Andy Craig
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Born | Andrew Craig 16 March 1976 St. Helens,England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91.5 kg (14 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Craig(born 16 March 1976)[1]is a Scottish former professionalrugby footballerwho played bothrugby leagueandrugby unionat international level.
Rugby league
[edit]Craig previously representedScotlandatrugby league,playing forWigan,Halifax,Widnes,and Swinton.
Rugby union
[edit]He switched torugby unionjoiningOrrellin 2000, before moving toGlasgowin the summer of 2004. He then moved toLeeds Tykesfor the 2005/2006 season. He played as anoutside centre.
Craig earned his first cap for Scotland on Saturday, 15 June 2002 againstCanadain Vancouver, in 26-23 defeat. Later that year, he became one of only 15 Scotland players to have scored ahat-trickafter his three tries againstFiji.
Craig was an important member of theScotlandteam for the2003 Six Nations Championship.He played only a handful of games in the 2004 season. His luck changed again in 2005, when under the reign of theMatt Williamshe was the starting outside centre. Although it was a disappointing season for Scotland (one win againstItaly), Craig scored two tries, first againstWales,and then againstEngland.
Craig suffered a setback after picking up an injury during the 2005/6 season forGlasgow.He returned to action for a few games after his injury and subsequently scored a try in one of his games. Craig, however, had not been considered byFrank Haddenfor theScotlandteam for the Autumn Internationals and the2006 Six Nations Championship.
2006 season
[edit]Craig decided to move from full-time rugby to semi-professional rugby. Lured by the prospect of managing a plumbing career whilst playing rugby, Craig decided to joinSedgley Park.
Retirement
[edit]Craig now runs a full-time plumbing and heating contraction company based in Warrington.
Notes
[edit]- ^Andy Craig player profileESPN Scrum.com
External links
[edit]- (archived by web.archive.org)Glasgow Profile
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- English people of Scottish descent
- Glasgow Warriors players
- Halifax R.L.F.C. players
- Leeds Tykes players
- Orrell R.U.F.C. players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland national rugby league team players
- Sedgley Park R.U.F.C. players
- Swinton Lions players
- Widnes Vikings players
- Wigan Warriors players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- Rugby union centres