Chris Hill (rugby league)

Chris Hill
Personal information
Full name Christopher Hill
Born 3 November 1987
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 17 st 7 lb (111 kg)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–11 Leigh 108 14 0 0 56
2012 - Warrington 87 14 0 0 56
Total 195 28 0 0 112
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–14 England 10 0 0 0 0

Christopher "Chris" Hill is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for Warrington, having formerly played for Leigh in the Co-operative Championship. He is by preference a Prop.

Early career

Hill signed for Leigh from local Wigan amateur club New Springs Lions in 2004, and started his career as a stand-off or loose forward before moving to prop, progressing through Leigh's service area, scholarship and youth ranks before making his first senior appearance for Leigh in the 2005 Super League X season, during a 74-8 loss to St. Helens.

In 2006, Hill won the Northern Rail Cup with Leigh after consolidating his place in the side. He toured Australia with Great Britain Under-18s in this same year.

2011 saw Hill win his second Northern Rail Cup trophy with Leigh, featuring as Halifax were defeated 16-20 at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road Stadium.[2]

Hill accumulated a couple of accolades with Leigh; firstly in reaching 100 appearances for the club, and also being the most recent prop-forward for Leigh to score a hat-trick of tries. After missing only one game in two years, he was made captain of Leigh in 2010.[3]

Move to Warrington

In 2011, Hill's impressive displays in the Championship saw him earn a three-year deal with Warrington in Super League, which saw him join the Warrington squad in 2012, remaining with Leigh on a dual registration until the end of the 2011 season. In light of this, his then-coach Ian Millward predicted future national caps for Hill, with his nurturing at Warrington.

“ I am delighted for Chris. As the fans will testify he has developed all season and is ready for Super League. It would not surprise me if in due course he won national recognition.[4] ”

Hill was selected to start in the 2012 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final by Warrington, picking up a winner's medal as Warrington triumphed over Leeds at Wembley Stadium.[5]

At the end of Hill's first season with Warrington, Chris was named as player of the season, players’ player of the season and won the Vice President’s award, thus taking each of the major accolades at the Warrington end of season awards night.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Chris Hill". englandrl.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Northern Rail Match Review". www.northernrail.org. 2011-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  3. ↑ "rleague.com profile". rleague.com. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  4. ↑ "Hill agrees Warrington switch". superleague.co.uk. 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  5. ↑ "bbc.co.uk Rugby League Challenge Cup match report". bbc.co.uk. 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Chris is king of the Hills". warringtonguardian.co.uk. 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-09-25.

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