Andy Reay (born 1 April 1983 in

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) is an

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player for

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in the Aviva Championship. A

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, Reay was part of the England Under-21 team which claimed the Under 21 Six Nations Championship

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in 2004 and he also competed in the Under 21 Rugby World Championships that took place in

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during June 2004. He has won nine

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for the England U21 team and can play equally well at

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and

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. Reay is 6’ and weighs 93 kg. He was educated at

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, from where he went on to read

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. As a boy he was introduced to Ruislip Rugby Club by his father, a former back row

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for the Borderers, a team in

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. His first senior club was Harlequins, prior to moving to

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who loaned him to Moseley in the 2005-06 season, where he made eleven appearances, scoring two tries. Reay was loaned to Moseley for a second time, towards the end of the 2006-07 season, from the February onwards. Reay also was a member of Newbury.

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