Andrew Davidson (rugby union)

Andrew Davidson (born 7 November 1996 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player at the Lock position. He currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors, London Scottish and Newcastle Falcons. Davidson was a product of the Scottish Rugby Academy.

Andrew Davidson
Birth nameAndrew Davidson
Date of birth (1996-11-07) 7 November 1996
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
SchoolKelvinside Academy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2016 Glasgow Hawks ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2016
2015
2016–2019
2018
2019–2020
2020–2021		 Glasgow Warriors
→London Scottish
Newcastle Falcons
→ Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Warriors
Edinburgh		 0
1
28
2
6		 (0)
(0)
(10)
(0)
(5)
Correct as of 19 May 2019
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019 Stirling County 1 (5)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Scotland U16
Scotland U18
Scotland U20

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Davidson played for Glasgow Hawks when not in use by Glasgow Warriors.[1]

Professional career

Davidson secured an Elite Development Programme place and was aligned to Glasgow Warriors for the 2014–15 season.[1] This meant he could continue playing for Glasgow Hawks whilst training and challenging for a place at the Warriors.

He was named in 2015 as part of the Scottish Rugby Academy structure again aligned to the Glasgow Warriors.[2] He played for Glasgow Hawks.

The lock made his debut for Glasgow Warriors in a pre-season friendly against ASM Clermont Auvergne.[3]

In November 2015 he was loaned to London Scottish by Scottish Rugby Academy, to gain more experience of playing professional rugby.[4]

On 11 May 2016 it was announced that he would be leaving Scottish Rugby Academy to join Newcastle Falcons.[5]

He joined Glasgow Warriors again on 23 August 2018; this time on loan. [6] The loan deal was made permanent for season 2019-20.

He played for Stirling County in the Super 6 on 16 November 2019. He scored a try.[7]

On 8 June 2020, Davidson signs for local rivals Edinburgh ahead of the 2020-21 season.[8]

He will join Gloucester for the 2021–22 season.[9]

International career

He was to be capped by Scotland for the under-16s [10] and under-18s;[11] named in under-19s squad that travelled to Romania [12] and capped by the under-20s.[13]

References
  1. "BBC Sport - Scottish Rugby name new elite development players". BBC Sport.
  2. "Players inducted into BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academies". glasgowwarriors.org.
  3. "Townsend pleased despite Clermont defeat". glasgowwarriors.org.
  4. "Glasgow Warriors - London Scottish debut for Robbie Fergusson". glasgowwarriors.com.
  5. "Scotland U20s lock joins Falcons".
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. https://www.theoffsideline.com/super6-stirling-county-southern-knights/
  8. "Edinburgh sign Andrew Davidson from Glasgow Warriors". The Offside Line. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  9. "Andrew Davidson signs for Gloucester Rugby". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. "Glasgow Warriors (Andrew Davidson) - Glasgow Warriors". glasgowwarriors.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. "Andrew Davidson - 1st XV - Glasgow Hawks RFC". glasgowhawks.com.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. David Ferguson (26 February 2015). "Rugby Show: Scotland's future stars aiming for Gala double". dailyrecord.
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