Danny Brough

Danny 'The Rough' Brough
Personal information


Full name	Daniel Brough
Born	15 January 1983 (1983-01-15) (age 29) Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	83 kg (13 st 1 lb) ^[1]
Playing information
Position	Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003	York City Knights	17	5	91	2	204
2005–06	Hull	37	3	85	1	183
2006–07	Castleford Tigers	35	12	153	4	358
2008–2010	Wakefield Wildcats	48	14	168	4	396
2010–-	Huddersfield Giants	36	10	72	3	187
	Total	173	44	569	14	1328
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–2008	Scotland	7	3	15	1	43
As of 13th March 2011
Source: Rugby League Project ^*In 2007 Brough played for the Castleford Tigers in National League One.

Danny Brough (born 15 January 1983) is a Dewsbury born English international rugby league footballer.

Danny Brough plays for the Huddersfield Giants in Super League. He has also played for the Scotland.^[2] He is also the current coach of the Huddersfield amateur team Emley Moor ARLFC who compete in the Pennine League

Brough's usual position is half-back, stand-off, and in some cases hooker.

Danny Brough has a wealth of experience at a number of clubs, he started his playing career in Wakefield's academy set up, subsequently signing for Dewsbury Rams, Castleford Tigers, York City Knights and Hull before playing for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats before joining current club Huddersfield Giants.

Brough starred with four goals and a drop-goal in Hull's 2005 Challenge Cup win over Leeds Rhinos, with many claiming he was unlucky not to win the Lance Todd Trophy.

Brough also helped Castleford Tigers gain promotion back into SL in 2007, having lowered his wages to play in the NL1 competition. He subsequently won the man of the match award in the Grand Final - but chose to leave the club to join the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and will play against the Tigers in 2008.The first meeting for wildcats vs Tigers were in March were Brough scored his first try of the season. He continued to haunt his old club this time at The Jungle when he scored his second try of the season . He also scored nine goals against them at Millennium stadium.

Brough went on to win the Albert Goldthorpe Medal for his consistent ability to perform throughout the 2008 season. Known for his attacking strive, Danny Brough also topped the number of attacking kicks from any other Super League player in 2008.

On 24 March 2010 Brough moved to Huddersfield Giants.^[3]

References

^ "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. http://www.giantsrl.com/locker_room/first_team/player?player=danny-brough. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
^ http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/10/09/09/RUGBYL_Scotland.html
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wakefield/8568233.stm

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Huddersfield Giants – current squad

1 Grix
2 Lawrence
3 Cudjoe
4 Gilmour
5 D. Hodgson
6 Brown
7 Brough
8 Crabtree
9 Robinson
10 D.Griffin
11 O'Donnell
12 Faiumu
14 Lunt
15 Mason
16 Raleigh
17 Kirmond
18 Patrick
19 Horne
20 McGillvary
21 J.Griffin
22 Carlile
23 Wood
24 Walker
25 E.Hodgson
26 Cording
27 Fairbank
28 McNally
29 Wardle
30 Dawson
31 Johnson
32 Molloy
33 Peltier
35 Sarsfield
36 Simpson
Coach: Brown

Scotland squad – 2008 Rugby League World Cup

Brough (C) Armit Colton Coupar Cowan Duffy Fisher A. Henderson I. Henderson K. Henderson Howieson Jackson Liddell Logan Lowe McConnell MacGillivray Morrison Morton Nanyn Paterson Robertson Steel Wilkes Coach: McCormack

Hull F.C. squad – 2005 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Motu Tony 2 Nathan Blacklock 3 Kirk Yeaman 4 Richard Whiting 5 Gareth Raynor 6 Richard Horne 7 Danny Brough 8 Ewan Dowes 9 Richard Swain (c) 10 Garreth Carvell 11 Shayne McMenemy 12 Stephen Kearney 13 Paul Cooke 14 Paul King 15 Jamie Thackray 16 Tommy Saxton 17 Chris Chester Coach: John Kear

Persondata
Name	Brough, Danny
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Date of birth	15 January 1983
Place of birth	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Date of death
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