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20 QUESTIONS WITH...ANDY ANDERSON

20 QUESTIONS WITH...ANDY ANDERSON

Rich Ashton14 Mar 2021 - 11:15

Learn more about the former player and Friday Club stalwart!

Year joined: 1978.

Role: Ex-player, Friday Club member and scoreboard maintainer.

Best rugby memory: Doing two Lions tours to Australia in 2001 & 2013.

Worst rugby memory: Breaking my neck in the early 80’s playing against Old Fullerians.

Favourite food: Being Scottish it must be Haggis.

Favourite drink: Nothing beats a decent pint of Real Ale.

Favourite travel destination: Canada coast-to-coast in 2017, a brilliant eight weeks.

Closely followed by Australia and New Zealand.

Favourite Rams try: The penalty try winner against Rosslyn Park.

Favourite ever try: Jason Robinson’s try against Australia in the First Lions test of 2001 at the Gabba in Brisbane.

Favourite ever player(s): Must go with two Scottish stalwarts, Gordon Brown - ‘Broon frae Troon’ - and Ian Mclauchlan - ‘Mighty Mouse’.

Favourite current player: Being an ex-front row player, I would have to say James Baker.

Other hobbies: Spend most of my time at the allotment.

Favourite TV show: Shetland.

Favourite musician: Must by Deep Purple.

Favourite song: Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin.

Favourite rugby ground(s): The Old Murrayfield Stadium, and Redruth was always an exceptionally good weekend there.

Second team: London Irish, where I was a season ticket holder for several years.

Favourite other sports: Hockey - I used to play in my younger days - and Athletics.

One rule change you'd make in rugby: Straight feed at scrum time.

Best thing about Rams RFC: The people, #Ramily.

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