 Everingham at the2012 Dally M Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1987-01-29)29 January 1987 (age 38) Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:[1] As of 3 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Everingham (born 29 January 1987) is an Australian professional rugby footballer currently playingrugby union for theFukuoka Sanix Blues in the Japanese Second Division Rugby. He previously playedrugby league in theNational Rugby League as athree-quarter back for theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs, and also played for thePhilippines.
Born inNewcastle, New South Wales, Everingham played his junior football for theThornton Beresfield Bears before being signed by theManly-Warringah Sea Eagles.[citation needed] Everingham has a Filipino mother and Australian father.[2]
Everingham played for the Sea Eagles'NSW Cup reserve-grade team in 2006[3] before moving on to theWestern Suburbs Magpies, also in theNSW Cup. In 2010,Wests Tigers coachTim Sheens asked Everingham to come and train with the first-grade team 2 days a week. However, he could not break into theNRL.
In 2011, Everingham signed a 1-year contract with theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs after new Souths coachMichael Maguire was impressed by a highlights package of Everingham that was sent to a number of clubs.[4] In Round 3 of the2012 NRL season he made hisNRL debut for the Rabbitohs againstPenrith Panthers. He scored a try on debut, in just the second minute of the game with his first touch of the ball. He then scored at least one try in his next four games including two tries in three of those games, giving him one of the most successful starts to a career in terms of try-scoring of all time.[5][6] On 4 May 2012, Everingham re-signed with the Rabbitohs for 1 year.[7]
In July 2012, Everingham confirmed his availability to play for thePhilippines national rugby league team in the post season,[8] and made his debut in the Asian Cup in 2013.[9]
With the2013 NRL season drawing to a close, questions on whether or not South Sydney would re-sign him emerged. Everingham showed interest in staying with much improved Bunnies.[10] By this time, Japanese Rugby Union teams have expressed interest in signing Everingham due to his Asian passport.
On 20 August 2013, it was announced that Japanese 2nd division Rugby Union sideFukuoka Sanix Blues had successfully procured Everingham's services for the coming season to start on October of the same year. Everingham was reported to have been offered a $500,000 per year contract; almost four times an extension contract from the South Sydney which was at $130,000.[11]