Danny Buderus

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Danny Buderus

Personal information
Full name Danny Buderus
Nickname Bedsy
Born February 6, 1978 (1978-02-06) (age 30)
Taree, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 91 kg (14 st 5 lbs)
Playing information
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998–2008 Newcastle Knights 222 58 0 0 232
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001–2008 Country Origin 5 1 0 0 4
2002–2008 New South Wales 21 2 0 0 8
2001–2008 Australia 24 2 0 0 8
As of 24 August 2008
Source: NRL Stats and Rugby League Project

Danny Buderus (born 6 February 1978 in Taree, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League premiership. He is the incumbent New South Wales captain, and hooker and a former captain for the Australian national team.

He will join Leeds Rhinos the European Super League champions from the 2009 season.[1]

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[edit] Year by year

  • 1993 - Playing for local club Taree United
  • 1995 - Danny signed to the Newcastle Knights as a teenager

While attending Hamilton St. Francis Xavier, Buderus played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1995.[2]

  • 1997 - He attended the Knight's Premiership victory ticker tape parade in Newcastle as one of the club's up and coming stars, despite playing no part in the entire season.
  • 1998 - Made his NRL debut against the Auckland Warriors
  • 2001 - A member of the Newcastle Knights Premiership winning team. Mid season made his international debut for the Kangaroos.
  • 2002 - State of Origin selection, for the first match against Queensland. Named NRL 'Hooker of the Year'.
  • 2003 - Buderus played a pivotal role in Newcastle making the Semi-Finals, and ends the season again named 'Hooker of the Year'.
  • 2004 - Awarded the 2004 Dally M Medal for the best player in the NRL (the first Hooker to be awarded the medal). Named in the 'NRL Team of the Year', and 'Hooker of the Year'. Club form and leadership capability led to the captaincy of the NSW State of Origin team. Steered the Blues to a 2-1 victory over Queensland. After a toe ligament injury in round 21 he played in pain for the rest of the season.
  • 2005 - Led NSW to a 2-1 victory in the 2005 State of Origin Series.
  • 2006 - Although NSW were defeated 2-1 in the State of Origin Series, Buderus confirmed his position as one of the top players in the game with a phenomenal individual performance in the 3rd game.
  • 2007 - Played his 200th NRL game in Round 14 against the Canberra Raiders
  • 2008 - Announced 2008 will be his last season for Newcastle after working out a deal with the Leeds Rhinos to finish his career in England[3]

In August, 2008, Buderus was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup despite comments by Kangaroos' coach, Ricky Stuart, that he would not select players leaving Australia to play in England in 2009.[4][5] Announced his retirement from the NRL on 25 August due to a season-ending bicep injury.

[edit] Records

[edit] References

  1. ^ "2009 NRL Player Movements". NRL Live (2008-10-04). Retrieved on 2008-10-04.
  2. ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved on 2008-10-10.
  3. ^ "Rhinos sign Aussie star Buderus", BBC News (2008-03-13). Retrieved on 2008-03-13. 
  4. ^ Liam FitzGibbon (2008-08-01). "Surprises in Kangaroos squad", "Fox Sports News (Australia)". Retrieved on 2008-08-02. 
  5. ^ "Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad". International Herald Tribune (2008-08-01). Retrieved on 2008-08-02.

[edit] Sources

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