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
absolutely against bench bought bristol close complete extra injury johnny last medical since team training week
Johnny has had the most complete week of training with the team since the injury happened. He was very close to being on the bench against Bristol last weekend, but the medical team bought him an extra week just to be absolutely certain.
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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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Our actual level of performance has been as good as I can recall in the last five or six years. We've just not had enough breaks and results have slipped away from us. This game will be a good yardstick for us. Not one single person in the land expects us to win.
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Matt is a good young local forward who has come through the club's academy, and is continuing to develop further as a player.
difficult explain teams
That was rubbish. Two teams having a real off-day. It's difficult to explain performances like that.
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Owen had high expectations but the relentless nature of the league and our style of play have made it a testing season.
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We're delighted he has committed himself to the club for a further two years.
extreme
You are always going to get extreme views around coaches and players.
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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.
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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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Tactically, it will be interesting to see how the game develops,