Mark Gregory Andrews (born 21 February 1972 in

Elliot, Eastern Cape Elliot, officially known as Khowa, is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, and lies 80 km south-west of Maclear and 65 km south-east of Barkly East Barkly East is a town in Eastern C ...

(then

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) is a former

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player.

Career

He achieved his Junior Springbok colours in

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while still at school. He switched to rugby union as his main sport and achieved honours while at school and was selected for the schools team to play at the 1990

Craven Week The Craven Week is an annual rugby union tournament organised for schoolboys in the Republic of South Africa. The tournament started in July 1964, and is named after the legendary Springbok rugby union player and coach Dr Danie Craven. The tou ...

tournament. While at university he was selected for the SA Student team in 1993 and the SA Universities team in 1994. He played for 's winning

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

team in 1995 and 1996. Andrews made his international test debut for

on 11 June 1994 against England in

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. He went on to play 77 test and 13 mid-week games for South Africa. Andrews formed a formidable lock combination with

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and later

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. During his test career he scored 12 tries for a tally of 60 test points. He was part of the

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winning team alongside another native of Elliot, prop Os du Randt.

International statistics

Test Match record

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored

Test tries (12)

World Cup matches

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

References

External links

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1972 births Living people South African people of British descent Rugby union locks South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Alumni of Selborne College Sharks (Currie Cup) players Sharks (rugby union) players Rugby union players from the Eastern Cape {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub