Birth name | Andrew James Goode | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 April 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 97 kg (214 lb; 15 st 4 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | King Henry VIII School, Coventry Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew James Goode (born 3 April 1980)[2] is a sports pundit and retired rugby union player. Goode had an 18-year professional career playing over 400 games and scoring over 4,000 points. He played professionally in England, France and South Africa featuring for Leicester Tigers, Saracens, Worcester Warriors, Wasps and Newcastle Falcons in England's Premiership Rugby, CA Brive in France's Top 14 and for Super Rugby's Sharks in South Africa. Goode represented England 17 times between 2005 and 2009 scoring 107 points.
Goode is the second highest scorer of all time in Premiership Rugby, having previously been the record holder. During his career he won five Premiership titles (1999–2002 and 2007) and two European Cups (2001 and 2002) all with Leicester; he also won the RFU Championship with Worcester Warriors.