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Hepburn was born in Perth, Australia to a Scottish born father.[1] When he was a child, his family moved to Hopetoun, a small town on the south coast of Western Australia.[2] In 2006 at the age of thirteen he moved with his father to England where he attended Gillotts School and excelled at rugby union after taking up the sport.[3]
In January 2015, Hepburn joined Exeter Chiefs.[3][5] He was part of the side that lost to Saracens in the final of the 2015–16 Premiership.[6] The following season saw Exeter win their first league title although he was absent from the final due to injury.[7][8]
Hepburn started in the 2020 European Rugby Champions Cup final as Exeter overcame Racing 92 to become champions of Europe for the first time in their history.[9] The following weekend saw him also start in the Premiership final as Wasps were defeated to complete a League and European double.[10]
Hepburn qualified to represent England on residency grounds having moved to the country at the age of thirteen.[3][12] He was a member of the England under-20 squad that won the 2012 Six Nations.[13] The following year saw him start for the team that defeated Wales U20 in the final of the 2013 Junior World Cup as England became youth world champions for the first time.[14] In the summer of 2016 Hepburn scored a try for England A in a tour game against South Africa A.[15]
Hepburn was a member of the 2018 tour of South Africa but did not play in any of the games featuring only as an unused substitute in the Dead rubber third test as England lost the series 2-1.[19] Later that year he started in an Autumn international match against South Africa.[20] He also played in the following games against New Zealand and Japan.[21][22] Their final fixture of the year on 24 November 2018 saw Hepburn make his sixth and last appearance for England in a victory over the nation of his birth Australia.[23]