Ryan Hinchcliffe

Ryan Hinchcliffe

Personal information
Born	(1984-10-07) 7 October 1984 Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position	Lock, Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–08	Canberra Raiders	21	3	0	0	12
2009–15	Melbourne Storm	177	19	0	0	76
2016–	Huddersfield Giants	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	198	22	0	0	88
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011–15	NSW Country	3	1	0	0	4
As of 12 November 2015
Source:

Ryan Hinchcliffe (born 7 October 1984 in Temora, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He plays at lock and hooker and previously played for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League.

Playing career

Hinchliffe, a Temora Dragons junior, began his NRL career at Parramatta, although he previously played for the Canberra Raiders before moving to the Storm, with whom he won the 2009 NRL Premiership.

Ryan Hinchcliffe is a hooker and also can play in the second row. He joined the Melbourne Storm from the Canberra Raiders for the 2009 season. In Melbourne his impressive form resulted in reshuffles with Cameron Smith moving to five-eighth when lacking halves.

Hinchcliffe won the Storm's Player of the Year Award in 2010.

In 2012, he played in their premiership victory over Canterbury-Bankstown. Five months later, he played in their 2013 World Club Challenge win over Leeds.

Since joining Melbourne, Hinchcliffe has become a crucial element of Craig Bellamy’s Storm squad. Hinchcliffe’s dependable form at club level over recent years has translated into representative football for the Temora junior.

In 2011 Hinchcliffe made his representative debut for NSW Country and was again selected for the side in 2012.

On 22 June 2015, Hinchcliffe signed a 3-year contract with Super League team Huddersfield Giants starting in 2016.

External links

• 2015 Melbourne Storm profile