Mickey Higham

Micky Higham

Personal information
Full name	Michael Higham
Born	(1980-09-18) 18 September 1980 (age 36) Billinge Higher End, Wigan, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	13 st 8 lb (86 kg)
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1999–00 Leigh Centurions 2001–05 St. Helens 116 35 0 0 140 2006–08 Wigan Warriors 97 17 0 0 68 2009–15 Warrington Wolves 174 37 1 0 150 2015– Leigh Centurions 18 5 0 0 20 Total 405 94 1 0 378 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2004–05 Great Britain 4 0 0 0 0 2008–09 England 4 1 0 0 4
As of 19 May 2015 Source: RLP

Mickey Higham (born 18 September 1980) is an English rugby league player who currently plays for English club Leigh. His usual position is Hooker.

Higham joined St. Helens from Leigh in November 2000 after scoring 22 tries in Division One and a man-of-the-match display in the Grand Final. Higham played for St. Helens from the interchange bench in their 2002 Super League Grand Final victory against Bradford. Having won Super League VI, St Helens contested the 2003 World Club Challenge against 2002 NRL Premiers, Sydney Roosters. Higham played from the interchange bench in Saints' 38–0 loss. He made his Great Britain debut in the 2004 Gillette Tri-Nations against New Zealand, after recovering from an ankle injury which ruled him out of most of 2004's Super League IX. He'd made over 100 appearances for St Helens, scoring 33 tries.

Higham joined Wigan in October 2005 after a transfer deal involving three clubs, and fellow hooker Terry Newton. Higham was unable to join Wigan directly as his club, St. Helens, would not sell. However, Bradford stepped in and bought Higham from Saints for £70,000 and then immediately released him to Wigan. In exchange, Wigan allowed Terry Newton to join Bradford. Higham signed a three-year deal with Wigan and commented: "It looked at one stage as though I would be playing next season at Bradford but when the opportunity to join Wigan came up at the last minute I jumped at it." At Wigan, Higham again teamed up with coach Ian Millward who he had played under at both Leigh and St Helens. Millward was however sacked by Wigan in April 2006 and Higham, ironically, was coached by Brian Noble who was Bradford coach at the time of the "three-club transfer". Higham's contract at Wigan was not renewed, and he subsequently signed for Warrington on a two-year deal.