Ryan Hinchcliffe is an Australian professional 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 for the Melbourne Storm

Melbourne Storm

The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

 of the NRL. Hinchliffe began his NRL career at Parramatta. 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

Melbourne Storm

The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

 from the Canberra Raiders

Canberra Raiders

The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...

 for the 2009 season. In Melbourne his form was so impressive it resulted in a reshuffle with regular hooker Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently captains the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League...

 moving to 5/8th.

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

External links

• Canberra Raiders profile