Playing career Amateur career Adamson was born in
Stirling, Scotland. He played for
Glasgow Hawks. He played with the Hawks for 11 years. He helped Glasgow Hawks to National Cup victory in 2007.
Professional career Adamson went on to play for
Glasgow Warriors, first securing a part-time contract in 2006. and Newcastle Falcons. He also played for Glasgow Warriors in a friendly at the end of the 2006–07 season against Scotland U20s, scoring a try and four conversions in the match. He then secured a full-time contract with the Glasgow side in May 2007. He was involved in all 3 pre-season matches for the Warriors in 2007–08 season. He made his only competitive appearance for the Warriors in the
Celtic League on 4 January 2008 against
Newport Gwent Dragons. Although he stayed with the Warriors until 2010 he was unable to gain more competitive appearances, finding himself behind
Dan Parks and
Ruaridh Jackson for the fly-half berth. He moved on to play for
London Scottish but he was to similarly play only 1 competitive match for the exile side, against
London Welsh in the 2011–12 season.
International career Adamson played for Scotland through the age grades:- Scotland
U16,
U17,
U18,
U19,
U21 and
Club XV. His refereeing progress and development has been deemed a rapid rise. He has now also refereed in Japan's Top League. Adamson has been refereeing World 7s matches since 2014. He was appointed to the Refereeing Panel for the Olympic Games Rugby Sevens for Rio 2016. He refereed his first
Pro12 match on 26 November 2016; the match
Munster versus
Treviso. He refereed the 2nd Leg of the
1872 Cup between
Glasgow Warriors and
Edinburgh Rugby at the end of the 2016–17 season. He was named as one of the 9 referees that will take charge of the World Rugby U20 Championships in Georgia 2017. He refereed his first Super 6 match on 21 December 2019. On 20 November 2021, Adamson refereed his first tier one International Match between Wales and Australia. On 6 August 2022, Adamson refereed his first Rugby Championship International Match between Argentina and Australia. ==References==