
| Position | Wing |
| Weight | 88 kg |
| Height | 6ft |
| DOB | 21.02.1994 |
James Martin Richard Farndale was born in Winchester and schooled at the Edinburgh Academy, where he is head boy.
He represented Edinburgh at under-16 level in 2009 and 2010, and was included in the extended Scotland under-17 squad that travelled to Valladolid in Spain, in 2010.
Aside from rugby, he has repreented Scotland against England, Ireland and Wales in pentathlon. He also plays bagpipes in the school's senior pipe band.