Danny Galea
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Galea | |||||
| Nickname | DG | |||||
| Born | 20 September 1983 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Second-row, Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2002–2006 | Penrith Panthers | 66 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2007–2009 | Wests Tigers | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010–2011 | Canberra Raiders | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012– | Penrith Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 120 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 | |
| As of 2nd September 2011 | ||||||
| Source: League Central, RLP | ||||||
Danny Galea (born 20 September 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition.
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[edit] Biography
Galea attended Walters Road Public School and Evans High School, in Blacktown, Sydney, and played junior football with Blacktown City and Emu Plains JRLFC. He is of Maltese descent.[1]
Galea played a handful of games for Penrith Panthers in 2002 & 2003, but from 2004 on was a regular in the starting side, playing in the centres . He joined the Wests Tigers from 2007, with coach Tim Sheens playing him in the back row, mostly from the bench.
Galea signed a 1 year deal with the Canberra Raiders on the 4th of November 2009,[2] and at the end of the year agreed to remain at the club for another season.[3]
Danny Galea signed a 2 year deal to return to the Penrith Panthers on the 2nd September 2011. [4]
[edit] Career highlights
- First Grade Debut: 2002 - Round 19, Panthers vs Newcastle Knights at EnergyAustralia Stadium, 21 July
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.malteserugbyleague.com/fans
- ^ http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=21113&raiders-sign-danny-galea
- ^ "Galea stays with Raiders". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 September 2010. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/galea-stays-with-raiders-20100907-14z4m.html. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=42947&title=galea-to-return-home
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