Andy Hay (rugby league)

Andy Hay

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Hay
Born	(1973-11-05) 5 November 1973 (age 51) Airedale, Castleford, England
Playing information
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	13 st 5 lb (85 kg)
Position	Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1990–95 Castleford Tigers 75 18 0 0 72 1995–97 Sheffield Eagles 38 11 0 0 44 1997–02 Leeds Rhinos 165 50 0 0 200 2003–04 Widnes Vikings 56 8 0 0 32 2005 Doncaster Lakers 19 5 0 0 20 Total 353 92 0 0 368 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1998 Emerging England 1 1 0 0 4 2000 England 3 2 0 0 8 Yorkshire
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2014–15 Featherstone Rovers 41 27 1 13 66
Source: [1] [2] [3]

Andrew Hay (born 5 November 1973) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and has coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Emerging England, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for the Castleford Tigers, Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Widnes Vikings and the Doncaster Lakers ^{[4] [1]} and has coached at club level for the Castleford Tigers (Assistant Coach under Terry Matterson (2005–11)), Hull F.C. (Assistant Coach under Peter Gentle (2012–13)), Salford Red Devils (assistant coach) and Featherstone Rovers.

Background

Andy Hay was born in Airedale, Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

Andy Hay appeared as a substitute (replacing centre Grant Anderson on 63-minutes) in Castleford Tigers' 33–2 victory over Wigan in the 1993–94 Regal Trophy Final during the 1993–94 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 22 January 1994. ^[5]

Hay played for Leeds from the substitute bench in their 1998 Super League Grand Final loss to Wigan. Hay was an England international and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, scoring two tries in consecutive games against Russia and Fiji respectively. ^[2]

Coaching career

On 16 May 2014, he left the assistant coach role at the Salford Red Devils to take up the head coach role at Kingstone Press Championship club Featherstone Rovers. ^{[3] [6] [7]}

On 25 Aug 2021 it was announced by Rugby League Deutschland that Andy had been appointed as their new performance director ^[8]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "Statistics at robterrace.com". robterrace.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
5. "Wigan 2 – 33 Castleford". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
6. "Hay leaves Salford for Rovers post". Superleague.co.uk. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
7. "Super League: Andy Hay leaves Salford to take over at Featherstone Rovers | Rugby League News". Sky Sports. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
8. "Former Great Britain international Andy Hay links up with Germany". Love Rugby League. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

External links

• (archived by web.archive.org) The Teams:England
• (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk