- The Observer,
- Sunday July 22 2001
Born October 1973 Wallasey, Merseyside
Height 5ft 10in
Weight 14st 4lbs
Clubs Birkenhead Park, Waterloo, Orrell and Leicester (joined 1996)
Positions Wing, scrum-half and fly-half
England caps 32
England debut v Ireland, February 1997
Lions debut v South Africa, 1997 (replacement)
February 1999 London Irish cite Healey for stamping on Kevin Putt in Premiership match. Banned by Leicester for 21 days and forced out of England's Five Nations opener against Scotland. Banned for eight weeks by RFU and misses remainder of 1999 Five Nations programme.
1999 Recalled by England coach Clive Woodward for World Cup campaign and voted both Leicester and Premiership player of season.
2001 Wins hat-trick of English championships with Leicester. Threatens to quit Leicester unless he is installed as first-choice fly-half but later retracts statement, claiming he was drunk when it was made. Causes a furore with his newspaper columns on Lions tour
