Phil Daley

Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Phil Daley
fullname = Phil Daley
nickname = Milton

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year1start = 1985
year1end = 1989
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points1 = 4
club2 = leagueicon|Gold Coast Chargers|16 Gold Coast Seagulls
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yearAstart = 1986
yearAend = 1988
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source = [http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Phil_Daley.html Rugby League Project] and [http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Phil-Daley_2238.aspx Yesterday's Hero]

Phil Daley (born 1964) is an Australian former premiership winning and representative rugby league player. His club career was played with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Gold Coast Chargers. His position of choice was at prop forward.

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. He returned in time for the major semi-final and played in Manly's victorious 1987 premiership side.

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. 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. [cite web|publisher="Big League Grand Final Souvenir Programme"|title=Phil's 19 years of hard labour!|url=http://soaringseaeagles.tripod.com/players/daleyp.htm |accessdate=2007-10-30|date=1987-9-27]

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. The Maroon's Wally Lewis ran in to take issue with Daley, and an all-in brawl ensued. 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.cite news|publisher="Courier Mail"|title=Dad's spotlight on Daley|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20729686-5003411,00.html |accessdate=2007-10-30|date=2006-11-10] He was replaced by Steve Hanson.

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.

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.cite news|publisher="Courier Mail"|title=Dad's spotlight on Daley|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20729686-5003411,00.html |accessdate=2007-10-30|date=2006-11-10]

Footnotes

External links

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