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Andy Craig (born 16 March 1976) is a rugby union footballer who plays at outside centre. He played for Glasgow, Leeds Tykes and Scotland.

Craig previously represented Scotland at rugby league, playing for Wigan, Halifax, Widnes and Swinton. He switched to rugby union joining Orrell in 2000, before moving to Glasgow in the summer of 2004. He then moved to Leeds Tykes for the 2005/2006 season. He is now looking for a new team due to the fact that Leeds Tykes were relegated from the English Guinness Premiership.

Craig earned his first cap for Scotland on Saturday, 15th June 2002 against Canada in Vancouver. His debut was for a lost cause. The Scots lost 26-23.

Craig was an important member of the Scotland team for the 2003 Six Nations Championship. He played only a handful of games in the 2004 season. His luck changed again in 2005, when under the reign of the Matt Williams he was the starting outside centre. Although it was a disappointing season for the Scots (1 win against Italy), Craig bagged himself a brace of tries. 1 against Wales due to an overlap and 1 against England after some fine work from Chris Paterson. Thus proving the sentiment that a 'good centre is always on hand'.

Craig suffered a setback after picking up an injury during the 2005/6 season for Glasgow. He returned to action for a few games after his injury and subsequently scored a try in one of his games. Craig, however, had not been considered by Frank Hadden for the Scotland team for the Autumn Internationals and the 2006 Six Nations Championship.

Andy decided to join Leeds Tykes for the rest of the 2006 season, earning precious game time. However, his awesome presence could not prevent Leeds Tykes from being relegated.

He is still out of contention for the Scotland team and 'A' team.

Andy decided to move from full-time rugby to Semi-professional rugby. Lured by the prospect of managing a plumbing career whilst playing rugby, Craig decided to join Sedgley Park. No doubt a key factor in this move was the fact that he would re-unite with his former Orrell team mate, Phil Jones.

There is also a cellist named Andy Craig, who played with the Electric Light Orchestra on their first tour in 1972. That man left after the first tour for reasons unknown.

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