| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Phil Daley | |
| Nickname(s) | Milton | |
| Occupation(s) | Policeman | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Harbord St Augustine's |
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| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1985–1989 & 1992 1990–1991 |
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Gold Coast Chargers |
106 (4) 20 (0) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1986–1988 1987–1988 |
Australia New South Wales |
10 (0) 3 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Phil Daley (born 1964) is an Australian former premiership winning and representative rugby league player. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games His club career was played with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Gold Coast Chargers. The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney Gold Coast were a Rugby league team which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby His position of choice was at prop forward. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench
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Club career
A Manly junior, Daley played for New South Wales schoolboys and for Sydney, New South Wales and Australia in under-18 representative sides. He was graded by Manly in 1983 and debuted in first grade in 1985.
After breaking his jaw in State of Origin in 1987 Daley then spent five weeks on the sidelines at the end of the 1987 season as Manly made their charge towards the Grand Final. A Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sporting term used to describe a final that decides a league champion He returned in time for the major semi-final and played in Manly's victorious 1987 premiership side. 1987 's New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the eightieth season of professional Rugby league football in Australia
He left Manly after the difficult 1989 season and played 19 games for the Gold Coast in 1990 and 1991. He returned to Manly for some lower grade games in 1992 but retired that year atfer 106 appearances for the club
Representative career
Daley was selected for the 1986 Kangaroo tour and played in seven minor tour matches but no Tests. Kangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian Rugby league tours of Great Britain and France He played in three State of Origin matches for New South Wales including the 1987 Exhibition Game in Los Angeles in which he fractured his jaw. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues The New South Wales Rugby League team represents the state of New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition against arch-rivals Queensland [1]
In Origin game II of 1988, Daley sparked an uproar at Lang Park when he was sin-binned for a dangerous high-tackle on Greg Conescu. Lang Park, presently known as Suncorp Stadium, is a rectangular sporting stadium located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Greg "Turtle" Conescu (born 24 May, 1960) is an Australian former professional Rugby league footballer who represented at both state The Maroon's Wally Lewis ran in to take issue with Daley, and an all-in brawl ensued. The Queensland State of Origin team is a Rugby league team representing the state of Queensland that plays in Australia's annual three-match State of Origin Walter James "Wally" Lewis AM (born 1 December 1959 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former Daley was sin-binned as was Wally Lewis. Hundreds of beer cans were hurled onto the ground by irate Queensland supporters. It was the last time Daley represented New South Wales as, a few days before game III, Daley was sacked from the team because he left the Origin camp to visit his pregnant wife. [2]
Daley represented for Australia at Test level in the first and second Tests of the 1988 Ashes series and in the one-off Test of 1988 against Papua New-Guinea. The Ashes is the name given to the trophy awarded to the winner of Rugby league test series between Great Britain and Australia.
Footballing family
Phil Daley is the son of Doug Daley, a former Manly-Warringah player as well as the treasurer and secretary of the club. Phil Daley's son, Ben, plays Rugby union for the Queensland Reds. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short The Queensland Reds (for sponsorship reasons referred to as QR Queensland Reds) represent Queensland in the sport of Rugby union. [2]
Footnotes
- ^ Phil's 19 years of hard labour!. Big League Grand Final Souvenir Programme (1987-9-27). Retrieved on 2007-10-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge.
- ^ a b "Dad's spotlight on Daley", Courier Mail, 2006-11-10. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Retrieved on 2007-10-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge.
External links
- Phil Daley at the State of Origin official website. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues
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