Andy Fisher (rugby league)
# Andy Fisher (rugby league)

Andrew Fisher (born 17 November 1967) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 664), Castleford (Heritage № 703), Dewsbury Rams (two spells), Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity (Wildcats) (Heritage № 1131) and the Barrow Raiders, as a prop or second-row, and coached at club level for the Dewsbury Rams, Sharlston Rovers and the Eastmoor Dragons.

## Playing career

### County Cup Final appearances

Andy Fisher played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing second-row Glen Booth) in Featherstone Rovers' 14-20 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1989 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1989–90 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Sunday 5 November 1989.

### First Division Grand Final appearances

Andy Fisher was an interchange/substitute in Wakefield Trinity's 24-22 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1998 First Division Grand Final at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on Saturday 26 September 1998.

### Financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

In 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated during September 2000. The players affected were; Andy Fisher, Bobbie Goulding, Warren Jowitt, Tony Kemp (player-coach), Steve McNamara, Francis Maloney, Martin Masella, Steve Prescott, Bright Sodje, Francis Stephenson, and Glen Tomlinson.

### Club career

Andy Fisher made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 3 September 1989.

