Mickey Higham
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Higham | |
| Date of birth | September 18, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Billinge, Lancashire, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
| Weight | 13 st 7 lbs (86 kg) | |
| Nickname(s) | Micky, Dave | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Hooker | |
| Current club | Wigan Warriors | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Leigh Miners | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1999 ‐ 00 2001 ‐ 05 2006 2006 ‐ |
Leigh Centurions St Helens Bradford Bulls Wigan Warriors |
116 (140) 0 (0) 50 (20) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 2004 ‐ 05 | Great Britain | |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Mickey Higham (born September 18, 1980) is an English rugby league player who currently plays for English club Wigan Warriors in the Super League competition. His usual position is hooker.
Higham joined Saints from Leigh Centurions in November 2000. He made over 100 appearances for St Helens, scoring 33 tries.
He made his Great Britain debut in the 2004 Gillette Tri-Nations against New Zealand, after recovering from an ankle injury which ruled him out of most of Super League IX.
Higham joined Wigan Warriors in October 2005 after a transfer deal involving three clubs and fellow hooker Terry Newton. Higham was unable to join Wigan directly as his club, St Helens, would not sell. However, Bradford Bulls stepped in and bought Higham from Saints for £70,000 and then immediately released him to Wigan. In exchange, Wigan allowed Terry Newton to join the Bradford Bulls.
Higham signed a three-year deal with the Warriors and commented: "It looked at one stage as though I would be playing next season at Bradford but when the opportunity to join Wigan came up at the last minute I jumped at it." At Wigan, Higham again teamed up with coach Ian Millward who he had played under at both Leigh and St Helens. Ian was however sacked by Wigan in April 2006 and Mickey is now coached ironically by Brian Noble who was Bradford coach at the time of the "three-club transfer".
Higham's contract will not be renewed, and as a consequence he will now be looking for a new club for 2009 and beyond. Rumours say he has verbally agreed to join Salford City Reds if they land a Super League franchise in 2009.
[edit] External links
- Mickey Higham Profile
- Higham and Calderwood Meet The Media (November 11, 2005)
- Saints Heritage Society Profile
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