Hyron Andrews

Hyron Andrews

Personal information
Full name	Hyron Diego Andrews
Born	6 July 1995 Paarl, South Africa
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
School(s) attended	Hoërskool Garsfontein, Pretoria
University	Eta College
Club information
Playing position	Lock
Current club	Sharks
Youth career
2011–13	Blue Bulls
2014–	Sharks
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2015–	Sharks (Currie Cup)	5	(0)
2016–	Sharks	0	(0)
Representative team(s)^‡
2012	S.A. Schools	0	(0)
2015	S.A. Under-20	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 11 June 2015. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 11 June 2015.

Hyron Diego Andrews (born 6 July 1995 in Paarl, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing Super Rugby with the 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 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 Blue Bulls U19.^[3]

He made his first class debut for the Sharks XV on 21 March 2015, playing off the bench in their 2015 Vodacom Cup match against the 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

1. "SARU Player Profile Hyron Andrews". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
2. "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2013 U18 Craven Week". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
3. "Match Breakdown: Blue Bulls U19 vs Sharks U19". South African Rugby Union. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
4. "Match Breakdown: Hino Valke vs Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
5. "Junior Bok training squad confirmed". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
6. "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
7. "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
8. "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
9. "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
10. "Match Breakdown: Italy U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
11. "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
12. "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
13. "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
14. "Match Breakdown: France U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.