Andrew Henderson
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Henderson
Nickname	Hendo
Born	June 17, 1979 (1979-06-17) (age 30)
	Torquay, Devon, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	13 st 3 lbs (84 kg)
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2001–2001	Salford City Reds
2002–2003	Barrow Raiders	71	22			88
2004–2004	Balmain Tigers	26	10	0		40
2005–2008	Castleford Tigers	115	22	0	0	88
2009–2009	Gateshead Thunder	26	7	0	0	28
	Total	238	61	0	0	244
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–	Scotland	13	1	0	0	4

Andrew Henderson (born 17 June 1979 in Torquay, Devon) is an English Professional rugby league footballer for Barrow Raiders. His usual position is at hooker. He has previously played for Gateshead Thunder, Castleford Tigers, Balmain Tigers, Salford, Barrow.

Henderson began his professional career in England in 2001 with super league side Salford City Reds. With limited opportunies there, Henderson moved to Northern Ford Premiership club Barrow Raiders for the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He captained the raiders for the 2003 season. Soon after, Super League side Widnes Vikings snapped up Henderson for a trial period, in which he featured for them in the 2004 Sydney World Sevens tournament, and a match against the Wests Tigers. He failed to agree a deal and subsequently joined the Wests Tigers, captaining their premier league side Balmain Tigers. Henderson joined Castleford Tigers in 2005 and was made captain by then coach Dave Woods gaining promotion to the super league. He lost the captaincy for the 2006 super league season. In 2007 he was made captain again by Terry Matterson for the NL1 campaign and again the club gained promotion. In 2008 Henderson lost the captaincy again for super league. This was to be his final season for Castleford after himself and the club failed to come to an agreement over a new deal. Henderson wanted to stay and made it clear to the fans in the final game of the season. Henderson, along with brother Kevin were set to take the Rugby Football League to court over rules changes to the current quota system, which they felt would affect their super league careers. He signed for Championship side Gateshead Thunder soon after. Henderson spent only one season with Gateshead even though he had signed for 2 years. The Club were faced with financial problems and a shareholders dispute. This forced Henderson to look elsewhere and he has since joined Championship winners Barrow Raiders in the 2009 close season on a 2 year deal.

[edit] Representative career

The Hendersons are a Scottish family and all three brothers play for Scotland at international level. Henderson began his International career in 2003 featuring in the European Nations Cup. He has gone on to play 6 games in this competition between 2003 and 2005. He made 1 appearance in the world cup qualifiers against Wales in 2007, before going on to appear in all 3 World Cup Finals matches held in Australia in 2008. Henderson recently became the highest capped player ever for Scotland after making 3 appearances in the 2009 European Cup taking his total to 13.[^[1][2][3]

All three brothers featured in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[4].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
• SLStats
• Thunder snap up hooker Henderson
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

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