Danny Williams (rugby league footballer)

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Danny Williams

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Williams
Date of birth	4 September, 1973
Place of birth	Hornsby, Australia
Height	1.85 m
Weight	97 kg
Position	Second row
Club information
Current club	Harlequins
Number	14
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1993-97 1998-2004 2004-present	North Sydney Bears Melbourne Harlequins	66 (14) 146 (96) ??
Representative teams**
??	Ireland	??
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 26 August 2006. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 26 August 2006.

Danny Williams (born 4 September 1973 in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian-born Irish ex-rugby league player who currently works for the Harlequins Rugby League club's coaching staff. He retired from playing at the end of Super League XI.

Contents 1 Playing Career 1.1 North Sydney 1.2 Melbourne 1.3 Harlequins

[edit] Playing Career

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 July 17, 2004, during round 19 of the 2004 NRL season, Danny Williams king-hit Wests Tigers' player Mark O'Neill in what seemed to be a random off-ball attack. Williams defended the incident even 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.

[edit] 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 the next year to join the club's coaching staff.