Editing Andy Haden

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (1950–2020)}}
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| name        = Andy Haden
| image       =
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| birth_name  = Andrew Maxwell Haden
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1950|09|26}}
| birth_place = [[Whanganui|Wanganui]], New Zealand
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2020|07|29|1950|10|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
| school      = [[Whanganui City College|Wanganui Boys' College]]
| height      = {{convert|1.99|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight      = {{convert|112|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| ru_position = [[Rugby union positions#Locks|Lock]]
| repyears1   = 1972–1985
| repteam1    = {{nrut|New Zealand}}
| repcaps1    = 41
| reppoints1  = 8
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'''Andrew Maxwell Haden''' (26 September 1950{{spnd}}29 July 2020) was a New Zealand [[rugby union]] player and [[All Blacks|All Black]] captain. He played at [[Rugby union positions#Locks|lock]] for [[Auckland representative rugby union team|Auckland]] and for New Zealand from 1972 until 1985. He also played club rugby for [[Ponsonby RFC]] in Auckland and for clubs in the United Kingdom and Italy.

==Life and career==
Andy Haden was born in [[Whanganui]] on 26 September 1950 and attended [[Whanganui City College|Wanganui Boys' College]]. 

Haden moved to Auckland and joined [[Ponsonby RFC]]. In 1971 he played for the Auckland Colts and also made his senior provincial debut for [[Auckland Rugby Football Union|Auckland]], playing 2 senior games that season.  He would go on to play 157 provincial games scoring 12 tries (48 points). He also played eight games for the [[Junior All Blacks|New Zealand Juniors]] in 1972 and many appearances for the North Island team in the [[Interisland match]], captaining them in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/andrew-maxwell-haden|title=Andrew Maxwell Haden &#124; New Zealand Rugby History|first=VCS Websites (NZ)-Lower Hutt and Wellington|last=www.vcsnet.co.nz|website=www.rugbyhistory.co.nz}}</ref>  

==All Black career==

Andy Haden made his All Black debut in 1972 against [[Metropolitan New York Rugby Union|New York Metropolitan]] on the [[1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America|1972–73 tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America]].  However, his Test debut was not until 1977 against the [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]].  He went on to make 41 Test appearances and scoring two tries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbydatabase.co.nz/player/index.php?playerId=6122|title=Rugby Database: Andy Haden Player Profile & Stats|website=www.rugbydatabase.co.nz}}</ref><ref name="NZ Rugby obit">{{cite news |title=New Zealand Rugby pays tribute to Andy Haden|url= https://www.allblacks.com/news/new-zealand-rugby-pays-tribute-to-andy-haden/|date=29 July 2020|access-date=29 July 2020|publisher=[[New Zealand Rugby]]}}</ref>  Of those 41 appearances, 8 were as captain of the All Blacks.<ref name=AP>{{cite news |title=All Blacks lock Haden, known for lineout dive, dies aged 69|url= https://apnews.com/03ac8a596f39ae0f0b7d190270c07470|first=Steve|last=McMorran|date=29 July 2020|access-date=29 July 2020|work=Associated Press}}</ref>  Haden was noted for his powerful [[Scrum (rugby)|scrummage]] skills and for his imposing presence at the [[Line-out (rugby union)|lineout]].<ref name=Reuters>{{cite news|title=Andy Haden: New Zealand mourns death of trailblazing former All Blacks captain|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/29/andy-haden-new-zealand-mourns-death-of-trailblazing-former-all-blacks-captain|date=29 Jul 2020|access-date=30 July 2020|agency=Reuters|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London}}</ref>  

Haden also played club rugby for [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] in London and [[Rugby Roma Olimpic|Algida Rome]] in Italy.<ref>{{cite news |title=All Blacks great Andy Haden gravely ill|url= https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/all-blacks-great-andy-haden-gravely-ill|date=21 July 2020|access-date=29 July 2020| work=[[Otago Daily Times]]}}</ref>  Off the field, he published his autobiography, ''Boots ’n All'', in 1983.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ExHwAAAAMAAJ|title=Boots 'n All!|publisher=Rugby Press|year=1983|last=Haden|first=Andy|isbn=9780908630134}}</ref>  By receiving royalties from the book, he ostensibly tested the sport's strict amateurism rules in force back then.  He ultimately prevailed, however, by claiming that being a writer was his profession.<ref name=Reuters/>

Haden was selected as one of the “Five players of the year” for the 1984 and 1985 seasons, in the Rugby Almanack of New Zealand.

