Greg Hawick was an Australian rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer and coach. A fine utility back for the champion South Sydney Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...

 teams of the 1950s and a representative player in the Australian national side, he was named at five-eighth in the Australian 1950s rugby league team of the decade.

Club

Hawick debuted with Souths in 1950 as a lock forward

Rugby league positions

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 but subsequently switched to the backline playing halfback and centre

Rugby league positions

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. Hawick's career with South Sydney stretched from 1950 to 1956, during which he played in five premiership winning teams. In all he played 84 first grade games scoring 19 tries and kicking 62 goals for a total of 181 career points.

In 2004 he was named by Souths in their South Sydney Dream Team, which consisted of seventeen players and a coach representing the club from 1908

New South Wales Rugby League season 1908

The 1908 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the inaugural season of Australia's first rugby league football club competition, which was based in Sydney, New South Wales...

 through to 2004

National Rugby League season 2004

The year 2004 NRL season was the 97th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the seventh run by the National Rugby League. Fifteen clubs competed for the Telstra Premiership...

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Representative

Hawick made six Test appearances for the Australian national representative side. He also played eight games for NSW.

Hawick toured with the Kangaroos to Great Britain in 1952–53, playing two tests, another 16 tour matches and scoring eight tries. He also toured to New Zealand

New Zealand national rugby league team

The New Zealand national rugby league team has represented New Zealand in rugby league football since intercontinental competition began for the sport in 1907. Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name...

 with the Kangaroos in 1953 playing two tests, six other tour matches and scoring two tries and kicking three goals. Hawick played in the first World Cup in 1954

1954 Rugby League World Cup

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 and was part of the 1957 World Cup

1957 Rugby League World Cup

The second Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia in 1957. As before a group stage was held first, with matches being held at locations in Sydney and Brisbane....

-winning team.

In 2007 Hawick was selected by a panel of experts at five-eighth in an Australian 'Team of the 50s'.

Coaching career

Hawick coached Norths from 1982 until his sacking midway through the 1985 season.

Sources

• Andrews, Malcolm. The ABC of Rugby League. Australia: ABC Books, 2006.
• Team of the 50s named – Daily Telegraph article at news.com.au
• Greg Hawick at yesterdayshero.com.au

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