Daryl Millard

Daryl Millard
Personal information
Nickname Magic
Born 20 February 1985 (1985-02-20) (age 27)
Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006 St. George Illawarra 12 4 0 0 16
2007–2009 Bulldogs 47 16 0 0 64
2010–11 Wakefield Wildcats 23 11 0 0 44
2011– Catalans Dragons 0 0 0 0 0
Total 82 31 0 0 124
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008 Fiji 4 0 0 0 0

Daryl Millard (born 20 February 1985) is an Australian rugby league player of Fijian descent who currently plays for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the European Super League. He previously played for the Bulldogs and the St George Illawarra Dragons.

His father Shane Millard is a former reserve-grade coach for the St George Dragons,[2] and his younger brother Ryan Millard plays for the Shellharbour City Dragons in the New South Wales Cup and is also a Fijian international.[3]

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Playing career

Millard was a Renown United junior.[2] Millard made his first grade début for the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2006, scoring four tries in the season [1]. He has played centre, wing and fullback in Jersey Flegg and Premier League and has established himself as a centre in first grade. He joined the Bulldogs in 2007.

In 2010, Millard joined the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats team in the English Super League competition on a 2-year contract. He effectively replaced Ryan Atkins who joined the Warrington Wolves.[4]

After signing for Catalans Dragons, he impressed so much that he got given a new deal until the end of the 2012 season. [5]

International career

Millard was named in the Fiji training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[6][7] He was named in the Fiji squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Dragons Catalans". web page. Dragons Catalans S.A.S.P. 2011. http://www.catalansdragons.com/index.php?article=Millard_Darryl. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Brown, Alex (12 September 2006). "Dragons ball boy now carrying his side's hopes". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/dragons-ball-boy-now-carrying-his-sides-hopes/2006/09/11/1157826876845.html. Retrieved 27 August 2009. 
  3. ^ "Millard eyes Bati". Fiji Times. 03-01-2010. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=136601. Retrieved 06-04-2010. 
  4. ^ http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=34452
  5. ^ [http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=22736, 1st July 2011.
  6. ^ "Bati pencil in new Newcastle pace ace Uate". Fiji Times Online. 2008-08-01. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=96697. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  7. ^ "Fijian preliminary squad". RLWC08.com. 2008-08-06. http://www.rlwc08.com/news/news/archive/2008/08/06/fijian-preliminary-squad.aspx. Retrieved 2008-08-02. 
  8. ^ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 2008-10-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7658506.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 

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