Rob Hawkins (wheelchair rugby league) explained

Rob Hawkins
Fullname:Robert Hawkins
Birth Date:2001–2002
Birth Place:Halifax, West Yorkshire England
Club1:Halifax Panthers
Year1end:present
Teama:England
Yearaend:present

Rob Hawkins is an English wheelchair rugby league player who currently plays for Halifax Panthers in RFL Wheelchair Super League and the England national wheelchair rugby league team.

Background

Rob Hawkins is a disabled wheelchair rugby league player. He suffers with chronic fatigue syndrome which he had diagnosed at age 14.[1]

Career

In 2020, Rob Hawkins won Young Player of the Year for 2019 at the Wheelchair Rugby League Awards, after helping Halifax the inaugural 2019 Super League.[2] He repeated this feat in February 2023, winning Player of the Year for the 2022 season,[3] [4] In which he won the 2022 Super League with Halifax, and doing so winning man of the match in the Grand Final.[5] [6] [7] At the 2024 Man of Steel Awards, Hawkins was named as the Wheelchair Super League Young Player of the Year.[8]

International

Rob Hawkins represented England at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[9] He received praise in England's second group game, scoring five tries in a 104–12 win over Spain which qualified England for the semi-finals.[10] England reached the final, beating France 28–24.[11]

Personal life

In January 2023, Hawkins gave a talk at Shelf Junior and Infant School.[12] In April of the same year, he opened the Children's Community Health Centre in Elland.

Honours

Halifax

England

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CHFT Website. 21 April 2023. www.cht.nhs.uk.
  2. Web site: Wheelchair finals are just grand for Halifax and Hull . Rugby-League.com . 29 September 2019 . 17 May 2023.
  3. Web site: RLWC2021 star Rob Hawkins completes double at Wheelchair Rugby League Awards. www.rugby-league.com.
  4. Web site: World Cup winner Hawkins takes Wheelchair Rugby League Player of the Year Award. 5 March 2023. www.insidethegames.biz.
  5. Web site: Wheelchair Super League Grand Final: Halifax Panthers win thriller final 52–48 vs Leeds Rhinos . Sky Sports . 2 October 2022 . 17 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Wheelchair Super League Grand Final: Halifax Panthers beat Leeds Rhinos to win title . BBC Sport . 1 October 2022 . 17 May 2023.
  7. Web site: Leeds Rhinos come up short in thrilling Wheelchair Grand Final against Halifax despite sensational comeback . Serious About Rugby League . 1 October 2022 . 17 May 2023.
  8. Web site: RL Awards Round-Up as Lewis claims Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel . RFL . 8 October 2024 . 9 October 2024.
  9. Web site: Rugby League World Cup 2021: Official wheelchair squads. 3 October 2022. National Rugby League.
  10. News: Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup: Rob Hawkins scores five tries as England overwhelm Spain. BBC Sport . 6 November 2022.
  11. News: England beat France to win Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup - reaction. BBC Sport .
  12. Web site: 'I liked getting his autograph' - World Cup winner excites pupils by visiting school. 25 January 2023. Bradford Telegraph and Argus.

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