Andy Coley

Andy Coley (born 7 July 1978) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop and second-row forward in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Great Britain and England international representative forward, he played in the Super League for the Salford City Reds and the Wigan Warriors.[2]

Andy Coley
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Coley
Born (1978-07-07) 7 July 1978
Warrington, Cheshire, England
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb) [1]
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997–2000 Swinton Lions
2001–07 Salford City Reds 191 34 0 0 136
2008–11 Wigan Warriors 215 13 0 0 52
Total 406 47 0 0 188
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004 England 1 1 0 0 4
2007 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Lancashire
As of 21 April 2009
Source: [2][3][4]

Career

Early career

Born in Warrington, Coley began playing rugby league for local amateur side Laporte ARL.[5] He turned professional in 1997, joining Swinton Lions.

Salford City Reds

In 2001, Coley signed for Salford City Reds as a second-row prior to the 2001's Super League VI, but subsequently moved up into the front row. Coley agreed a deal to join Wigan Warriors in September 2007 from Salford City Reds who were relegated in the 2007 Super League season.

Coley represented Lancashire and scored a hat trick of tries on his England début against Russia, during England’s victorious European Nations Cup campaign in 2004.

In June 2007 Coley was called up to the Great Britain squad for the Test match against France [6]

Wigan Warriors

Coley was first team prop at the Wigan Warriors since his arrival.

He played in the 2010 Super League Grand Final victory over St. Helens at Old Trafford.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Coley played as a prop forward in the 2011 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Leeds Rhinos at Wembley Stadium.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]

References
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  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. "Andy Coley Factfile". Wigan Warriors. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  6. "Eight new faces in Lions squad". BBC. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
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  9. "Gleeson strikes as Wigan claim Grand Final glory". espn.co.uk. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  10. Wilson, Andy (2 October 2010). "Wigan turn St Helens into sinners with Super League Grand Final win". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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  13. AAP (3 October 2010). "Man of Steel Richards leads Wigan to silverware". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  14. "Wigan 22 St Helens 10". Manchester Evening News. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  15. Lancaster, Rob (2 October 2010). "Warriors too good for Saints". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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  19. AFP (3 October 2010). "Wigan defeat St Helen's for Super League title". The Herald-Sun. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  20. AFP (3 October 2010). "Wigan defeat St Helens in English Super League grand final". Fox Sports. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  21. "Wigan edge thrilling cup final". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  22. Scott, Ged (27 August 2011). "Wigan's Challenge Cup win a team effort - Joel Tomkins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  23. skysports.com (27 August 2011). "Maguire salutes Wembley heroes". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  24. ESPN staff (27 August 2011). "Challenge Cup glory for Wigan Warriors". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  25. wiganwarriors.com (28 August 2011). "Wigan are 2011 Cup Champions". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  26. Scott, Ged (27 August 2011). "Leeds 18-28 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  27. Wilson, Andy (27 August 2011). "Leeds Rhinos 18-28 Wigan Warriors – Challenge Cup final match report". The Guardian. London.
  28. therfl.co.uk (28 August 2011). "Challenge Cup: Lima inspires Wigan win". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  29. Brown, Oliver (27 August 2011). "Challenge Cup final: Leeds Rhinos 18 Wigan Warriors 28". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  30. Chisnall, Craig (28 August 2011). "Lima double inspires Wigan to Cup win". Wide World of Sports. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  31. Henson, Mike (27 August 2011). "Challenge Cup final - as it happened". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  32. Brown, Oliver (28 August 2011). "Challenge Cup final 2011: Wigan's warrior spirit shades controversy in emphatic win over Leeds Rhinos". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  33. Press Association (27 August 2011). "Wigan edge thrilling cup final". Free Press. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  34. "O'Loughlin savours special cup win". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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