# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-blades
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:38:15.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-blades"
name: "Andrew Blades"
slug: "andrew-blades"
description: "Andrew Thomas Blades is an Australian former rugby union player. He played for the Australia national team from 1992 to 1999. Blades was first chosen for the Wallabies match 22 in 1992 against the All Blacks but did not get on the field. Later that year he toured with the Wallabies to South Africa and the United Kingdom playing in non-test matches. His first test cap was not achieved until 1996 against Scotland. His last game for Australia was their victory over France in final of the 1999 Rugby World Cup. After retiring from playing he became a coach, leading the Newcastle Falcons for two years before becoming the forwards coach for the Wallabies."
tagline: "Australian rugby union footballer and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coach_Andrew_Blades_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1967-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.93
  momentum:             0.1379310344827586
  historical:           5.871958666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Blades"
    title: "Andrew Blades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "أندرو بليدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Blades"
    title: "Andrew Blades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B7%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8E"
    title: "Блэйдз, Эндрю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Blades"
    title: "Andrew Blades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Blades"
    title: "Andrew Blades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2846568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump