Andy Buist

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Andy Buist (born 25 August 1984 in Norwich, England) [1] is a rugby union player for the Newcastle Falcons in the Guinness Premiership.

Buist's position of choice is as a lock or as a back-row forward.

He signed for London Irish in April 2009 but the move fell through because of a failed medical.

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References

  1. "Andrew Dominic Buist". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2018-03-05.