Andrew Blowers
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| Andrew Blowers | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Andrew Francis Blowers | ||
| Date of birth | March 27 1975 | ||
| Place of birth |  Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Weight | 16 st 7 lbs (105 kg) | ||
| School | Mount Albert Grammar School | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Flanker | ||
| All Black No. | 956 | ||
| Clubs | Caps | (points) | |
2001-2005 2007- |
Auckland Suburbs Auckland Blues Northampton Saints Bristol Rugby |
44 8 |
(0) |
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Auckland | 45 | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| 1996-1999 | New Zealand | 18 | (5) |
Andrew Francis Blowers (born 27 March 1975 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a rugby union player who played for Auckland Blues, Northampton Saints and now plays for Bristol in the Guinness Premiership. He played for the All Blacks between 1996 and 1999 in which he had played 11 tests and 7 games. His position is flanker.
Bristol announced the signing of the former All Black to boost their push for Heineken Cup qualification following the loss of Dan Ward-Smith to injury. He was to have joined Richard Hill's squad for the start of the 2007-8 season but, with Ward-Smith suffering a season ending knee injury at Northampton on January 27th, Blowers agreed to bring forward his arrival and will be available for selection against London Wasps on March 4th.[1]
[edit] International career
Due to Samoan heritage, he started his international career for Samoa with a tour of South Africa. However, not having started a test for the Samoan side, and the then loose international eligibility rules meant that he was available for New Zealand.[1]
Blowers All Black's debut on Tuesday, 6 August 1996 versus Boland Invitation XV at Worcester, scoring on his debut. Four days later he received his first international cap versus South Africa at Cape Town.
After 18 All Black matches he palyed his final game against Italy on Thursday, 14 October 1999. Of his 11 competitive tests the All Blacks won 10, their only loss coming at the hands of Australia.[1]
Blowers is no longer eligible to play for All Blacks because he no longer plays in New Zealand.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Andrew Blowers Profile. allblacks.com. Retrieved on 9 September 2007.
[edit] External links
- Andrew Blowers on bristolrugby.co.uk
- Andrew Blowers at AllBlacks.com
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