Andy Haden

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Andy Haden
BornAndrew Maxwell Haden
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Wanganui, New Zealand
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Auckland, New Zealand
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SchoolWanganui Boys' College
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Rugby union career
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International career
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1972–1985 Template:Nrut 41 (8)

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Andrew Maxwell Haden (26 September 1950 – 29 July 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player and All Black captain. He played at lock for Auckland and for New Zealand from 1972 until 1985. He also played club rugby for Ponsonby RFC in Auckland and for clubs in the United Kingdom and Italy.

Life and career

Andy Haden was born in Whanganui on 26 September 1950 and attended Wanganui Boys' College.

Haden moved to Auckland and joined Ponsonby RFC. In 1971 he played for the Auckland Colts and also made his senior provincial debut for Auckland, playing 2 senior games that season. He would go on to play 157 provincial games scoring 12 tries (48 points). He also played eight games for the New Zealand Juniors in 1972 and many appearances for the North Island team in the Interisland match, captaining them in 1984.[1]

All Black career

Andy Haden made his All Black debut in 1972 against New York Metropolitan on the 1972–73 tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America. However, his Test debut was not until 1977 against the British Lions. He went on to make 41 Test appearances and scoring two tries.[2][3] Of those 41 appearances, 8 were as captain of the All Blacks.[4] Haden was noted for his powerful scrummage skills and for his imposing presence at the lineout.[5]

Haden also played club rugby for Harlequins in London and Algida Rome in Italy.[6] Off the field, he published his autobiography, Boots ’n All, in 1983.[7] By receiving royalties from the book, he ostensibly tested the sport's strict amateurism rules in force back then. He ultimately prevailed, however, by claiming that being a writer was his profession.[5]

Haden was selected as one of the “Five players of the year” for the 1984 and 1985 seasons, in the Rugby Almanack of New Zealand.

Haden was a controversial player,[8] who was accused of cheating[9] and unsporting conduct.[10][11] The most infamous occurrence of this happened in a match against Template:Nrut at Cardiff Arms Park in 1978. The score was 12–10 in Wales's favour, when Haden and another New Zealand player, Frank Oliver, fell to the ground as if pushed during a lineout after the ball had been thrown in.[12] The referee awarded a penalty in the dying moments of the match, which Brian McKechnie kicked, winning the game for New Zealand. Later, Welsh legend J. P. R. Williams wrote that Haden should have been sent off. Despite the controversy however, the referee subsequently stated that the penalty had actually been awarded for an actual infringement against Oliver and not the Haden 'dive' as was thought. Haden did not, however, deny that the attempts to cheat the referee were pre-planned, something also confirmed by his captain Graham Mourie.[13] The match happened on the same day as the annual 'Miss World' competition, which prompted Welsh cartoonist Gren to create a picture of the 'Miss World' event, but with Miss New Zealand lying on the floor, pretending to have been pushed.[14] Haden made his last Test appearance in 1985 against Template:Nrut.[3]

Later years

Haden was an agent for various celebrities, including Rachel Hunter.[4] He was given the honorary position of Rugby World Cup Ambassador in 2010, but resigned the post after making controversial statements about a racial quota he alleged the Crusaders to be operating, calling Polynesians "darkies", and then suggesting women raped by sports stars may be partly to blame.[15][16]

In 2003, Haden announced that he was beginning chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.[17] He overcame this bout of illness, but in February 2020 was diagnosed with lymphoma.[18] He consequently died of lymphoma on 29 July 2020, at his home in Auckland. He was 69 years old.[4][18]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.www.vcsnet.co.nz, VCS Websites (NZ)-Lower Hutt and Wellington. "Andrew Maxwell Haden | New Zealand Rugby History". www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rugby Database: Andy Haden Player Profile & Stats". www.rugbydatabase.co.nz.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Zealand Rugby pays tribute to Andy Haden". New Zealand Rugby. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McMorran, Steve (29 July 2020). "All Blacks lock Haden, known for lineout dive, dies aged 69". Associated Press. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Andy Haden: New Zealand mourns death of trailblazing former All Blacks captain". The Guardian. London. Reuters. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."All Blacks great Andy Haden gravely ill". Otago Daily Times. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Haden, Andy (1983). Boots 'n All!. Rugby Press. ISBN 9780908630134.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Johnstone, Duncan (28 May 2010). "Andy Haden oversteps the mark – again". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Godwin, Hugh (18 October 1998). "Rugby Union: Haden 'dived' to cheat the Welsh". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pickup, Oliver (20 September 2013). "Sport's biggest cheats: 10 instances of notorious unsporting behaviour". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, Tony (29 May 2010). "Quota 'claptrap' par for Haden's course". The Press. Christchurch. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Deane, Steve (7 November 2008). "Rugby's 10 worst refereeing howlers". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."All Blacks seal controversial Welsh victory". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morris, Dai; Williams, Martyn (28 November 2012). Dai Morris: Shadow. Y Lolfa. p. 73. ISBN 9781847716538.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cheng, Derek; Tiffen, Rachel (10 July 2010). "Haden to be axed for rape comments". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Haden resigns as RWC ambassador". The New Zealand Herald. 10 July 2010.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rugby: Former All Black Haden fighting cancer". The New Zealand Herald. 22 September 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  18. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rugby: All Blacks legend Andy Haden loses battle with cancer". The New Zealand Herald. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

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