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
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It's disappointing for us all. That's pretty much put paid to him playing in the autumn internationals. We will want to get him back on the horse as quickly as possible but let's just get him back playing before England pick him.
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It was our worst performance of the season. We know what the rules are and we know what the regulations are. He is a core Sevens player and that is the situation. The system is as it is.
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It was our worst performance of the season.
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Everyone knows he was not comfortable with what happened on the Lions tour because he wasn't given a chance. He was thrown in, unprepared and out of position against one of the best teams in the world.
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The attrition rate and the physicality we see in the game these days is immense, as you could see from the six Premiership matches last weekend, some of which were basically 80 minutes of sheer warfare.
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It wasn't even borderline, it was about two yards forward.
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It took nine months for Mathew to get over the experience. Next time they have to be certain that they want him and then stick with him.
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Tactically, it will be interesting to see how the game develops,
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It's just absolutely ridiculous that he wasn't taken for an X-ray after complaining of jaw pains.
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When he is fit we will consider him - but we are letting him recover at the moment.
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When the medics come to me and say he is right, we will then consider him for selection, but not before. We aren't putting a time limit on it - it will happen when it happens.
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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.
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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.
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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.