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. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors, London Scottish and Newcastle Falcons. 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. 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. He joined Glasgow Warriors again on 23 August 2018; this time on loan. 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. On 8 June 2020, Davidson signs for local rivals Edinburgh ahead of the 2020-21 season. He joined Gloucester for the 2021–22 season. 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.