Alex Samuel (rugby union)

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Alex Samuel
Birth nameAlex Samuel
Date of birth (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth St Andrews, Scotland
Height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Weight119 kg (262 lb; 18 st 10 lb)
School St Leonards School, St. Andrews
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Madras College FP ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020– Glasgow Warriors 15 (0)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020-21 Stirling Wolves ()
2021- Ayrshire Bulls ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021 Scotland U20
2024 Scotland 1 (0)

Alex Samuel (born 27 December 2002) is a Scotland international rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors at the Lock position. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

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

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

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Bathgate, Stuart (27 October 2022). "Glasgow v Benetton: Alex Samuel to make debut in much-changed Warriors line-up". The Offside Line.
  2. 1 2 "Former Pupil Captains U20 Scottish Rugby Team". St Leonards.
  3. 1 2 "Alex Samuel is school's captain fantastic". www.fifetoday.co.uk. 24 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Alex Samuel". Glasgow Warriors.
  5. 1 2 "news". www.ealingtrailfinders.com.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors | Alex Samuel". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
  7. ↑ "Glasgow 22 Ayrshire Bulls 17: Warriors receive fright after Bulls fightback". The National.
  8. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors chalk up easy win over Benetton with six-try display to avenge opening day of season". www.scotsman.com. 28 October 2022.
  9. ↑ https://ontopofthemoon.com/2022/10/28/need-to-know-glasgow-warriors-v-benetton-united-rugby-championship-match-preview-2022-23/ [ bare URL ]
  10. ↑ "Everything more than all right on the night for Alex Samuel". HeraldScotland.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "New Scotland Under-20 captain Alex Samuel tipped to hit the heights by coach Sean Lineen". www.scotsman.com. 9 June 2021.
  13. ↑ https://x.com/Scotlandteam/status/1858117887296237879
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