Andy Ellis (rugby league)

Andy Ellis (born (1984-12-15)15 December 1984), also known by the nickname of "Sniffer", is an English rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker for the York City Knights in Betfred Championship.

Andy Ellis
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Ellis
Born (1984-12-15) 15 December 1984
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Playing information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight14 st 2 lb (90 kg) [1]
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–06 Hull Kingston Rovers 50 18 0 0 72
2007–09 Barrow Raiders 94 53 1 0 210
2010–11 Harlequins RL 39 8 0 0 32
2012 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 10 0 0 0 0
2012(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 7 2 0 0 8
2013–17 Featherstone Rovers 82 20 0 0 80
2017–18 York City Knights 35 9 0 0 36
2019–19 York City Knights 0 0 0 0 0
Total 317 110 1 0 438
Source: [2][3]

He is formerly of the Featherstone Rovers in the Kingstone Press Championship, and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League competition.

Background

Ellis was born in Derby, Derbyshire, 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 to the league title and to the National Rail Cup Final.[4] Ellis was also part of the Championship All Stars team in 2009 after having an incredible season with Barrow.

He has previously played for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Hull Kingston Rovers and Harlequins[5] being named players player at Harlequins in 2011.

In September 2012, he left Wakefield and signed a two-year contract with Featherstone Rovers.[6] 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[7]

References
  1. "Harlequins Rugby League". web page. Harlequins Rugby League. 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  2. loverugbyleague
  3. Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
  4. "Quins acquire Barrow hooker". inthenews.co.uk. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  5. "Meet Andy Ellis". Harlequins RL. 6 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 December 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  6. "Featherstone swoop for Andy Ellis". 25 September 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  7. "Andy Ellis answers York SOS". loverugbyleague.com. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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