Andrew Henderson (born 17 June 1979) is a professional

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coach who is the head coach of the York Knights in the

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and a former professional rugby league footballer who played for

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at international level. He is the former assistant coach of the

Warrington Wolves The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004. Founded as Warrington ...

in the Super League, the former head of rugby at the

Keighley Cougars The Keighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England who compete in League 1, the third tier of English rugby league. Keighley's home ground, Cougar Park has a capacity of 7,800. History Early y ...

and former head coach of the London Broncos. He played professionally as a , representing

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, Castleford Tigers ( Heritage No. 824),

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Barrow Raiders The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club was formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club. For the 1995–96 Rugby Football League season, 1995–96 and 1996 RFL Division Two, 1996 ...

and the Sheffield Eagles over a 14 year playing career. He was also a former

international

footballer.

Background

He was born in

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, England.

Playing career

Henderson began his professional career in England in 2001 with Super League side

. With limited opportunities there, Henderson moved to Northern Ford Premiership club

for the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He captained the Raiders for the 2003 season. Soon after, Super League side

Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at the Halton Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twenty-two r ...

snapped up Henderson for a trial period, in which he featured for them in the 2004 Sydney World Sevens tournament, and a friendly match against the

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. He failed to agree a deal with Widnes and subsequently joined the Wests Tigers, captaining their premier league side Balmain Tigers in 2004. Henderson joined Castleford Tigers for the 2005 season after their relegation from the Super League. He spent 4 seasons at the club. Henderson captained the side twice to promotion to the Super League in 2005 and 2007. The 2008 Super League season was to be his final year at the Tigers. Andrew Henderson

Henderson signed for Championship side

for the 2009 season. He spent only one season with Gateshead as the club were faced with financial problems and a shareholders dispute leading them into administration. This forced him to look elsewhere and he joined Championship winners

in the 2009 close season on a two-year deal. Henderson left Barrow not long after and joined Sheffield Eagles towards the end of the 2010 season, due to the Barrow club failing to honour his contract. Henderson went on to play for just over four seasons with Sheffield, with 2014 being his final year. His time here was successful, helping his side make a grand final appearance in 2011 and achieve back to back grand final victories in 2012, and 2013. The Hendersons are a Scottish family and all three brothers played for

at international level. Henderson began his international career in 2003 featuring in the European Nations Cup. He went on to make 17 test appearances in European competitions and 5 World Cup appearances in 2008 and 2013 finishing his international career in Scotland's World Cup quarter final match against New Zealand in Leeds. All three brothers featured in the Scotland squad for the

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Coaching career

Sheffield Hallam Eagles

On 24 February 2013, Henderson was appointed the head coach of a new community club, Sheffield Hallam Eagles, run by Sheffield Eagles, and Sheffield Hallam University. In their first season, Henderson's team lost just once all season, winning the Conference League South beating Nottingham Outlaws in the grand final.

London Broncos

On 11 July 2014, London Broncos head coach Joe Grima appointed Henderson as his assistant beginning in November. On 2 March 2015, Joey Grima resigned after ten months in charge and just three games into the Championship season. Henderson took charge of the Championship side on an interim basis. After 2 games in charge with 1 win and 1 loss, he was appointed as the Broncos new permanent head coach. In 2015, Henderson led the Broncos to 3rd place in the

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, eventually losing the Shield Final to

Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "smal ...

34–6 at the

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in Widnes. In 2016, he guided the London Broncos to a 2nd-place finish in the Championship taking them into the Super 8's Qualifiers for the chance to gain promotion. The club finished a reasonable 6th place on points difference with wins over Batley, Salford and Featherstone. They just missed out on the million pound game to Salford. In 2017, they again finished 2nd in the Championship and 6th place in the Super 8's Qualifiers. Henderson was awarded the Kingstone Press Championship Coach of the Year award after another successful season with London. The London Broncos won on all three occasions under the guidance of Henderson at the Summer Bash event. They recorded a 42–6 win and 32–14 win over the Sheffield Eagles in 2015 and 2016. In 2017 they defeated Featherstone Rovers 42–16.

Warrington Wolves

Henderson joined Warrington ahead of the 2018 season as assistant coach to Steve Price. He spent 4 seasons at the club before moving into a Head of Rugby role with the Keighley Cougars. During his time the team finished as Challenge Cup and grand finalists in 2018, followed by a Challenge Cup final win in 2019. His final two seasons saw the wolves finish as semi finalists in both competitions.

York RFLC

On 18 October 2022, Henderson signed a five-year deal to become the new head coach of York RLFC.

Coaching Statistics

References

External links

Warrington Wolves profileLondon Broncos profile
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Barrow Raiders profile
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Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.ukThunder snap up hooker Henderson
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Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
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