Terry Hill

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Terry Hill
Personal information
Full name Terry Hill
Date of birth 22 January 1972 (1972-01-22) (age 36)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Nickname(s) Tezza
Club information
Position(s) Centre
Current club Retired
Youth clubs
Years Club
Zetland
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1990
1991
1992–1993
1994–1999
2000–2003
2005
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Eastern Suburbs
Western Suburbs Magpies
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Wests Tigers
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
9 (8)
13 (32)
33 (28)
126 (244)
49 (32)
16 (12)
Representative teams
1993–2000
1995–1998
New South Wales
Australia
14 (0)
9 (32)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Terry Hill (born 22 January 1972) is a former professional rugby league player in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He primarily played in the centres. Hill played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Wests Tigers as well as representative football for New South Wales and Australia. He is also well known for his promotional television work with Lowes Menswear.

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[edit] Playing career

Hill became embroiled in the "External and Internal Draft" system in the 1991 season when, after agreeing to a playing and employment deal with the Western Suburbs Magpies, he was drafted from the Internal Draft pool by Eastern Suburbs. Hill's initial appeal was overturned and he eventually agreed to a three year contract with Easts. By the end of 1991 the High Court had overturned the draft system and in 1992 Hill was given a release and he was able to move on to Western Suburbs Magpies. [1]

Terry Hill was the season's top try-scorer in the ARL half of 1997's split competition.

At the beginning of 2004, Hill had signed for another season with the South Sydney Rabbitohs but a groin injury during pre-season training caused him to retire. By the end of the year, Hill was training once more with another former club, Manly-Warringah.

[edit] Representative career

Hill was selected to represent New South Wales in State of Origin as a centre in six series:

Hill earned selection for the Australian national team on nine occasions from 1995 to 1998, scoring eight tries. In his first international against New Zealand, Hill was reported for head-butting and was suspended for four weeks, missing the following two tests.

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] Coaching career

Following his retirement from professional rugby league, Hill has been coaching teams in the New South Wales Country Rugby League. Formerly with the Umina Bunnies, he has been appointed as head coach at the Kincumber Rugby League Football Club in the Central Coast Division for 2008.[2]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Stewart, Bob ISBN 978-0-522-85366-7 (2007). "The Games Are Not the Same:The Political Economy of Football in Australia". Melbourne University Press Academic Monograph Series. 
  2. ^ "Hill delighted at new challenge", Central Coast Express Advocate, 2007-10-18. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. 

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