John Andress (born 20 January 1984) is an Irish former

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player. He played as a

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. During his career, Andress played for English sides

Exeter Chiefs Exeter Chiefs (officially Exeter Rugby Club) is an English professional rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1871 and since 2006 has played its home m ...

, Harlequins and

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and Scottish side

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. He returned to Ireland in 2016 to play for Munster, retiring due to a lack of game time in December of that year, but shortly after he came out of retirement to play for an injury-stricken

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. After this stint with the western province, Andress retired from professional rugby again.

Early life

He attended Campbell College, Belfast.

Career

Andress, who has played for Ireland at both A and Under-21 level, originally joined

in 2007 and made 44 appearances before moving to Harlequins in 2009 where in his first season he made 26 appearances and played in all but 1 Gallagher Premiership fixture. He returned to Exeter in 2011 and impressed as the Chiefs enjoyed another strong campaign, finishing fifth in the Aviva Premiership. Andress then joined another Aviva Premiership team,

, in 2012, moving to Scottish

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side

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in 2014 with

being relegated. In March 2016, it was announced that Andress would be joining Edinburgh's Pro12 rivals, Irish province Munster, for the 2016–17 season. He announced his retirement from rugby union in December 2016, having not played for Munster in his time there. Later that month however Andress joined another Irish province,

, as temporary injury covery.

References

External links

Munster ProfileWorcester ProfileEdinburgh ProfileIreland A Profile
1984 births Living people Irish rugby union players Harlequin F.C. players Worcester Warriors players Exeter Chiefs players Edinburgh Rugby players Munster Rugby players Connacht Rugby players Rugby union props {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub