Rob Andrew
Rob Andrew
Christopher Robert "Rob" Andrew MBE, nicknamed "Squeaky", is a former English rugby union footballer and currently Professional Rugby Director at the RFU. He was formerly the Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons. As a player, Andrew was assured in his kicking and defensive skills off both feet. Andrew also had a brief career in first-class cricket...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth18 February 1963
autumn class fantastic great guy last leading months needs seen three
He needs a fantastic pre-season and a great two months leading into the Autumn internationals. If you have seen what I have seen in the last three weeks, you will know this guy is a class act.
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He was pretty close for the Leeds game.
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Joe has worked very hard in coming back from injury over the last year and continues to give us options in a number of positions.
autumn likely paid played puts
I think it pretty much puts paid to the autumn internationals, so it will most likely be over two years that he hasn't played for England.
autumn paid puts
I think it pretty much puts paid to the autumn internationals,
bit issues monday sore squad trained
He was a little bit sore on Monday and Tuesday, as expected, but he's trained well with the squad and there aren't really any issues there.
doubt fit might scotland
He won't be fit for Dublin, there's no doubt about that, but he might be fit for Scotland and Italy.
bit far process recovery
He is fine, but his adductor is just a little bit sore. There haven't been any complications or anything like that, it is just part of the recovery process and he isn't far away.
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He had a few bangs and bruises and he was pretty tired coming off at the end there as you'd expect after his first 40 minutes in six months. He's not going to change the way he plays.
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We are all frustrated with some aspects of our forward play but we've just got to be patient and keep working at it because we have personnel of a high enough quality to turn it around. The supporters are frustrated, we are ourselves and we know we owe them because they follow us all round the country. The rugby they've seen at Kingston Park this season, apart from half an hour against Bath, has been extremely poor and hopefully, with a clean slate and a new competition on Sunday, we can go some way to repaying them.
club committed delighted further himself
We're delighted he has committed himself to the club for a further two years.
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To be without Phil for such a length of time is a major setback, but he is a strong character and I am sure he will come back from this.
extreme
You are always going to get extreme views around coaches and players.
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We are looking at his training schedule, as we do with all the players. He has been extremely unlucky with the trauma injuries he has suffered in the last few years, but we are in an impact sport and there is no way of preventing these things.