Editing Rob Andrew (section)

===International===
Andrew was [[Fly-half (rugby union)|fly-half]] for [[England national rugby union team|England]] during the [[Will Carling]] era, making a winning debut in January 1985 against Romania at Twickenham. For the next 10 years he was England's regular fly-half earning 70 caps, including 2 as captain. He was briefly dropped in 1993 as England tried out Bath RFC's Stuart Barnes for the fly-half's position, but regained it after two matches. After England finished 4th in the [[1995 Rugby World Cup]], he saw out his contract at Wasps and moved to the [[Newcastle Falcons]]. He made his final appearance for England after an absence of almost two years when he was called off the bench as a try scoring replacement against Wales in March 1997. In total, he scored 396 international points, won the Grand Slam with England 3 times and held the English record for the most points scored in an international - 30, scored against Canada in 1994.

Critics of the England side blamed him for kicking the ball too much rather than passing - perhaps unfairly since England three times broke the Five Nations records for tries scored, and points scored, with Andrew as fly-half (in 1990 despite not even winning the tournament, and again in 1992 and 1995): however it was undeniable that England's game plan was based very much more around their forwards than their backs, with kicking for territory and competing to win line-outs and rucks in opposition territory being a major part of the tactic. [[England national rugby union team|England]] did, however, enjoy a great deal of success with him as their [[Fly-half (rugby union)|Number 10]].

Inconsistent early in his career as a place-kicker for penalties and conversions, and often ceding that duty to fullbacks Webb and Hodgkinson (only to have to take some kicks anyway, when Webb also proved inconsistent early in his own career), Andrew improved that aspect of his game greatly, until by the end of his career he was among the best in the world at it, as well as being a reliable source of dropped-goals.

He played in 3 [[Rugby World Cup]] competitions; [[1987 Rugby World Cup|1987]] (making 2 appearances), [[1991 Rugby World Cup|1991]] and [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995]]. Curiously, just as [[Jonny Wilkinson|Wilkinson]] had beaten [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] in the [[2003 Rugby World Cup Final]] with a drop goal, the last time [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] lost in the same competition was in 1995. In that year, it was Andrew who nailed a drop goal on the stroke of full-time to beat the [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies]] 25–22. Four years before, it was another late drop-goal by Andrew, in the semi-final against Scotland, that took England to the final against Australia.

In 1989 he had the honour of captaining the [[British and Irish Lions]] against [[France national rugby union team|France]] in a rare "home" match for the Lions. The game formed part of the celebrations of the bi-centennial of the French Revolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/22196.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - France v British and Irish Lions XV at Parc des Princes|work=ESPN scrum}}</ref> In the final match, against ANZAC, of the Lions' victorious '89 tour to Australia, Andrew came on at inside center as a substitute for the injured Brendan Mullen. Andrew also toured to New Zealand with the Lions in 1993, starting at flyhalf over his England rival Barnes. The Lions lost the test series to New Zealand 2–1.