John Andress

John Andress (born 20 January 1984) is an Irish former rugby union player. He played as a prop. During his career, Andress played for English sides Exeter Chiefs, Harlequins and Worcester Warriors and Scottish side Edinburgh. He returned to Ireland in 2016 to play for Munster, retiring due to a lack of game time in December of that year, but shortly after he came out of retirement to play for an injury-stricken Connacht. After this stint with the western province, Andress retired from professional rugby again.

John Andress

Date of birth	(1984-01-20) 20 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	118 kg (18.6 st; 260 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2009 2009–2011 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014–2016 2016 2016–2017 Exeter Harlequins Exeter Worcester Warriors Edinburgh Munster Connacht 44 43 18 47 53 0 5 (25) (5) (0) (0) (5) (0) (0) Correct as of 8 January 2016 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009 Ireland A 1 (0) Correct as of 13 February 2009

Early life

He attended Campbell College, Belfast.

Career

Andress, who has played for Ireland at both A and Under-21 level, originally joined Exeter Chiefs in 2007 and made 44 appearances before moving to Harlequins in 2009 where in his first season he made 26 appearances and played in all but 1 Gallagher Premiership fixture. He returned to Exeter in 2011 and impressed as the Chiefs enjoyed another strong campaign, finishing fifth in the Aviva Premiership. Andress then joined another Aviva Premiership team, Worcester Warriors, in 2012, moving to Scottish Pro12 side Edinburgh Rugby in 2014 with Worcester Warriors being relegated.^[1]

In March 2016, it was announced that Andress would be joining Edinburgh's Pro12 rivals, Irish province Munster, for the 2016–17 season.^[2] He announced his retirement from rugby union in December 2016, having not played for Munster in his time there.^[3] Later that month however Andress joined another Irish province, Connacht, as temporary injury covery.^[4][5]

References

1. "Edinburgh sign Worcester prop John Andress". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014.
2. "Squad & Contract Update". munsterrugby.ie. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
3. "Andress To Call It A Day" (Press release). Munster Rugby. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
4. "Former Irish international added to the Connacht coaching ticket for the remainder of the season". The42. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017. Lam said that they were looking at a number of options, including prop John Andress, who announced his retirement from the game just a few weeks ago having not played for Munster since joining them during the summer.
5. "Injury-ravaged Connacht make 4 changes ahead of meeting with table toppers Munster". The42. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017. New recruit John Andress is named on the bench after the prop agreed a short-term contract, as Lam trues to manage numerous injury setbacks to his squad.

External links

• Munster Profile
• Worcester Profile
• Edinburgh Profile
• Ireland A Profile