Young Blues prop forward Scott Andrews has been named in the 33-man Wales squad to contest the 2010 Invesco Perpetual Autumn Series next month.
Young Blues prop forward Scott Andrews has been named in the 33-man Wales squad to contest the 2010 Invesco Perpetual Autumn Series next month.
The former Glamorgan Wanderers prop came through the Pontypridd Schools system and made his senior Blues debut against Ulster away in the Magners League in 2009.
Andrews was part of Wales’s Junior World Championship side that reached the last four of the inaugural tournament held in Wales in 2008 and captained the side against France and Italy in the 2009 Under 20’s six nations.
A former pupil at Y Pant Comprehensive School, Scott has been capped at Under 16, Under 18 and Under 20 levels for Wales and captained his country in the Junior World Cup in Japan in June 2009.
Speaking at the Vale Resort training Centres, Scott said,
“To get the call up for the November squad is brilliant - I’m over the moon.”
“I trained with the Welsh squad a couple of months back, before they went to New Zealand and it was really good, really intense training.”
“I think every young Welsh player has a dream to play for their country, so hopefully I’ll get a chance to play this November, if not maybe in the near future.”
“I’m looking forward to training and hope it goes well. Nobody in the squad wants to be there just to make numbers up, and I’m no different, so I’m going to go there to give it my best shot.”
Speaking of his Blues form Scott added,
“I’ve had a couple of games at the start of the season and played pre season so that’s been pretty good.”
“My main objective really for the short term is to get as much game time for the Blues as possible and hopefully Wales will come later on as well’.
“In the past couple of games obviously we haven’t played to our best but we have picked up a couple of wins.”
“Obviously it was disappointing in Castres but we picked up a bonus point.”
“Hopefully I will be involved against the Scarlets whether I start or am on the bench.”
“I’d like to get some game time and hopefully that could put me in good stead for the autumn’.
“The Scarlets have gone well, they will be disappointed with the result on the weekend against Leicester, but they beat Perpignan the week before.”
“They’ve got a lot of youngsters like myself coming through and a lot of them are playing well. “
The nine other Blues players in the Wales squad are: Gethin Jenkins, John Yapp, Bradley Davies, Deiniol Jones, Sam Warburton, Martyn Williams, Richie Rees, Tom Shanklin and Leigh Halfpenny.
WALES SQUAD – 2010 INVESCO PERPETUAL SERIES
Gethin JENKINS (CARDIFF BLUES – Cap No 1,006)
DoB: 17.11.80. 6’2” / 1.88m. 19st 4lbs / 122kgs
International record: 74 caps (W 33, L 39, D 2; 15 pts – 3T)
Paul JAMES (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,021)
DoB: 13.05.82. 6’1” / 1.86m. 18st 4lbs / 116kgs
International record: 13 caps (W 5, L 8)
Adam Rhys JONES (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,018)
DoB: 08.03.81. 6’0” / 1.83m. 19st 10lb / 125kgs
International record: 64 caps (W 31, L 31, D 2; 10 pts – 2T)
John YAPP (CARDIFF BLUES – Cap No 1,031)
DoB: 09.04.83. 6’2” / 1.88m. 18st 8lbs / 118kgs
International record: 16 caps (W 12, L 4)
Scott ANDREWS (CARDIFF BLUES)
DoB: 01.08.89. 6’2” / 1.88m. 18st 1lb / 115kgs
International record: Uncapped
Matthew REES (SCARLETS – Cap No 1,033)
DoB: 09.12.80. 6’0” / 1.83m. 17st 3lbs / 109kgs
International record: 39 caps (W 17, L 21, D 1; 10 pts – 2T)
Huw BENNETT (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,017)
DoB: 11.06.83. 6’0” / 1.83m. 16st 10lbs / 106kgs
International record: 34 caps (W 18, L 16)
Richard HIBBARD (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,048)
DoB: 13.12.83. 6’0” / 1.83m. 17st 7lbs / 111kgs
International record: 9 caps (W 3, L 6)
