Andy Long

Andy Long (born 2 September 1977) is an English rugby union footballer who plays at Hooker for Northampton Saints. He has 2 caps for England.

Originally a product of the Bath academy, where he came to the attention of Bath coach Clive Woodward, having captained England U19 and U21. Woodward was appointed England coach in 1997 and picked the 20-year old on potential for his first match in charge against Australia. However, Long played poorly and was replaced at half-time by Richard Cockerill, who then started the subsequent matches against New Zealand with Long on the bench. Long however did not again enter the field of play. He was thus seemed destined to become a "one cap wonder" until gaining a second cap against the United States in 2001 when most of the regular England players were away with the 2001 British Lions tour to Australia. He also played for England in a non cap international against The Barbarians in 2003.

Meanwhile, Long spent 7 years at Bath, before joining Irish province Munster during the 2003 World Cup, after which he returned to England with Rotherham, who were relegated in 2004 and he travelled further north to join Newcastle Falcons.

On 20 November 2009, He was signed up by Northampton Saints on a short term deal and made his debut on the 29th January 2010 for the Saints' first team against Sale Sharks in the LV cup which they won 20–14. On 31 March 2010, Long signed a contract extension for the club.

He has been called into the England Saxons squad to face Italy A in Ragusa, Sicily on 9 February 2008.^[2][3]

For the 2011/12 season he is joining Cambridge RUFC as forwards coach ^{[4] [5]}

References

External links

• Newcastle profile
• England profile
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• CURFC
• Cambridge News