Daniel "Danny" Galea (born 20 September 1983) is an Australian former professional

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footballer who played for the

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrit ...

, the

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture ...

and the

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in the

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, and for the

Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at the Halton Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twenty-two r ...

in the Super League.

Background

Galea was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Maltese descent. Galea attended Walters Road Public School and Evans High School, in

Blacktown Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Great ...

, Sydney, and played junior football with Blacktown City and Emu Plains JRLFC.

Career

Galea played a handful of games for

in 2002 & 2003, but from 2004 on was a regular in the starting side, playing in the centres . He joined the

from 2007, with coach

Tim Sheens Tim Sheens (born 30 October 1950) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. Head Coach of the Australia national team between 2009 and 2015, he has also been the head coach of National Rugby League (NRL) clubs ...

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 one-year deal with the Canberra Raiders on 4 November 2009, and at the end of the year agreed to remain at the club for another season. 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. Galea signed a two-year deal to return to the Penrith Panthers on 2 September 2011. Galea signed with the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilit ...

on 28 June 2013, after being unable to make the Penrith Panthers first grade side in 2013. He did not play any first-grade at Canterbury club. Galea joined the

in the Super League in 2014. On 4 May 2014, he signed a new deal that will keep him at Widnes for another two years. He announced his retirement at the end of the 2015 season.

Career highlights

*''First Grade Debut:'' 2002 – Round 19, Panthers vs

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, 21 July

References

External links

Canberra Raiders profileDanny Galea at ''Wests Tigers''NRL profile
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