Danny Galea

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Danny Galea
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Galea
Born	(1983-09-20) 20 September 1983 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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	14	0	0	0	0
2014–	Widnes Vikings	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	134	16	0	0	64
As of 07 October 2013
Source: League Central, RLP

Danny Galea (born 20 September 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition.

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. In his first season with Wests Tigers he played in just two games. Over the three years he spent at the club, he scored just one try, in what was to be his last appearance.

Galea signed a 1 year deal with the Canberra Raiders on 4 November 2009,^[2] and at the end of the year agreed to remain at the club for another season.^[3] He played in twenty games in his three years with the Raiders, and was a member of the starting side as they lost the last 6 games of 2011.

Danny Galea signed a 2 year deal to return to the Penrith Panthers on 2 September 2011.^[4]

Galea signed with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on 28 June 2013, after being unable to make the Penrith Panthers first grade side in 2013.^[5]

Danny will play for Widnes Vikings in the Super League in 2014.

Career highlights

First Grade Debut: 2002 - Round 19, Panthers vs Newcastle Knights at EnergyAustralia Stadium, 21 July

External links

v t e Widnes Vikings – current squad

2 Isa 3 Phelps 4 Marsh 5 Ah Van 6 Brown 7 Hanbury 8 Johnson 9 Clarke 10 Pickersgill 11 Tickle 12 Allen 13 Cahill 14 Mellor 15 Dean 16 O'Carroll 17 Kavanagh 18 White 19 Galea 20 Flynn 21 Craven 22 Carberry 23 Joseph 24 Leuluai 25 Gerrard 26 Owens 27 Gore 28 Gilmore 29 Lawton 30 Hulme Coach: Betts

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. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
↑ http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=42947&title=galea-to-return-home
↑ http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/late-deals-see-tasi-to-broncos-galea-to-dogs-20130628-2p2pv.html

Persondata
Name	Galea, Danny
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby league player
Date of birth	20 September 1983
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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