Andrew Kelly (born 26 June 1981 in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

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) is a former

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international

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player. He played for

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at the Tighthead Prop position.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He came through the

Ayr RFC Ayr Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club. Its professional men's side currently plays as Ayrshire Bulls in the Super 6 competition; and its women's side play in the . The club also runs a "Club XV" which competes in the Tennent's Nationa ...

youth system before being snapped up by the Warriors. He played for Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians and moved back to Ayr in 2010.

Professional career

He was a member of the 1999 Glasgow Thistles squad which went to

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for rugby training. From Ayr he signed for

International career

He has played for the Scotland U21 side. He has also played for the

External links

Scottish rugby biographyPro12 biographyStatbuker biography

References

1981 births Living people Ayr RFC players Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians RFC players Glasgow Warriors players Rugby union players from Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire Scotland Club XV international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players Rugby union props {{scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub