Andy Long

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Andy Long
Personal information
Full name Andrew Long
Date of birth 2 September 1977 (1977-09-02) (age 30)
Place of birth Poole, Dorset, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 16 st 7 lbs (105 kg)
Nickname Longy
School St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School
Rugby union career
Current status
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Newcastle Falcons
Playing career
Position Hooker
Youth clubs
Bournemouth
Senior Clubs Caps (points)
1995 ‐ 03
2003
2003 ‐ 04
2004 ‐		 Bath
Munster
Rotherham
Newcastle Falcons		 84


103		 (25)


(15)
National team(s)    

1997 ‐		 England Saxons
England
2

Andy Long (born 2 September 1977) is an English rugby union footballer who plays at Hooker for Newcastle. He has 2 England caps.

Originally a product of the Bath academy, where he came to the attention of Bath coach Clive Woodward, having captained England U19 and U21. Woodward was appointed England coach in 1997 and picked the 20-year old on potential for his first match in charge against Australia. However, Long played poorly and was replaced at half-time by Richard Cockerill, who then started the subsequent matches against New Zealand with Long on the bench. Long however did not again enter the field of play. He was thus seemed destined to become a "one cap wonder" until gaining a second cap against the United States in 2001 when most of the regular England players were away with the 2001 British Lions tour to Australia. He also played for England in a non cap international against The Barbarians in 2003.

Meanwhile, Long spent 7 years at Bath, before joining Irish province Munster during the 2003 World Cup, after which he returned to England with Rotherham, who were relegated in 2004 and he travelled further north to join Newcastle Falcons.

He has been called into the England Saxons squad to face Italy A in Ragusa, Sicily on 9 February 2008. [1] [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ England Saxons training squad for Italy A. RFU (2008-02-04). Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
  2. ^ Guest, Care and Jarvis join Skinner and Brown in England Saxons squad. Quins (2008-02-04). Retrieved on 2008-02-05.

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