged 6. His rugby then moved to his new club, Bishop's Stortford RFC, where he remained playing until the age of 16. While at Bishop's Stortford he participated in the winning of 7 age-group tournaments.

Malins attended Felsted School from a young age, and his rugby highlights included reaching the final of the NatWest Schools Cup U18 Vase.

As of 2018, Malins was studying a business and finance degree at the University of Hertfordshire.

Saracens Malins made his first team debut in January 2017, coming on as a substitute against the Scarlets in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Since then he has played 29 games across all competitions, with a particular focus in the Anglo-Welsh and international breaks, which caused the absence of Owen Farrell and Alex Lozowski. He has scored 104 points in these games. However while his try rate (7 in 29) has been high, his place-kicking success rate has been fairly low (63%).

With reasonable success in his games in the 17/18 season, and an increased likelihood of both Saracens' first choice fly-halves missing games due to international duty, Malins was offered and accepted a two-year contract extension, to the end of the 2019/20 season.

He helped Saracens win the Premiership title in 2023, scoring a try in the final as Saracens defeated Sale Sharks.

Bristol He agreed a further contract extension which saw him join Bristol Bears on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season along with teammate Ben Earl. In October 2020 Malins scored a try as Bristol defeated Toulon in the final of the European Rugby Challenge Cup. During his spell at Bristol, Malins played primarily at fullback and has a high try scoring rate of 11 tries from 11 starts (+2 appearances off the bench) as of 21/04/21. Malins returned to Bristol ahead of the 2023-24 Premiership Rugby season.

Return to Saracens In February 2025, Saracens announced he would re-join the club from Bristol Bears following the conclusion of the 2024–25 season.

International career England U18 Malins' England Under-18 debut game occurred in February 2015, where he scored a try. He also participated in the victory against Scotland shortly afterwards. The 3-month tour, as well as a number of regional games, had 3 primary games: the France U18 team and two games against South Africa U18. in the pool stage and in the semi-final against South Africa. He started at full back in the final against Ireland. The following year he was a member of the squad that completed the grand slam in the 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship and then featured at fly-half as England reached the final of the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, before being defeated by New Zealand. He was particularly noted by England U20 head coach Ian Vass as being a major figure in their success, acting as a calmer figure around which the team could bond. On 14 November 2020 Malins made his Test debut as a second-half replacement for Ollie Lawrence in their opening fixture of the Autumn Nations Cup against Georgia. He also came off the bench in the final of that competition as England defeated France in extra-time to win the tournament.

Career statistics List of international tries As of 12 February 2023