Alun Wyn JONES (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,046)
DoB: 19.09.85. 6’5” / 1.96m. 18st 8lbs / 118kgs
International record: 40 caps (W 16, L 24; 25 pts – 5T)
Bradley DAVIES (CARDIFF BLUES – Cap No 1,065)
DoB: 09.01.87. 6’6” / 1.98m. 18st 11lbs / 119kgs
International record: 13 caps (W 6, L 7)
Deiniol JONES (CARDIFF BLUES – Cap No 981)
DoB: 18.11.77. 6’5” 1.96m. 17st 3lbs / 109kgs
International record: 10 caps (W 6, L 4)
Ian GOUGH (OSPREYS – Cap No 964)
DoB: 10.11.76. 6' 6" / 1.98m. 18st 11lbs / 119kgs
International record: 63 caps (W 30, L 30, D 3; 5 pts - 1T)
Dan LYDIATE (NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS – Cap No 1,071)
DoB: 18.12.87. 1.93m / 6’4”. 17st 3lbs / 109kgs
International record: 2 caps (W 1, L 1)
Jonathan THOMAS (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,013)
DoB: 27.12.82. 6’5” / 1.96m. 17st 13lbs / 114kgs
International record: 58 caps (W 27, L 29, D 2; 35 pts – 7T)
Ryan JONES (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,029)
DoB: 13.03.81. 6’5” / 1.96m. 18st 0lbs / 114kgs
International record: 43 caps (W 23, L 19, D 1; 5 pts – 1T)
Sam WARBURTON (CARDIFF BLUES – Cap No 1,070)
DoB: 05.10.88. 1.88m / 6’2”. 15st 11lbs / 100kgs
International record: 7 caps (W 4, L 3)
Martyn WILLIAMS (CARDIFF BLUES – Cap No 944)
DoB: 01.09.75. 6'0" / 1.83m. 15st 2lbs / 96kgs
International record: 95 caps (W 42, L 50, D 3; 73 pts – 14T, 1DG)
Rob McCUSKER (SCARLETS – Cap No 1,075)
DoB: 12.10.85. 1.95m / 6’4”. 15st 11lbs / 100kgs
International record: 3 caps (L 3)
Michael PHILLIPS (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,022)
DoB: 29.08.82. 6’3” / 1.91m. 16st 4lbs / 103kgs
International record: 42 caps (W 21, L 20, D 1; 20 pts – 4T)
Richard REES (CARDIFF BLUES – Cap No 1,072)
DoB: 21.05.83. 5’11” / 1.80m. 12st 7lb / 79kgs
International record: 5 caps (W 1, L 4)
Tavis KNOYLE (SCARLETS – Cap No 1,076)
DoB: 02.06.90. 6’1” / 1.85m. 15st 12lbs / 101kgs
International record: 1 cap (L 1)
Stephen JONES (SCARLETS – Cap No 966)
DoB: 08.12.77. 6'1” / 1.86m. 15st 0lbs / 95kgs
International record: 91 caps (W 39, L50, D2; 815 pts - 7T, 132C, 166PG, 6DG)
Dan BIGGAR (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,063)
DoB: 16.10.89. 6’2” / 1.88m. 14st 3lbs / 90kgs
International record: 6 caps (W 4, L 2; 44 pts – 7C, 10PG)
James HOOK (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,047)
DoB: 27.06.85. 6’0” / 1.83m. 14st 10lbs / 93kgs
International record: 43 caps (W 18, L 24, D 1; 232 pts – 10T, 34C, 35PG, 3DG)
Andrew BISHOP (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,059)
DoB: 07.08.85. 6’0” / 1.83m. 14st 12lbs / 94kgs
International record: 11 caps (W 7, L 4)
Jonathan DAVIES (SCARLETS – Cap No 1,066)
DoB: 05.04.88. 6’1” / 1.86m. 16st 10lbs / 106kgs
International record: 7 caps (W 4, L 3; 10 pts – 2T)
Tom SHANKLIN (CARDIFF BLUES – Cap No 993)
DoB: 24.11.79. 6’2” / 1.88m. 15st 9lbs / 99kgs
International record: 66 caps (W 32, L 33, D 1; 100 pts – 20T)
Shane WILLIAMS (OSPREYS – Cap No 976)
DoB: 26.02.77. 5’7” / 1.71m. 12st 11lbs / 81kgs
International record: 73 caps (W 35, L 36, D 2; 255 pts – 51T)
Leigh HALFPENNY (CARDIFF BLUES – Cap No 1,060)
DoB: 22.12.88. 5’10” / 1.77m. 12st 11lbs / 81kgs
International record: 17 caps (W 6, L 11; 59 pts – 7T, 8PG)
Will HARRIES (NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS – Cap No 1,077)
DoB: 30.03.87. 5’8” / 1.73m. 13st 1lb / 83kgs
International record: 1 cap (L 1)
George NORTH (SCARLETS)
DoB: 13.04.92. 6’4” / 1.92m. 16st 7lbs / 105kgs
International record: Uncapped
Lee BYRNE (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,041)
DoB: 01.06.80. 6'3" / 1.91m. 15st 1lb / 96kgs
International record: 35 caps (W 14, L 20, D 1; 40 pts – 8T)
Tom PRYDIE (OSPREYS – Cap No 1,074)
DoB: 23.02.92. 6’4” / 1.94m. 13st 10lbs / 87kgs
International record: 4 caps (W 1, L 3; 5 pts – 1T)