Rugby league cult hero Terry Hill dies aged 52

Rugby league is mourning the death of cult hero Terry Hill. (Colin Whelan/AAP PHOTOS)

Rugby league is mourning the loss of one of the game's cult heroes of the 1990s and 2000s, after Terry Hill died at age 52 while in the Philippines.

A NSW State of Origin and Kangaroos Test centre, Hill won a premiership at Manly in 1996 and played 246 first-grade games for five clubs.