Ross Gordon Samson is a Scottish rugby union player and a former player for Edinburgh Rugby, he currently plays for London Irish

London Irish

London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...

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A former pupil of Stewart's Melville College

Stewart's Melville College

Stewart's Melville College is an all boys boarding and day private school situated in the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland...

, he studied History at Newcastle University. He competes with Mike Blair for the number nine jersey and has a bright future. He made his first start for Edinburgh against Glasgow at Murrayfield on 2 January 2010.

Samson signed for Edinburgh Rugby in the summer of 2009 from the north east of England where he represented Newcastle Falcons

Newcastle Falcons

The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...

 and Tynedale RFC. He has also represented Barbarians FC on 3 occasions, scoring 4 tries in total.