Greg Hawick
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Greg Hawick was an Australian rugby league player, a fine utility back for the champion South Sydney Rabbitohs teams of the 1950s and a representative player in the Australian national side.
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[edit] Club Career
Hawick debuted with Souths in 1950 as a lock forward but subsequently switched to the backline playing halfback and centre. Hawick's career with South Sydney stretched from 1950 to 1956, during which he played in five premiership winning teams. In all he played 84 first grade games scoring 19 tries and kicking 62 goals for a total of 181 career points.
In 2004 he was named by Souths in their South Sydney Dream Team,[1], consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from 1908 through to 2004.
[edit] Representative Career
Hawick made six Test appearances for the Australian national representative side.
He toured with the Kangaroos to Great Britain in 1952-53, playing two tests, another 16 tour matches and scoring eight tries. He also toured to New Zealand with the Kangaroos in 1953 playing two tests, six other tour matches and scoring two tries and kicking three goals.
Hawick also played eight games for NSW.
[edit] Sources
- Andrews, Malcolm. The ABC of Rugby League. Australia: ABC Books, 2006.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ South Sydney Dream Team from the official South Sydney website.
