The Toronto Arrows re-signed Andrew Ferguson for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 28-years-old scrumhalf is 5’9″and weighs 200 lbs.
He played in all five matches in 2020, starting three times. Arrow #9 has made 21 appearances, playing in all but one match in franchise history in his two seasons with the club. “The quick-thinking back has made 57 carries, 371 carry meters, 80 tackles (86% completion), 11 offloads, six tackle-breaks, and five linebreaks throughout the 2019 and 2020 seasons, along with scoring six tries and kicking for two conversions.”
Ferguson is from Mississauga, Ontario, and went to Lone Park Secondary School. After graduating, he attended McMaster University from 2009-2015, earning two Bachelors of Arts Degrees in Psychology and Economics.
While at Mcmaster University, he was OUA Rookie of the year in 2010, a four-time all-star, and was the OUA MVP in 2013, and made the National University Sevens Dream team in 2015.
Andrew Ferguson plays club rugby for the Oakville Crusaders, and have been a provincial fixture at for the Senior Men’s Ontario Blues since 2011 when he was 19. He won the Rugby Ontario Senior Provincial Player of the Year Award in 2015. He also has played in many Canadian Rugby Championships for the Blues.
Canada National Team
Andrew Ferguson was selected to Canada’s Under-20s National Team in both 2011 and 2012.
He debuted for the Senior National team in 2016 against the U.S. on February 13 and the last of his 10 tests was against Russia on June 16, 2018, at Nepean.
He also played for Canada A in the Americas Pacific Challenge in 2017. He also played for Canada Selects against the then Ontario Arrows in May 2018.
Ferguson is a member of the Canada Senior Men’s National Team, but a biceps injury has precluded his inclusion in the November 2018 World Rugby repechage tests.
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