Andy Ellis (born ), also known by the

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of "Sniffer", is an English

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 last played as a for the

York City Knights The York Knights are the men's professional rugby league team of York RLFC (known as the York City Knights from 2002 to 2022) based in York, England. The Knights played their home games at Huntington Stadium before moving to Bootham Crescent. ...

in Betfred Championship. He is formerly of the

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

in the

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, and the

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

in the

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competition.

Background

Ellis was born in

Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

, England. He started playing rugby league at 7 years old and signed for Hull KR aged 15.

Career

In 2009 he was named Man of Steel for the Championship and also led the

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 and 1996 seasons the club was known as Barrow Braves, becoming the Ba ...

to the league title and to the National Rail Cup Final. Ellis was also part of the Championship All Stars team in 2009 after having an incredible season with Barrow. He has previously played for

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challeng ...

and Harlequins being named players player at Harlequins in 2011. In September 2012, he left Wakefield and signed a two-year contract with

. Ellis later played for Featherstone and became an integral part of the team. On 14 June 2019, Ellis came out of retirement to fill in after injuries to York's three hookers

References

External links

York City Knights profile

Harlequins Rugby League profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, Andy 1984 births Living people Barrow Raiders players English rugby league players Featherstone Rovers players London Broncos players Hull Kingston Rovers players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Derbyshire Sportspeople from Derby Wakefield Trinity players York City Knights players