Andrew Walker (rugby)

Andrew Walker

Walker in 2004
Personal information
Born	(1973-11-22) 22 November 1973 (age 43) Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Rugby union
Position	Wing / Full-back
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1991 Randwick 2000–03 ACT Brumbies 2006–07 Gaillac 2007–08 Queensland Reds Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–01 Australia 7 11
Rugby league
Position	Five-eighth, Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1992–94 St. George Dragons 18 6 0 2 26 1995–99 Sydney Roosters 103 46 102 6 394 2004 Manly Sea Eagles 24 5 80 0 180 Total 145 57 182 8 600 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1996 City NSW 1 0 1 0 2 1996 Australia 1 0 0 0 0

Andrew Walker (born 22 November 1973 in Shoalhaven, New South Wales), is an indigenous Australian rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union - a dual code international. Walker was the first dual code international to represent his country at rugby league before representing rugby union.

Hailing from Nowra, Walker began his career as a rugby union player for Randwick, where he played alongside Eddie Jones in their 1991 premiership-winning season. The following season he signed with NSWRL Premiership club St. George Dragons.

Walker played for several NRL clubs including the St George Dragons, Sydney Roosters and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. In 1996, he played in one match for the Kangaroos against a Papua New Guinean side. He is known as the first dual-international to switch codes from league to union; 2 years before the more publicised exodus of Wendell Sailor and Mat Rogers.

"One of my all-time favourite players was Andrew Walker. Andrew was a tremendously talented individual who could do almost anything on a football field; except stick to a structure."

Walker's provincial rugby was with the ACT Brumbies. He is remembered among Brumbies fans for scoring thirteen tries in the 2000 season, which included two hat-tricks. Walker became Australia's 40th dual code international when he made his Wallaby debut against New Zealand in July 2000 following Scott Gourley and preceding Sailor and Rogers. However his debut was not a memorable one as he came off the bench for the last 10 minutes of the game at Stadium Australia in front of a world-record crowd and proceeded to miss a conversion, kick straight down the throat of Christian Cullen and then, after the resulting New Zealand try to Jonah Lomu to win them the game 39-35, he failed to send the kick-off 10 metres and New Zealand received the ball.