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
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.
absolutely complaints-and-complaining jaw ridiculous taken
It's just absolutely ridiculous that he wasn't taken for an X-ray after complaining of jaw pains.
high league nature relentless style testing
Owen had high expectations but the relentless nature of the league and our style of play have made it a testing season.
basically days game last matches minutes rate sheer six
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.
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.
certain months next nine stick time took
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.
close leeds
He was pretty close for the Leeds game.
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.
achieve believe bit cause compete confident fans firmly games home last level lost performance sale tension
I've been confident all pre-season that we can compete with anybody, and I still firmly believe it. Northampton lost a lot of games at home last season, so there will be a bit of tension there for the fans and the players. If we can achieve the level of performance we did at Sale (Newcastle lost 26-25), we believe we can cause them problems.
actual breaks expects five game good land last level performance recall results single six yardstick
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.
hands monitor
This is an unfortunate setback, and is in the hands of the medics, who will continually monitor the situation.
england money nowadays
Nowadays there are too many players who can't get a contract elsewhere, who come to England and just take the money.
basically believe winner
This is basically a knockout game, because I believe the winner will go on into the semi-finals.
core performance player rules system worst
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.