Danny Ward
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Personal information
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| Full name | Daniel Ward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 June 1980 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 3 February 2016
Source: Rugby League Project
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Danny Ward (born 15 June 1980 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s who at international level played for Great Britain, and at club level for Leeds Rhinos, Castleford Tigers, Hull Kingston Rovers, and Harlequins in Europe's Super League.
Ward is currently Andrew Henderson's assistant coach at the London Broncos since 2015, previously head coach of the u19s.
Ward is the son of former Leeds captain and coach David Ward. He was signed for Leeds from Dewsbury Moor, and made his début as a substitute against Sheffield Eagles in 1999. He was named the Leeds Alliance Player of the Year in 2000, before becoming a regular first team member the following season.
Ward first played at international level for the Great Britain Academy before being selected for John Kear's England Under-21 squad for the tour of South Africa at the end of the 2001 season. England won the First Test 112-6 in the first test and the second 74-14. In 2002 he was selected in the England 'A' squad to play New Zealand at Griffin Park, losing 12-34. He then was part of the squad to tour Fiji and Tonga. One of his highlights in 2002 was a field goal in a victory at the Boulevard on his 21st birthday.
Ward emulated his father by playing in the Challenge Cup Final in 2003. In 2004 he made 14 first team starts and 12 substitute appearances, and scored a try in the 46-28 win over Wakefield. Ward played for the Leeds Rhinos at prop forward in their 2004 Super League Grand Final victory against the Bradford Bulls. In 2004 Ward made the transition into the senior Great Britain team making his début as a substitute against New Zealand in the Tri Nations competition.
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