| Andrew Mower | |
| Fullname: | Andrew Lance Mower |
| Birth Date: | 3 September 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height: | 1880NaN0 |
| Weight: | 960NaN0 |
| Occupation: | Rugby player |
| Position: | Flanker |
| Years1: | -1998 |
| Clubs1: | Gordon Highlanders |
| Years2: | 1998-2000 |
| Clubs2: | London Irish |
| Years3: | 2000-2003 |
| Clubs3: | Newcastle Falcons |
| Repyears1: | 2000–2003 |
| Repcaps1: | 10 |
| Repyears2: | 2001–2003 |
| Repcaps2: | 13 |
| Clubupdate: | 11 October 2017 |
| Repupdate: | 11 October 2017 |
Andrew Mower is a former rugby union player who gained thirteen caps with the Scotland national rugby union team 2000–2004. He played as flanker for London Irish and Newcastle Falcons.
Born 3 September 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1] He worked as a financial trader for HSBC in Sydney.[2]
He played for the Gordon Highlanders.[3] In 1998 he was part of the team that won the grand final victory against Northern Suburb.[4] He was offered a part-time contract by the New South Wales Waratahs but instead he moved to the UK.[2]
He played joined London Irish in July 1999 and played club rugby with them, last appearing for them on 20 May 2000.[3] [5] He moved to the Newcastle Falcons and spent some time in 2003 loaned out to the Borders.[6]
His maternal grandfather was born in Glasgow but he was also eligible to play for England, Wales and Australia.[7] In 2000, Mower committed to representing Scotland.[8] He first played for Scotland A in November against Samoa.[9]
In May 2001 he played for Scotland against the Barbarians.[10] Mower gained his first full cap for Scotland against Tonga at Murrayfield on 10 November 2001.
By February 2003 he had 10 Scotland A caps.[2]
His last cap was against Ireland at Murrayfield on 6 September 2003. In October 2003 he pulled out of Scotland's World Cup after suffering a knee injury during training.[11]
In October 2004 he announced his retirement from playing, on medical grounds.[7]