Andrew Davidson (rugby union)
| Birth name | Andrew Davidson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 November 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow , Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (17 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kelvinside Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Davidson (born 7 November 1996 in Glasgow , Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player at the Lock position. He currently plays for Newcastle Falcons and had previously been part of the Scottish Rugby Academy and played for London Scottish.
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]
International career
He was to be capped by Scotland for the under-16s [7] and under-18s;[8] named in under-19s squad that travelled to Romania [9] and capped by the under-20s.[10]
References
- 1 2 "BBC Sport - Scottish Rugby name new elite development players". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Players inducted into BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academies". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ↑ "Townsend pleased despite Clermont defeat". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ↑ "Glasgow Warriors - London Scottish debut for Robbie Fergusson". glasgowwarriors.com.
- ↑ "Scotland U20s lock joins Falcons".
- ↑ https://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/18/08/23/davidson-joins-loan
- ↑ "Glasgow Warriors (Andrew Davidson) - Glasgow Warriors". glasgowwarriors.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Andrew Davidson - 1st XV - Glasgow Hawks RFC". glasgowhawks.com.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
- ↑ David Ferguson (26 February 2015). "Rugby Show: Scotland's future stars aiming for Gala double". dailyrecord.