{{Short description|New Zealand international rugby union player}} {{For|the New Zealand international football (soccer) player|Andy Leslie (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Andy Leslie | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|size=100%|ONZM|JP}} | image = Andy Leslie ONZM (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Leslie in 2023 | birth_name = Andrew Roy Leslie | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|11|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lower Hutt, New Zealand | occupation = | school = Hutt Valley Technical College | relatives = John Leslie (son)<br>Martin Leslie (son) | height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|90|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | ru_position = Number eight | ru_currentclub = | repyears1 = 1974–1976 | repteam1 = New Zealand | repcaps1 = 10 | reppoints1 = 4 | province1 = Wellington | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | coachyears1 = 1990–1992 | coachteams1 = Wellington | coachteams2 = Garryowen }} '''Andrew Roy Leslie''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|size=85%|ONZM|JP}} (born 10 November 1944) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A number eight, he represented Wellington domestically and captained the All Black at international level. He was captain during the controversial 1976 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa. On 26 April 2007 he was elected as the president of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Leslie named NZRU President|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/1083530|publisher=tvnz.co.nz|date=26 April 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110120509/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/1083530|archivedate=10 November 2007|access-date=27 April 2007}}</ref>
In the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours, Leslie was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2001 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2001 |date=4 June 2001 |publisher=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref> He was promoted to Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sport and the community, in the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/kings-birthday-and-coronation-honours-list-2023 |title=The King's Birthday and Coronation honours list 2023 |date=5 June 2023 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
==All Black statistics== *Tests: 10 (10 as Captain) *Games: 24 (23 as Captain) *Total Matches: 34 (33 as Captain) *Test Points: 4pts (1t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m) *Game Points: 24pts (6t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m) *Total Points: 28pts (7t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
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==External links== *{{All Blacks|id=491|name=Andy Leslie}}
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