Hyron Andrews
| Full name | Hyron Diego Andrews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 July 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paarl, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Garsfontein, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Eta College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hyron Diego Andrews (born 6 July 1995 in Paarl, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing Super Rugby with the Template:Rut Sharks.[1] His regular position is lock.
Career
At high school level, he represented the Blue Bulls at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2011 and at the premier South African high school rugby competition, the Under-18 Craven Week, in both 2012 and 2013. He made three appearances on both occasions and scored two tries in the 2013 competition.[2] He was also named in the South Africa Schools side in 2012, but failed to make any appearances.
He joined the Sharks Academy after finishing high school and represented the Template:Rut Sharks U19 side in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting all thirteen of their matches as they reached the semi-final of the competition, where they were defeated 20–43 by the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19.[3]
He made his first class debut for the Template:Rut Sharks XV on 21 March 2015, playing off the bench in their 2015 Vodacom Cup match against the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs in Durban, helping them to a 53–0 victory.[4] He started their next four matches in the competition as the Sharks XV finished sixth in the Southern Section of the competition.
He was named in a 37-man training squad for the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team[5] and was included in the squad that embarked on a two-match tour of Argentina.[6] He was an unused replacement in their 25–22 victory over Argentina,[7] but started their 39–28 victory a few days later.[8]
Upon the team's return, he was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[9] He didn't get any game time in their first of three matches in Pool B of the competition, a 33–5 win against hosts Italy,[10] but was used as a replacement in their 40–8 win against Samoa[11] and their 46–13 win over Australia[12] to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. He was named on the bench for their semi-final match against England, but did not come on as South Africa lost 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession.[13] He also didn't feature in their third-place play-off match against France, which South Africa won 31–18 to secure third place in the competition.[14]
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Hyron Andrews". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2013 U18 Craven Week". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U19 43–20 Sharks U19". South African Rugby Union. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks XV 53–0 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Junior Bok training squad confirmed". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Italy U20 5–33 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 40–8 Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 46–13 Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 20–28 England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – France U20 18–31 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.