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.
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| Full name | Robert Hawkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2001–2002 Halifax, West Yorkshire England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editRob Hawkins is a disabled wheelchair rugby league player. He suffers with chronic fatigue syndrome which he had diagnosed at age 14.[1]
Career
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In 2020, Rob Hawkins won Young Player of the Year for 2019 at the Wheelchair Rugby League Awards,[2][3] after helping Halifax the inaugural 2019 Super League.[4] He repeated this feat in February 2023, winning Player of the Year for the 2022 season,[2][3] 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
editRob 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
editIn 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.[1]
Honours
editHalifax
edit- Super League (and predecessor tournaments):
England
editIndividual
edit- Wheels of Steel:
- Winners (1) 2022
- Young Player of the Year:
- Winners (1) 2019, 2024
References
edit- ^ a b "CHFT Website". www.cht.nhs.uk. 21 April 2023.
- ^ a b "RLWC2021 star Rob Hawkins completes double at Wheelchair Rugby League Awards". www.rugby-league.com.
- ^ a b "World Cup winner Hawkins takes Wheelchair Rugby League Player of the Year Award". www.insidethegames.biz. 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Wheelchair finals are just grand for Halifax and Hull". Rugby-League.com. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Wheelchair Super League Grand Final: Halifax Panthers win thriller final 52–48 vs Leeds Rhinos". Sky Sports. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Wheelchair Super League Grand Final: Halifax Panthers beat Leeds Rhinos to win title". BBC Sport. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos come up short in thrilling Wheelchair Grand Final against Halifax despite sensational comeback". Serious About Rugby League. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "RL Awards Round-Up as Lewis claims Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel". RFL. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2021: Official wheelchair squads". National Rugby League. 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup: Rob Hawkins scores five tries as England overwhelm Spain". BBC Sport. 6 November 2022.
- ^ "England beat France to win Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup - reaction". BBC Sport.
- ^ "'I liked getting his autograph' - World Cup winner excites pupils by visiting school". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 25 January 2023.