Name Andrew Davidson Role Rugby union | Education Kelvinside Academy | |
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.
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Amateur career
Davidson played for Glasgow Hawks when not in use by Glasgow Warriors.
Professional career
Davidson secured an Elite Development Programme place and was aligned to Glasgow Warriors for the 2014–15 season. 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. He played for Glasgow Hawks.
The lock made his debut for Glasgow Warriors in a pre-season friendly against ASM Clermont Auvergne.
In November 2015 he was loaned to London Scottish by Scottish Rugby Academy, to gain more experience of playing professional rugby.
On 11 May 2016 it was announced that he would be leaving Scottish Rugby Academy to join Newcastle Falcons.
International career
He was to be capped by Scotland for the under-16s and under-18s; named in under-19s squad that travelled to Romania and capped by the under-20s.