Andrew Davidson (rugby union)

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

Andrew Davidson

Birth name	Andrew Davidson
Date of birth	(1996-11-07) 7 November 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
School	Kelvinside Academy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2016 2019 Glasgow Hawks Stirling County () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2016 2015 2016–2019 2018 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021– Glasgow Warriors →London Scottish Newcastle Falcons → Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors Edinburgh Rugby Gloucester 0 1 23 2 5 13 26 (0) (0) (10) (0) (5) (5) (5) Correct as of 23 October 2022 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2015–2016 Scotland U20 13 (0)

Davidson was a product of the Scottish Rugby Academy.

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 joined 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 from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
7. "Super6: Honours even for Stirling County and Southern Knights". 16 November 2019.
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. . glasgowwarriors.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
11. "Andrew Davidson - 1st XV - Glasgow Hawks RFC". glasgowhawks.com.
12. . Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
13. David Ferguson (26 February 2015). "Rugby Show: Scotland's future stars aiming for Gala double". dailyrecord.

External links

• Rugby biography