Jy Hitchcox
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 18 August 1989 Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014 | Wests Tigers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | Featherstone Rovers | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2016– | Castleford Tigers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | 35 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |
| As of 13 April 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Jy Hitchcox (born 18 August 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League. He plays at fullback, wing and centre and previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League, and the Featherstone Rovers in the Kingstone Press Championship.
Background
Born in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Hitchcox played his junior football for the Mullumbimby Giants before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans. As a youngster, Hitchcox played for the Australian Schoolboys Under-18s team.[2]
Playing career
Australia
In 2009, Hitchcox played for the Gold Coast Titans' NYC team.[3]
In 2010, Hitchcox joined the Melbourne Storm.
After a stint with Manly RUFC in the Shute Shield, Hitchcox joined the Wests Tigers in 2012.
In Round 23 of the 2014 NRL season, Hitchcox made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the Sydney Roosters.[4] He scored a try on debut.
England
On 19 December 2014, Hitchcox signed a two-year contract with the Featherstone Rovers in the Kingstone Press Championship starting in 2015.[2]
In November 2015, Hitchcox signed a 1-year contract with Super League team Castleford Tigers starting in 2016.[5]
Hitchcox scored 2 tries in his debut for Castleford in a live televised game against Hull F.C.
References
- ↑ "Jy Hitchcox - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- 1 2 "Rovers snap up Hitchcox". Featherstone Rovers. Featherstone, West Yorkshire, U. K. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "Jy Hitchcox". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "Late Changes: NRL Round 23 - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ↑ "Jy Hitchcox moves from Featherstone to Castleford | Rugby League News". Sky Sports. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.