Danny Williams (rugby league born 1973)

For the Leeds Rhinos and England player, see Danny Williams (rugby). For the Bulldogs player, see Danny Williams (rugby league born 1986 in Australia).

Danny Williams

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Williams
Born	4 September 1973 (1973-09-04) Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Position	Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1993–97	North Sydney Bears	66	3	0	0	12
1998–04	Melbourne Storm	146	24	1	0	98
2005–06	Harlequins	39	4	0	0	16
	Total	251	31	1	0	126
Source: NRL Stats

Danny Williams (born 4 September 1973 in Hornsby, New South Wales) is an Australian retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He retired from playing at the end of Super League XI following two seasons with Harlequins Rugby League. He was an Irish international.

Playing career

While attending Umina High School in 1991, Williams was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.

North Sydney

Danny Williams first joined the North Sydney Bears in 1993. He made a total of 66 appearances for the club, scoring 3 tries and 1 goal.

Melbourne

After his spell at the Bears, Williams joined the Melbourne Storm in 1998. In 1999 Williams came off the bench in the Melbourne Storm's 20-18 Grand Final victory over the St George Illawarra Dragons.

On 17 July 2004, during round 19 of the 2004 NRL season, Danny Williams king-hit Wests Tigers' player Mark O'Neill. Williams defended the incident, using four medical experts to argue on his behalf that he was suffering post traumatic amnesia when the incident occurred, which he claims was the result of a high tackle by O'Neill just prior to the incident. Despite Williams' claim he was suspended for eighteen weeks by the NRL judiciary. Even if Williams decided to head overseas the ban would still apply. After the decision was made Williams stated that he was "obviously disappointed with the outcome." It was the longest suspension in Australian rugby league since Steve Linnane was suspended for twenty weeks for eye-gouging in 1987. In total he made 146 appearances for the club but was released after his ban, and signed for London Broncos (now known as Harlequins RL) in England's Super League.

Harlequins

After signing for the Harlequins, Williams missed the opening rounds of the 2005 season following the suspension given to him by the NRL judiciary. He made his debut for the club over the Easter period in 2005, and retired from playing at the end of the following year.

External links

• Danny Williams Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.com