Andrew Hay (born 5 November 1973) is an English rugby league coach and former player who played as a forward. He played at representative level for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford Tigers, Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Widnes Vikings and Doncaster Lakers. He was formerly head coach at Featherstone Rovers.
Background Andy Hay was born in Airedale, Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
His son Finley Hay plays for the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship.
Playing career Hay played junior rugby league for Redhill before turning professional in November 1990 with Castleford.
Hay appeared as a substitute (replacing Grant Anderson on 63-minutes) in Castleford Tigers' 33–2 victory over Wigan in the 1993–94 Regal Trophy Final during the 1993–94 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 22 January 1994.
In July 1995, Hay was signed by Sheffield Eagles.
Hay joined Leeds in May 1997 for a fee of around £70,000. He appeared as a substitute for Leeds in their 1998 Super League Grand Final loss to Wigan. Hay was an England international and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, scoring two tries in consecutive games against Russia and Fiji respectively.
Towards the end of his career, he played for Widnes Vikings, where he was captain.
Coaching career After retiring from playing, he returned to Castleford Tigers as a coach, working as an assistant to head coach Terry Matterson until his departure in 2011.
On 16 May 2014, he left the assistant coach role at the Salford Red Devils to take up the head coach role at Kingstone Press Championship club Featherstone Rovers.
On 25 August 2021, it was announced by Rugby League Deutschland that Andy had been appointed as their new performance director
On 18 October 2025, he coached in their 72-10 win over in Hradec Králové.. A week later he coached to a 32-18 win over . He shares the head coach role with Bob Doughton.
References
External links (archived by web.archive.org) The Teams:England (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk