Andy Coley
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Coley | |||||
| Born | 7 July 1978 Warrington, Cheshire, England | |||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) [1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2001–07 | Salford City Reds | 191 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| 2008–11 | Wigan Warriors | 215 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Total | 406 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2004 | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lancashire | ||||||
| As of 21 April 2009 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Andy Coley (born 7 July 1978 in Warrington) is an English retired professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s and 2010s. A Great Britain and England international representative forward, he played in super League for English clubs Salford City Reds and Wigan Warriors.
Biography
Andy was born in Warrington, and signed for Swinton Lions.
Playing career
Salford City Reds
In 2001, Coley signed for Salford City Reds as a Second-row prior to the 2001 season, but has since moved up into the front row. Coley agreed a deal to join Wigan Warriors in September 2007 from Salford City Reds who were relegated in the 2007 Super League season.
Coley represented Lancashire and scored a hat trick of tries on his England debut against Russia, during England’s victorious European Nations Cup campaign in 2004.
In June 2007 Coley was called up to the Great Britain squad for the Test match against France [2]
Wigan Warriors
Coley was first team prop at the Wigan Warriors since his arrival. He went on to win the Super League in 2010. Coley played for Wigan in the 2011 Challenge Cup Final at prop forward, helping defeat Leeds 28-18.
References
- ↑ "Wigan Warriiors Player Profile Andy Coley". web page. wiganwarriors.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ↑ "Eight new faces in Lions squad". BBC. 2007-06-12. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
External links
- Wigan Warriors profile
- Andy Coley Wigan Career Page on the Wigan RL Fansite.
- England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org