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Andy Hazell (born 25 April 1978 in Gloucester) is an English rugby union player who plays at flanker for Gloucester.

He took up the game aged 12 when he joined Old Richians, where he stayed for four years before joining another of his local teams, Gloucester Old Boys. His first representative game was for the South West U16s before joining the Premiership and making his debut at 19. He went on to establish himself as the main openside flanker.

He pulled on an England shirt for the first time playing for England U21s and was a member of the SANZAR squad that played in the Argentina competition back in 1999. In 2001 he played for the England XV that took on the Barbarians and also went on the England tour to North America, playing in both midweek games and scoring a try against British Columbia. His England A debut came in 2002 when he played Scotland at Headingley and impressed throughout the 2003 England A Six Nations tournament.

Andy was chosen for England's highly successful senior tour of New Zealand and Australia in June 2003 and played in the 23-9 victory over New Zealand Māori in New Plymouth, before flying to Vancouver to become a member of England’s Churchill Cup winning side in 2003 and returned again the following year. He was part of the wider 43 man England squad for the 2003 World Cup.

He is a Gloucester player through and through and has flourished there. He was in the Powergen Cup winning side of 2003 and the Gloucester side that finished top of the 2003 Zurich Premiership.

Andy Hazell won his first cap starting as openside flanker in England’s victory over Canada at Twickenham in November 2004 and another as replacement in the match against South Africa a week later. The Investec series represents his first serious break through into the senior England team.

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