Darcy Lussick

Darcy Lussick
Personal information
Born (1989-06-06) 6 June 1989
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–12 Manly Sea Eagles 31 1 0 0 4
2013–15 Parramatta Eels 53 0 0 0 0
2016– Manly Sea Eagles 28 0 0 0 0
Total 112 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–16 NSW City 2 0 0 0 0
As of 25 July 2016
Source: [1][2]

Darcy Lussick is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Parramatta Eels. In Lussick's first year at the Parramatta eels he won the prestigious Ken Thornett NRL Players' Player Medal 2013.

Rugby league career

Lussick played his junior football for the Beacon Hill Bears. He also played for the Manly Sea Eagles S.G. Ball side in 2007.

2011-12: career with Manly

Lussick made his debut game in Round 14 2011 against the North Queensland Cowboys, a game which the Sea Eagles ran out easy 24-4 winners at Brookvale Oval against the previously in-form Cowboys.[3] Lussick is also known for his part in the "Brookvale Brawl" which resulted in a three-game suspension temporarily stalling his career. 2011 saw Manly win the premiership.

2013-2015: career with Parramatta

On 14 June 2012, Lussick signed a 3-year deal with the Parramatta Eels. Lussick won the Ken Thornett NRL Players' Player Medal. At the Eels Lussick become an ambassador for Midas, The Kellyville Bushrangers and made an appearance on The Footy Show. 2013 saw Lussick win multiple players' players awards. At the end of the 2013 season Lussick had an over due groin operation which he played most of the season with.

In March 2014, Lussick was suspended for 4 matches due to a tackle on a Sydney Roosters player, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.[4]

At the end of his playing time with Parramatta, Lussick had played 53 games and had scored no tries. He was also a member of the Parramatta side which finished last in 2013.[5]

2015

On 18 August 2015, Lussick signed a 3-year contract to return to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2016.[6]

2017

On 21 May 2017, Lussick was sin binned for an illegal shoulder charge on a North Sydney player when he was playing for Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles vs North Sydney at North Sydney Oval.[7][8]

On 16 July 2017, while Lussick was playing for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles against the Wests Tigers, Lussick pulled Wests Tigers captain Aaron Woods' hair. Lussick was charged with contrary conduct by the NRL, entered an early guilty plea, and was fined $1350.[9] [10]

On 23 July 2017, Lussick was sin binned in Manly's 52-22 loss against The St George Illawarra Dragons for punching St George player Jack De Belin. [11].

Personal life

Lussick was named as Care Flight Ambassador, the Parramatta Eels new charity partner for 2014. Darcy is the older brother of Joey Lussick who plays hooker with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.[12]

References

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