Dane Tilse

Dane Tilse
Personal information
Nickname Dane The Train, Big Daddy Tilse
Born 24 January 1985
Scone, New South Wales, Australia
Height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004 Newcastle Knights 3 0 0 0 0
2006–2015 Canberra Raiders 201 12 0 0 48
2015–Present Hull KR
Total 204 12 0 0 48
Source:

Dane Tilse (born 24 January 1985, in Scone, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders club, in the National Rugby League (NRL). His position of choice is at prop. At 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) tall Tilse is currently the tallest player in the NRL.

Dane Tilse joined the Canberra Raiders in 2006, after previously being with the Newcastle Knights.

Controversy

Dane Tilse and other Newcastle Knights players were involved in a drunken incident in Bathurst, New South Wales in 2005 in which a 19-year-old woman was sexually assaulted. Although no official complaint was made and police did not lay any charges, the Newcastle board sacked Tilse and issued fines totalling A$50,000 against 12 players over the incident at Charles Sturt University for breaching the club curfew.[1][2] Tilse was also de-registered by the NRL for a period of twelve months.[3]

Amidst the controversy, the Knights terminated 20-year-old Dane Tilse's contract for conduct "contrary and prejudicial to the club and the NRL".

Tilse later apologised for his part in the drunken rampage.[1]

Hull KR

On April 1, 2015 Tilse signed a 2 1⁄2-year contract with Hull Kingston Rovers.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Knights players assaulted me: student". The Age. 2005-02-22. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Police won't press sex charges, says Knights". The Age. 2005-02-22. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  3. ↑ Mascord, Steve and Norrie, Justin (2005-02-22). "One fired, 11 fined after NRL rampage". The Age. Retrieved 2007-12-27.