Haden was a controversial player,<ref>{{cite news|title=Andy Haden oversteps the mark – again|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/andy-haden-oversteps-the-mark--again-20100528-wina.html|date=28 May 2010|first=Duncan|last=Johnstone|access-date=30 July 2020|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> who was accused of cheating<ref>{{cite news|title=Rugby Union: Haden 'dived' to cheat the Welsh|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-haden-dived-to-cheat-the-welsh-1179032.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-haden-dived-to-cheat-the-welsh-1179032.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=18 October 1998|first=Hugh|last=Godwin|access-date=30 July 2020|newspaper=The Independent|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and unsporting conduct.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sport's biggest cheats: 10 instances of notorious unsporting behaviour|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10320304/Sports-biggest-cheats-10-instances-of-notorious-unsporting-behaviour.html|date=20 September 2013|first=Oliver|last=Pickup|access-date=30 July 2020|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Quota 'claptrap' par for Haden's course|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10320304/Sports-biggest-cheats-10-instances-of-notorious-unsporting-behaviour.html|date=29 May 2010|first=Tony|last=Smith|access-date=30 July 2020|newspaper=The Press|location=Christchurch}}</ref>  The most infamous occurrence of this happened in a match against {{nrut|Wales}} at [[Cardiff Arms Park]] in 1978. The score was 12–10 in Wales's favour, when Haden and another New Zealand player, [[Frank Oliver (rugby union)|Frank Oliver]], fell to the ground as if pushed during a lineout after the ball had been thrown in.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10541667|title=Rugby's 10 worst refereeing howlers|first=Steve|last=Deane|date=7 November 2008|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=9 July 2010}}</ref> The referee awarded a penalty in the dying moments of the match, which [[Brian McKechnie]] kicked, winning the game for New Zealand. Later, Welsh legend [[J. P. R. Williams]] wrote that Haden should have been sent off. Despite the controversy however, the referee subsequently stated that the penalty had actually been awarded for an actual infringement against Oliver and not the Haden 'dive' as was thought. Haden did not, however, deny that the attempts to cheat the referee were pre-planned, something also confirmed by his captain [[Graham Mourie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=All Blacks seal controversial Welsh victory|url= http://en.espn.co.uk/onthisday/rugby/story/105234.html|access-date=28 July 2020|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> The match happened on the same day as the annual 'Miss World' competition, which prompted Welsh cartoonist [[Gren]] to create a picture of the 'Miss World' event, but with Miss New Zealand lying on the floor, pretending to have been pushed.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VWg3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT73|title=Dai Morris: Shadow|publisher=Y Lolfa|date=28 November 2012 |last1=Morris|first1=Dai|last2=Williams|first2=Martyn|page=73|isbn=9781847716538}}</ref> Haden made his last Test appearance in 1985 against {{nrut|Argentina}}.<ref name="NZ Rugby obit"/>

==Later years==
Haden was an agent for various celebrities, including [[Rachel Hunter]].<ref name=AP/>  He was given the honorary position of Rugby World Cup Ambassador in 2010, but resigned the post after making controversial statements about a racial quota he alleged the [[Crusaders (rugby union)|Crusaders]] to be operating, calling Polynesians "darkies", and then suggesting women raped by sports stars may be partly to blame.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10657851 |title=Haden to be axed for rape comments |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=10 July 2010 |first1=Derek |last1=Cheng |first2=Rachel |last2=Tiffen |access-date=10 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10657901|title=Haden resigns as RWC ambassador |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=10 July 2010}}</ref>

In 2003, Haden announced that he was beginning chemotherapy for [[chronic lymphocytic leukaemia]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3524721 |title=Rugby: Former All Black Haden fighting cancer |date=22 September 2003|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> He overcame this bout of illness, but in February 2020 was diagnosed with lymphoma.<ref name="NZH obit">{{cite news |title=Rugby: All Blacks legend Andy Haden loses battle with cancer |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12351938 |access-date=29 July 2020 |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=29 July 2020}}</ref> He consequently died of lymphoma on 29 July 2020, at his home in Auckland. He was 69 years old.<ref name=AP/><ref name="NZH obit"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1113 Sporting-Heroes.Net] – a profile and picture of Andy Haden
* {{All Blacks|new_id=Andy-Haden-AB-716|old_id=346}}

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