# Steve Hackney

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**Stephen Thomas Hackney** (born 13 June 1968)[1] is an English former [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) player. A wing he played in England's top division of domestic rugby union for [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham_R.F.C.) and [Leicester Tigers](/source/Leicester_Tigers), and also played in the second division for [Moseley](/source/Birmingham_Moseley_Rugby_Club) and [Waterloo](/source/Waterloo_F.C.).[2][3][4]

He played for England A in 1993, scoring four tries in a match against and played for in the [1995 Hong Kong Sevens](/source/1995_Hong_Kong_Sevens) tournament. He started in the [1997 Heineken Cup Final](/source/1997_Heineken_Cup_Final) for [Leicester Tigers](/source/Leicester_Tigers).

## Career

Hackney joined [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham_R.F.C.) in 1988 after developing a good reputation in university rugby playing for [Loughborough Students](/source/Loughborough_Students_RUFC). He played three seasons in [England's top division](/source/Premiership_Rugby) before moving to fellow midlands side Leicester.

Hackney made his Leicester debut on 14 August 1991 against Edmonton during the club's 1991 pre-season tour to Canada. A productive first season saw Hackney top try scorer with 18 tries in 23 appearances,[5] despite competition from [Rory Underwood](/source/Rory_Underwood) (England's record scorer) and his brother [Tony Underwood](/source/Tony_Underwood). Hackney was top try scorer again in the 1992–93 season with 14 tries in 18 games, though the Underwood brothers were preferred for the [1993 Pilkington Cup](/source/1992-93_Pilkington_Cup) Final,[6] and again in the 1994–95 season with 8 tries in 16 games.[7] He played in 11 of 18 league games, scoring 5 tries as Leicester won the [1994-95 Courage League](/source/1994-95_English_Premiership_(rugby_union)) title.

In 1995-96 Hackney played 33 of 37 games for Leicester, the most of any player that season, and was again top try scorer with 18. He played in his first [Twickenham](/source/Twickenham_Stadium) cup final as Leicester lost the [1996 Pilkington Cup](/source/1995-96_Pilkington_Cup) Final to [Bath](/source/Bath_Rugby), 16–15.[8] During the 1996–97 season Leicester participated in the [Heineken Cup](/source/Heineken_Cup), a European competition, for the first time. Hackney scored against the Scottish Borders in pool play and then opened the scoring in the semi-final with a 7th minute try against [Stade Toulousain](/source/Stade_Toulousain). He started in the [1997 Heineken Cup Final](/source/1997_Heineken_Cup_Final) against [CA Brive](/source/CA_Brive), though Tigers lost 28–9. Hackney played 36 of 46 games during the season, the most of any player, and scored 15 tries second only to Rory Underwood.[9] Despite his regular appearances and scoring record his final Tigers appearance was on 26 April 1997 in a 13–12 defeat to [Harlequins](/source/Harlequin_F.C.) at [Welford Road](/source/Welford_Road_Stadium).

He moved to [Moseley](/source/Birmingham_Moseley_Rugby_Club) in the second division (styled *Premiership 2* that season) for the 1997–98 season but featured in only 5 games before moving mid-season to fellow second division side [Waterloo](/source/Waterloo_F.C.) for the remained of the season and the following campaign.

## Sources

- Farmer, Stuart & Hands, David (2014). *Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club*. The Rugby Development Foundation. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.

## References

1. ["Steve Hackney"](http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/98410.html). ESPNscrum. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

1. ["Steve Hackney Stats stats"](https://rugby.statbunker.com/players/getPlayerStats?player_id=6562). Retrieved 18 April 2020.

1. ["Nottingham Rugby History player roll "H""](https://www.nottinghamrugbyhistory.co.uk/players/players-h/). Retrieved 18 April 2020.

1. Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 371.

1. Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 243.

1. Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 244.

1. Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 249.

1. Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 253.

1. Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 257.

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