Daniel Russell (rugby league)

Daniel Russell (born 5 December 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Brisbane Tigers in the Intrust Super Cup and for Papua New Guinea at international level.

For the rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s for Scotland, Manly Sea Eagles, Carlisle and Huddersfield Giants, see Danny Russell (rugby league, born 1969). For the rugby league footballer of the 2000s for Penrith Panthers, see Danny Russell (rugby league, born 1983).

Dan Russell
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Russell
Born (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995
Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Second-row
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 PNG PM's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
2019 Papua New Guinea 9s 3 1 0 0 4
2019 Papua New Guinea 2 0 0 0 0
As of 20 October 2019
Source: [1]

Background

Russell was born in Longreach, Queensland, Australia and is of Papua New Guinean descent through his father, Mark, who was born in Port Moresby and raised in Madang.[2]

Russell played his junior football for Emerald Brothers and attended The Cathedral College, Rockhampton.[3][4]

Playing career

In 2012 and 2013, Russell played for the Central Queensland Capras in the Mal Meninga Cup.[5] In 2014, he joined the Brisbane Broncos NYC side, playing seven games for them in 2015.[6]

In 2016, Russell joined the Souths Logan Magpies, playing for their Queensland Cup side for three seasons.[7] On 6 October 2018, Russell started on the wing for the PNG PM's XIII in their loss to the Australian Prime Minister's XIII.[8]

On 11 October 2018, Russell signed a two-year deal with the North Queensland Cowboys.[9] He did not make his NRL debut in 2019, spending the entire season playing for the Cowboys' Queensland Cup feeder club, the Mackay Cutters. He was elevated into the Cowboy's top 30 squad for the 2020 season, after spending 2019 in the development squad.[10]

On 2 October 2019, Russell represented Papua New Guinea at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s. [11] On 9 November 2019, Russell made his Test debut for Papua New Guinea in their 20–22 loss to Fiji. On 16 November 2019, he started at second-row in Papua New Guinea's 28–10 win over Great Britain in Port Moresby.[12]

In February 2020, Russell was a member of the Cowboys' 2020 NRL Nines winning squad.[13] On 3 October 2020, the Cowboys announced that Russell would be departing the club at the end of the season without ever playing a first grade game. He missed the entire 2020 season after tearing his pectoral muscle.[14] In 2021, he joined the Brisbane Tigers in the Queensland Cup.[15]

Achievements and accolades

Team

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Russell surprised and honoured of selection –". southsloganmagpies.com.au.
  3. gwilliams. "Central Queensalnd pair hope to tackle the rigours of NRL".
  4. "Emerald Brother's product Dan hoping for more after debut".
  5. "Capras Name Side for Round-2 ISC Clash -". www.capras.com.au.
  6. "R". 27 December 2012.
  7. "Forward switch paying off for Russell". 1 August 2016.
  8. "Star lineup named - The National". 25 September 2018.
  9. "Four more signings for Cowboys". 11 October 2018.
  10. https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/sport/nrl/cowboys/cowboys-young-gun-dan-russell-hopes-international-showing-will-catapult-him-into-preseason/news-story/6e036a93780fb643618f47c5ca9ecb70
  11. https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/10/02/olam-segeyaro-and-lam-headline-png-nines-squad/
  12. https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/50357647
  13. https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2020/02/15/nines-final-team-list-round-2-v-sea-eagles/
  14. "Cowboys to farewell five departing players". NQ Cowboys. 3 October 2020.
  15. "How has your team recruited for the 2021 Intrust Super Cup season?". couriermail.com.au. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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