Danny Galea

Daniel "Danny" Galea (born 20 September 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers, the Wests Tigers and the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League, and for the Widnes Vikings in the Super League.

Danny Galea
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Galea
Born (1983-09-20) 20 September 1983[1]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight97 kg (15 st 4 lb)[1]
PositionSecond-row, Centre, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–06 Penrith Panthers 66 15 0 0 60
2007–09 Wests Tigers 34 1 0 0 4
2010–11 Canberra Raiders 20 0 0 0 0
2012 Penrith Panthers 14 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Widnes Vikings 51 7 0 0 28
Total 185 23 0 0 92
Source: [2][3][4]

Background

Galea was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Maltese descent.[5]

Galea attended Walters Road Public School and Evans High School, in Blacktown, Sydney, and played junior football with Blacktown City and Emu Plains JRLFC.[5]

Career

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,[6] and at the end of the year agreed to remain at the club for another season.[7] 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.[8]

Galea signed with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on 28 June 2013, after being unable to make the Penrith Panthers first grade side in 2013.[9] He did not play any first-grade at the Bulldogs.

Galea joined the Widnes Vikings in the Super League in 2014. On 4 May 2014, he signed a new deal that will keep him at Widnes for another 2 years.[10] He announced his retirement at the end of the 2015 season.[11]

Career highlights
  • First Grade Debut: 2002 - Round 19, Panthers vs Newcastle Knights at EnergyAustralia Stadium, 21 July
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References
  1. "Danny Galea Widnes Vikings". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. Rugby League Project
  3. loverugbyleague
  4. League Central
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Galea stays with Raiders". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Late deals see Tasi to Broncos, Galea to Dogs". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12228/9297026/super-league-danny-galea-pens-a-new-two-year-deal-with-widnes-vikings
  11. "Danny Galea: Widnes Vikings forward announces retirement". BBC Sport. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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