Education
A former pupil of Stewart"s Melville College, he studied History at Newcastle University.
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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 Edinburgh Rugby in the summer of 2009 from the north east of England where he represented Newcastle Falcons and Tynedale Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He has also represented Barbarians Football Club on 3 occasions, scoring 4 tries in total.
Samson left Irish at the end of the 2011-2012 season and joined London Scottish, alongside fellow Edinburgh alumni Philosophy Godman and Jim Thompson ahead of the 2012-2013 season.
He is credited with starting the "neknomination" viral craze.
