{{short description|English rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Andy Saull | image = Andy Saull 2014 (cropped).jpg | birth_name = Andrew Saull | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|9|27}} | birth_place = London | height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|103|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}<ref name="Andy Saull">{{cite web |url=http://www.saracens.com/news/first-team-squad/view.php?Id=239 |title=Andy Saull |publisher=Saracens |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309051432/http://www.saracens.com/news/first-team-squad/view.php?Id=239 |archivedate=9 March 2012 |accessdate=12 June 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> | school = Bancroft's School | university = Birkbeck, University of London<br> Kellogg College, Oxford | position = Flanker | ru_currentteam = Yorkshire Carnegie | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Woodford RFC | years1 = 2007–2013 | years2 = 2013–2015 | years3 = 2015–2017 | clubs1 = Saracens | clubs2 = Newcastle Falcons | clubs3 = Yorkshire Carnegie | apps1 = 108 | apps2 = 20 | points1 = 50 | points2 = 25 | repyears1 = 2003-2004 | repyears2 = 2006-2007 | repyears3 = 2008-2009 | repyears4 = 2009 | repteam1 = England U16 | repteam2 = England U18 | repteam3 = England U20 | repteam4 = England Saxons | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | pcupdate = | repupdate = }}

'''Andy Saull''' (born 27 September 1988 in London) is a rugby union player who plays at flanker and was part of the Saracens team who won the English premiership in 2011. Saull also represented Oxford University in The Varsity Match against Cambridge University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roller |first=Matthew |date=2017-12-02 |title="If we dig in and accept the challenge, it is very much in our hands" |url=https://www.cherwell.org/2017/12/02/if-we-dig-in-and-accept-the-challenge-it-is-very-much-in-our-hands/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=Cherwell |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Charlie |date=2017-12-06 |title=Oxford's Andy Saull reflects on professional career and relishes 'unknown' of Varsity Match |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2017/12/06/oxfords-andy-saull-reflects-professional-career-relishes-unknown/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

==Early life== He was educated at Bancroft's School, Birkbeck, University of London and Kellogg College, Oxford.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2020 Oxford Real Estate Conference – Oxford Real Estate Society |url=https://oxres.org/past-events/the-2020-oxford-real-estate-conference/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=oxres.org}}</ref> His formative years were spent playing for Woodford R.F.C. in Redbridge.

==Club career== Saull made his debut for Saracens in an EDF Energy Cup match against Bristol.<ref name="Saracens 45-15 Bristol">{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7075704.stm|title=Saracens 45–15 Bristol|publisher=BBC|date=4 November 2007|access-date=13 August 2009}}</ref> He made his first Premiership start on 12 September 2008 against Sale Sharks.<ref name="Sale 18-15 Saracens">{{cite web|url=http://www.saracens.com/match-centre/view.php?Id=293|title=Sale 18–15 Saracens|publisher=Saracens official site|date=12 September 2008|accessdate=23 September 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080703001128/http://www.saracens.com/match-centre/view.php?Id=293|archivedate=3 July 2008}}</ref>

He made his full debut for Saracens in 2007–08 season against Bristol in the EDF Energy Cup. A regular in the team in the 2010/11 title winning season, he was a replacement as Saracens won their first Premiership.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/9496362.stm |title=Leicester 18-22 Saracens |publisher=BBC |date=28 May 2011 |access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref> However a leg injury prevented him from joining up with England Saxons that summer.<ref name="Andy Saull"/> Saull made his 100th appearance for Saracens on 27 December 2011, after replacing the injured Jacques Burger in the squad.<ref name="Harlequins 11-19 Saracens">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/16245669|title=Harlequins 11-19 Saracens|publisher=BBC|date=27 December 2011|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref>

On 18 April 2013, Newcastle Falcons signed Saull to a two-year contract from the 2013–14 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/22203361|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Newcastle Falcons sign Saracens flanker Any Saull|date=18 April 2013|access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> On 17 April 2015, Saull signs for Yorkshire Carnegie, competing in the RFU Championship on a two-year contract from the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/ru-headlines/carnegie-sign-former-saxon-saull-1-7215260|publisher=Yorkshire Evening Post|title=Yorkshire Carnegie sign England Saxons flanker Andy Saull from Newcastle Falcons|date=17 April 2015}}</ref> On 13 June 2017, Saull announced his retirement from professional rugby.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Yorkshire Carnegie|title=Yorkshire Carnegie flanker Andy Saull announces retirement|date=13 June 2017}}</ref>

==International career== Saull was a member of the grand slam winning England Under 20 team in 2008,<ref name="England U-20 43-14 Ireland U-20">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2008/0314/ireland_u20.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217203505/http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2008/0314/ireland_u20.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2013 |title=England U-20 43–14 Ireland U-20 |publisher=RTÉ |date=14 March 2008 |accessdate=13 August 2009 }}</ref> although he missed much of the season with a broken leg.

Saull made his England Saxons debut against Portugal in January 2009,<ref name="England Saxons 66-0 Portugal">{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/7862166.stm|title=England Saxons 66–0 Portugal|publisher=BBC|date=30 January 2009|access-date=13 August 2009}}</ref> winning the Churchill Cup with England Saxons in 2010.

==Post career== Saull now researches real estate at Oxford University as part of the Future of Real Estate Initiative after undertaking a Masters in Sustainable Urban Development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/people/andrew-saull|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926015528/http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/people/andrew-saull|archive-date=2020-09-26|title=Andrew Saull - Research Assistant}}</ref>

==Publications == Saull, A., and Baum, A. 2019. The Future of Real Estate Transactions. Saïd Business School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2019-03/FoRET-ReportFull.pdf|title=THE FUTURE OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS}}</ref>

Baum, A., Saull. A., Braesemann, F. 2020. PropTech 2020: the future of real estate. Saïd Business School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-02/proptech2020.pdf|title=PROPTECH 2020: THE FUTURE OF REAL ESTATE}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080329081344/http://www.saracens.com/players/view.php?Id=239 Saracens profile] *[http://www.guinnesspremiership.com/stats/profiles.php?player=33376&includeref=dynamic Guinness Premiership profile]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081117053015/http://www.england-rugby.com/englandrugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=News.News_Detail&storyid=13130 England profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saull, Andy}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London Category:English rugby union players Category:People educated at Bancroft's School Category:Rugby union flankers Category:Rugby union players from London Category:Saracens F.C. players Category:Oxford University RFC players Category:Alumni of Kellogg College, Oxford