Andrew Hick (born ) is an Australian former

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footballer who played professionally in

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and Australia.

Playing career

Hick played for the

Engadine Dragons The Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League (Cronulla-Sutherland District Junior Rugby Football League in the case of junior football) is an amateur competition for rugby league clubs in and around the Sutherland Shire district of S ...

before making his début for the local

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugb ...

in the

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in 1991. He played in 44 matches for the Sharks over the next five years before transferring to the

Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies (legal name: Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Ltd) is an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as the club is commonly ...

in 1996. In 1997 he switched to

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, joining the new

Adelaide Rams The Adelaide Rams was 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 Lea ...

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), a rugby league team formed in 2000, which became Newcastle Thunder in 2015 {{Disambigu ...

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 20th-century Australian sportsmen