Andy Craig

Andy Craig

Personal information
Born	Andrew Craig (1976-03-16)16 March 1976 St. Helens,England
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	91.5 kg (14 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1993–96 Wigan 25 12 Swinton Halifax Total 25 0 0 0 12 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1999 Scotland 2 0
Rugby union career
Position(s) inside centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000-04 Orrell 80 (295) 2004-05 Glasgow () 2005-06 Leeds Tykes 3 (0) Correct as of 11 July 2014 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003-05 Scotland 23 (40) Correct as of 11 July 2014

Andrew Craig(born 16 March 1976)is a Scottish former professionalrugby footballerwho played bothrugby leagueandrugby unionat international level.

Rugby league

Craig previously representedScotlandatrugby league,playing forWigan,Halifax,Widnes,and Swinton.

Rugby union

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

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

Craig now runs a full-time plumbing and heating contraction company based in Warrington.

External links

• (archived by web.archive.org)Glasgow Profile
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org