Alex Samuel (rugby union)
| Birth name | Alex Samuel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 December 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | St Andrews, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 119 kg (262 lb; 18 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Leonards School, St. Andrews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Samuel (born 27 December 2002) is a Scotland international rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors at the Lock position.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Samuel went to St Leonards School in St. Andrews, and then went on to Madras College.[2] He then played for Madras College FP.[3]
Professional career
[edit]He moved to Glasgow Warriors in 2020, initially with the Scottish Rugby Academy, before graduating from the academy with a permanent deal with the Glasgow club. Then Warriors' Head Coach Danny Wilson marked out Samuel as one to watch in a supporters event in 2020.[4]
While at the academy he was aligned to Stirling Wolves in the Super 6.[2][5]
Samuel played for the Ayrshire Bulls under Peter Horne in the Super 6 in the Fosroc Super Sprint championship.[6]
He made his debut for Glasgow Warriors against the Ayrshire Bulls on 2 September 2022 at Inverness as a replacement.[7]
He then made his competitive debut for the Warriors against Benetton Rugby on 28 October 2022 in the United Rugby Championship in a 6 try win.[8] He became only the fifth teenager to make his debut playing in the second row for the club. He became Glasgow Warrior No. 346.[9]
Because of his Warriors debut he could not play in the Super 6 final between Ayrshire Bulls and Watsonians the following day. However Samuel said of his Warriors start: "It was a bit of a dream come true. Usually I’m on the other side of the fence as a fan, have been for about the last 10 years. It’s pretty cool."[10]
He followed that up with a start against Leinster Rugby at the RDS Arena on 26 November 2022 in the following round match.[11]
International career
[edit]Samuel captained the Scotland U20 side in 2021.[3][5][12]
He was invited to train with the senior Scotland squad for the 2021 Six Nations Championship.[4] He received his first full senior cap in the Autumn International match against Portugal on 16 November 2024, becoming cap no. 1233.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Bathgate, Stuart (27 October 2022). "Glasgow v Benetton: Alex Samuel to make debut in much-changed Warriors line-up". The Offside Line.
- ^ a b "Former Pupil Captains U20 Scottish Rugby Team". St Leonards.
- ^ a b "Alex Samuel is school's captain fantastic". www.fifetoday.co.uk. 24 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Alex Samuel". Glasgow Warriors.
- ^ a b "news". www.ealingtrailfinders.com.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors | Alex Samuel". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
- ^ "Glasgow 22 Ayrshire Bulls 17: Warriors receive fright after Bulls fightback". The National.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors chalk up easy win over Benetton with six-try display to avenge opening day of season". www.scotsman.com. 28 October 2022.
- ^ https://ontopofthemoon.com/2022/10/28/need-to-know-glasgow-warriors-v-benetton-united-rugby-championship-match-preview-2022-23/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Everything more than all right on the night for Alex Samuel". HeraldScotland.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors were 'sincerely convinced' they would get it right at Leinster - but big issues aren't going away". www.scotsman.com. 27 November 2022.
- ^ "New Scotland Under-20 captain Alex Samuel tipped to hit the heights by coach Sean Lineen". www.scotsman.com. 9 June 2021.
- ^ https://x.com/Scotlandteam/status/1858117887296237879