Andy Saull

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Andy Saull
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Birth nameAndrew Saull
Date of birth (1988-09-27) 27 September 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth London
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb) [1]
School Bancroft's School
University Birkbeck, University of London
Kellogg College, Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Yorkshire Carnegie
Youth career
Woodford RFC
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2013
2013–2015
2015–2017		 Saracens
Newcastle Falcons
Yorkshire Carnegie 		108
20		 (50)
(25)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2003-2004
2006-2007
2008‐2009
2009		 England U16
England U18
England U20
England Saxons

Andy Saull (born 27 September 1988 in London) is a rugby union player who plays at flanker and was part of the Saracens team who won the English premiership in 2011. Saull also represented Oxford University in The Varsity Match against Cambridge University. [2] [3]

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Early life

He was educated at Bancroft's School, Birkbeck, University of London and Kellogg College, Oxford. [4] His formative years were spent playing for Woodford R.F.C. in Redbridge.

Club career

Saull made his debut for Saracens in an EDF Energy Cup match against Bristol. [5] He made his first Premiership start on 12 September 2008 against Sale Sharks. [6]

He made his full debut for Saracens in 2007–08 season against Bristol in the EDF Energy Cup. A regular in the team in the 2010/11 title winning season, he was a replacement as Saracens won their first Premiership. [7] However a leg injury prevented him from joining up with England Saxons that summer. [1] Saull made his 100th appearance for Saracens on 27 December 2011, after replacing the injured Jacques Burger in the squad. [8]

On 18 April 2013, Newcastle Falcons signed Saull to a two-year contract from the 2013–14 season. [9] On 17 April 2015, Saull signs for Yorkshire Carnegie, competing in the RFU Championship on a two-year contract from the 2015–16 season. [10] On 13 June 2017, Saull announced his retirement from professional rugby. [11]

International career

Saull was a member of the grand slam winning England Under 20 team in 2008, [12] although he missed much of the season with a broken leg.

Saull made his England Saxons debut against Portugal in January 2009, [13] winning the Churchill Cup with England Saxons in 2010.

Post career

Saull now researches real estate at Oxford University as part of the Future of Real Estate Initiative after undertaking a Masters in Sustainable Urban Development. [14]

Publications

Saull, A., and Baum, A. 2019. The Future of Real Estate Transactions. Saïd Business School. https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2019-03/FoRET-ReportFull.pdf

Baum, A., Saull. A., Braesemann, F. 2020. PropTech 2020: the future of real estate. Saïd Business School. https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-02/proptech2020.pdf

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References

  1. 1 2 "Andy Saull". Saracens. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Roller, Matthew (2 December 2017). ""If we dig in and accept the challenge, it is very much in our hands"". Cherwell. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Morgan, Charlie (6 December 2017). "Oxford's Andy Saull reflects on professional career and relishes 'unknown' of Varsity Match". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "The 2020 Oxford Real Estate Conference – Oxford Real Estate Society". oxres.org. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Saracens 45–15 Bristol". BBC. 4 November 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Sale 18–15 Saracens". Saracens official site. 12 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
  7. ↑ "Leicester 18-22 Saracens". BBC. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Harlequins 11-19 Saracens". BBC. 27 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Newcastle Falcons sign Saracens flanker Any Saull". BBC Sport. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Yorkshire Carnegie sign England Saxons flanker Andy Saull from Newcastle Falcons". Yorkshire Evening Post. 17 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Yorkshire Carnegie flanker Andy Saull announces retirement". Yorkshire Carnegie. 13 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "England U-20 43–14 Ireland U-20". RTÉ. 14 March 2008. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  13. ↑ "England Saxons 66–0 Portugal". BBC. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  14. ↑ https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/people/andrew-saull
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