Andrew Hick (born ) is an Australian former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played professionally in

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and Australia.

Playing career

Hick played for the

Engadine Dragons The Engadine Dragons Junior Rugby League Football Club is a rugby league football club that was formed in 1958 and competes in the Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League. The club is based out of Engadine in the Sutherland Shire wher ...

before making his début for the local Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the

NSWRL Premiership The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New Sout ...

in 1991. He played in 44 matches for the Sharks over the next five years before transferring to the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1996. In 1997 he switched to

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

, joining the new

Adelaide Rams The Adelaide Rams were an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The team was formed in 1995 for the planned rebel Super League competition. The Rams lasted two seasons, the first in the Super Le ...

franchise. In 1999 Hick moved to England, spending one season each with the new

Gateshead Thunder Gateshead Thunder may refer to: *Gateshead Thunder (1999), a rugby league team formed in 1999 and then merged with Hull Sharks *Gateshead Thunder (2000) Gateshead Thunder may refer to: *Gateshead Thunder (1999) Gateshead Thunder was a profes ...

club in 1999 and

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in 2000. He was one of several former Sharks players who played for the Thunder. Hick retired at the end of the 2000 season.Super League Team-by-team guide
''The Telegraph'', 1 March 2001

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hick, Andrew 1971 births Living people Adelaide Rams players Australian rugby league players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players Gateshead Thunder (1999) players Hull F.C. players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Western Suburbs Magpies players