Ross Gordon Samson (born 17 January 1988 in

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

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) is a Scottish rugby union player and a former player for

Edinburgh Rugby Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh play ...

London Irish London Irish RFC is a professional rugby union club which competes in the Premiership, the top division of English rugby union. The club has also competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. While ...

, he currently plays for London Scottish. A former pupil of Stewart's Melville College, he studied History at

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is ...

. He competed with Mike Blair for the number nine jersey whilst at Edinburgh Rugby. He made his first start for Edinburgh against Glasgow at Murrayfield on 2 January 2010. Samson signed for

in the summer of 2009 from the north east of England where he represented Newcastle Falcons and Tynedale RFC. He has also represented

Barbarians FC The Barbarian Football Club, known as the Barbarians is a British-based invitational rugby union club. The Barbarians play in black and white hoops, though players wear socks from their own club strip. Membership is by invitation. As of 2011, p ...

on 3 occasions, scoring 4 tries in total. Samson left Irish at the end of the 2011-12 season and joined London Scottish, alongside fellow Edinburgh alumni

Phil Godman Phil Godman (born 20 May 1982) is an ex rugby union player, who played for Edinburgh Rugby and Newcastle Falcons as well as representing Scottish rugby union side. Early life He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, where he played for the ...

and Jim Thompson ahead of the 2012-13 season.

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1988 births Living people Barbarian F.C. players Edinburgh Rugby players Rugby union players from Edinburgh Newcastle Falcons players Scottish rugby union players Tynedale R.F.C. players People educated at Stewart's Melville College Rugby union scrum-halves {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub