Hyron Andrews
{{Short description|South African rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox rugby union biography
| name = Hyron Andrews
| image = Hyron Andrews.jpg
| fullname = Hyron Diego Andrews
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|07|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = Paarl, South Africa
| height = {{height|m=2.03}}
| weight = {{convert|108|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}
| nickname =
| occupation =
| school = Hoërskool Garsfontein, Pretoria
| university = Eta College
| relatives =
| position = Lock
| currentclub = {{Rut|Sharks}} / {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)|CC=y}}
| youthyears1 = 2011–2013
| youthclubs1 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}
| youthyears2 = 2014–2016
| youthclubs2 = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}
| years1 = 2015–2018
| clubs1 = {{Rut|Sharks XV}}
| apps1 = 26
| points1 = 30
| years2 = 2016–2024
| clubs2 = {{Rut|Sharks}}
| apps2 = 77
| points2 = 15
| years3 = 2017–2024
| clubs3 = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)|CC=y}}
| apps3 = 28
| points3 = 5
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = Sale Sharks
| apps4 = 0
| points4 = 0
| repyears1 = 2012
| repteam1 = South Africa Schools
| repcaps1 = 0
| reppoints1 = 0
| repyears2 = 2015
| repteam2 = South Africa Under-20
| repcaps2 = 2
| reppoints2 = 0
| clubupdate = 4 February 2023
| repupdate = 11 June 2015
}}
Hyron Diego Andrews (born 6 July 1995) is a South African rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the English Gallagher Premiership.{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=52790 | name=Hyron Andrews | date=29 May 2016}} His regular position is lock.
Career
At high school level, Andrews 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.{{SA Rugby Top Scorers | id=1394 | comp=2013 U18 Craven Week | date=5 May 2016}} He was also named in the South Africa Schools side in 2012, but failed to make any appearances.
Andrews joined the Sharks Academy after finishing high school and represented the {{Rut|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 {{Rut|Blue Bulls U19}}.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=127284 | homeid=21104 | awayid=21144 | leagueid=2064 | hometeam=Blue Bulls U19 | homescore=43 | awayscore=20 | awayteam=Sharks U19 | matchdate=17 October 2014 | date=13 July 2016}}
Andrews made his first class debut for the {{Rut|Sharks XV}} on 21 March 2015, playing off the bench in their 2015 Vodacom Cup match against the {{Rut|Border Bulldogs}} in Durban, helping them to a 53–0 victory.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=140294 | homeid=24394 | awayid=24404 | leagueid=2304 | hometeam=Cell C Sharks XV | homescore=53 | awayscore=0 | awayteam=Border Bulldogs | matchdate=21 March 2015 | date=13 July 2016}} He started their next four matches in the competition as the Sharks XV finished sixth in the Southern Section of the competition.
Andrews was named in a 37-man training squad for the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team{{cite web | url=http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/22116?view=news | title=Junior Bok training squad confirmed | publisher=South African Rugby Union | date=4 April 2015 | access-date=9 April 2015 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924201317/http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/22116?view=news | url-status=dead }} and was included in the squad that embarked on a two-match tour of Argentina.{{cite web|url=http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/22316?view=news |title=SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour |work=South African Rugby Union |date=29 April 2015 |access-date=29 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130080313/http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/22316?view=news |archive-date=30 January 2016 }} He was an unused replacement in their 25–22 victory over Argentina,{{cite web|url=http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=3942 |title=Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22 |work=Unión Argentina de Rugby |date=12 May 2015 |access-date=21 May 2015 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522172958/http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=3942 |archive-date=22 May 2015 }} but started their 39–28 victory a few days later.{{cite web|url=http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=3958 |title=Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28 |work=Unión Argentina de Rugby |date=16 May 2015 |access-date=21 May 2015 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522173733/http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=3958 |archive-date=22 May 2015 }}
Upon the team's return, Andrews was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/22792?view=news |title=Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy |publisher=South African Rugby Union |date=20 May 2015 |access-date=20 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130032506/http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/22792?view=news |archive-date=30 January 2016 }} 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,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=144364 | homeid=26544 | awayid=26534 | leagueid=2484 | hometeam=Italy U20 | homescore=5 | awayscore=33 | awayteam=South Africa U20 | matchdate=2 June 2015 | date=13 July 2016}} but was used as a replacement in their 40–8 win against Samoa{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=144394 | homeid=26534 | awayid=26524 | leagueid=2484 | hometeam=South Africa U20 | homescore=40 | awayscore=8 | awayteam=Samoa U20 | matchdate=6 June 2015 | date=13 July 2016}} and their 46–13 win over Australia{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=144404 | homeid=26534 | awayid=26514 | leagueid=2484 | hometeam=South Africa U20 | homescore=46 | awayscore=13 | awayteam=Australia U20 | matchdate=10 June 2015 | date=13 July 2016}} 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.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=146274 | homeid=26534 | awayid=26494 | leagueid=2484 | hometeam=South Africa U20 | homescore=20 | awayscore=28 | awayteam=England U20 | matchdate=15 June 2015 | date=13 July 2016}} 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.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=146324 | homeid=26474 | awayid=26534 | leagueid=2484 | hometeam=France U20 | homescore=18 | awayscore=31 | awayteam=South Africa U20 | matchdate=20 June 2015 | date=13 July 2016}}
Andrews joined Premiership Rugby club Sale Sharks on a short-term loan in February 2024.{{Cite web |last=on |first=Published |date=2024-02-20 |title=Sharks forward completes Premiership move |url=https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/sharks-forward-completes-premiership-move/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=SA Rugby magazine |language=en-US}} However, Andrews would stay with Sale on a one-year contract extension until the end of the 2024–25 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/superb-short-term-signing-hyron-andrews-lands-new-deal-with-sale-alex-sanderson/|publisher=Rugby Pass |title='Superb' short-term signing Hyron Andrews lands new deal with Sale |date=30 May 2024|access-date=17 December 2024}}
References
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Category:South African rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Paarl
Category:Sharks (Currie Cup) players
Category:South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players