Daniel "Danny" Hughes (born 10 December 1986) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er in the

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(AFL). He was recruited from Sandringham (VFL) via

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and the

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with the 25th selection in the 2006 AFL Rookie Draft, before being delisted at the end of the 2007 season. After missing most of the 2008 season with a hip injury, he was redrafted onto Melbourne's rookie list, with selection 33 in the 2009 Rookie Draft and was retained for the 2010 season. He plays as a small-medium forward and has played for both the

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and

Casey Scorpions The Casey Football Club, nicknamed the "Demons" and formerly the "Scorpions", is an Australian rules football club based in Cranbourne East, Victoria. The club, which was known until 2005 as the Springvale Football Club and the Casey Scorpions ( ...

in the

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whilst on the Melbourne list. Hughes finally made his AFL debut, over four years after he was first drafted, in Round 7 of the 2010 season against the

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at the

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, replacing

Ricky Petterd Ricky Petterd (born 24 July 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Petterd was drafted to with the 30th overall ...

, who was injured the previous week. He kicked one goal in his debut game and played the following week against

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, when he again kicked one goal. Hughes was dropped after the match against West Coast and did not play another match in Melbourne's senior team for the remainder of the 2010 season. He was delisted by Melbourne at the end of the 2010 season.

References

External links

Profile at Melbournefc.com.au
* 1986 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Living people Sandringham Football Club players Melbourne Football Club players Casey Demons players Sandringham Dragons players Box Hill Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub