| Andy Platt |
| Personal information |
| Full name | Andrew Platt |
| Born | 9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) (age 46) |
| Billinge, Merseyside, England |
| Playing information |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 16 st 10 lbs (106 kg) |
| Position | n/a |
| Club |
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1983 ‐ 88 | St Helens | 185 | | | | 269 |
| 1988 ‐ 94 | Wigan | 321 | | | | |
| 1995 ‐ 96 | Auckland | 35 | | | | 0 |
| 1997 | Salford | | | | | |
| Total | 541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 |
| Representative |
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1985 ‐ 93 | Great Britain | 25 | | | | 4 |
| 1995 | England | | | | | |
Andy Platt is an English former rugby league footballer.
He started his professional career at St Helens RLFC as a ball-playing Second Rower. Here he rose to national prominence and represented Great Britain.
In 1988 he signed for the Wigan Warriors for £140,000. He was part of the team that dominated British football in the early 1990s and in 1993 he won the Man of Steel Award. In 1994 he signed with the new Auckland Warriors franchise in the Australian Rugby League, following John Monie, Dean Bell, Denis Betts and Frano Botica. Andy finished his career back in England with the Salford Reds and also represented England at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
Andy Platt is one of only two players to win England caps whilst at the Auckland Warriors, whilst Denis Betts is the only player to win both England and Great Britain caps whilst at the Auckland Warriors.
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