Dave Hewitt (born 4 November 1995) is an English professional

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 plays as a for

Midlands Hurricanes The Midlands Hurricanes are a semi-professional rugby league club jointly based in Birmingham and Coventry, West Midlands, England. They were founded as the Coventry Bears in 1998 and entered the third tier of the British rugby league system, ...

. He moved from

Rochdale Hornets The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the Championship, the second tier of European rugby league. The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs ...

in the

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Background

Hewitt was born in

St Helens, Merseyside St Helens () is a town in Merseyside, England, with a population of 102,629. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, which had a population of 176,843 at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census. St Helens i ...

, England.

Career

Hewitt is an England Schoolboys and England Academy international. He was in the

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Academy system and played his junior rugby league with the Bold Miners club. He has previously played on loan from St. Helens at

Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, wh ...

in 2015. In 2016 Hewitt joined the

Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club that play in the Championship (rugby league), Betfred Championship. The club play their home games at the Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) on the former site of Don Valley Stadium, their forme ...

on a full-time deal. In July 2016 he joined

on loan from the

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. In October 2016 he joined the Roughyeds on a permanent deal.

References

External links

Oldham profileSheffield Eagles profile
1995 births Living people English rugby league players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside Sheffield Eagles players St Helens R.F.C. players {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub