Greg Hawick

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Greg Hawick
Personal information
Full name Greg Hawick
Place of birth , Australia
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1950 - 1956
1959 - 1960		 South Sydney Rabbitohs
North Sydney Bears		 84 (181)
Representative teams
1952 - 1957 Australia 6

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

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. He was named at five-eighth in the Australian 1950s rugby league team of the decade.

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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 also played eight games for NSW.

Hawick 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 played in the first World Cup in 1954 and was part of the 1957 World Cup-winning team.

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ South Sydney Dream Team from the official South Sydney website.