{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Danny Galea |fullname = Daniel Galea |image = Danny Galea.jpg |image_size = |position = {{rlp|SR|CE|LK}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|9|20|df=yes}}<ref name=" Superleague">{{cite web|url= http://www.superleague.co.uk/matchday/player/2030|title= Danny Galea Widnes Vikings|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2015|website= superleague.co.uk|publisher= Rugby Football League|access-date=29 July 2015}}</ref> |birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |height = {{convert|187|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="Superleague"/> |weight = {{convert|97|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}<ref name="Superleague"/> |club1 = Penrith Panthers |year1start = 2002 |year1end = 06 |appearances1 = 66 |tries1 = 15 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 60 |club2 = Wests Tigers |year2start = 2007 |year2end = 09 |appearances2 = 34 |tries2 = 1 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 4 |club3 = Canberra Raiders |year3start = 2010 |year3end = 11 |appearances3 = 20 |tries3 = 0 |goals3 = 0 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 0 |club4 = Penrith Panthers |year4start = 2012 |year4end = |appearances4 = 14 |tries4 = 0 |goals4 = 0 |fieldgoals4 = 0 |points4 = 0 |club5 = Widnes Vikings |year5start = 2014 |year5end = 15 |appearances5 = 51 |tries5 = 7 |goals5 = 0 |fieldgoals5 = 0 |points5 = 28 |retired = yes |source = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/danny-galea/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref><ref>[https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Danny-Galea/ loverugbyleague]</ref><ref>[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/player?playerid=108594&teamid=3416 League Central]</ref> |updated = 17 February 2018 }}
'''Daniel "Danny" Galea''' (born 20 September 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers, the Wests Tigers and the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League, and for the Widnes Vikings in the Super League.
==Background== Galea was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Maltese descent.<ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web |url=http://www.malteserugbyleague.com/fans |title=Fans – Malta Rugby League |accessdate=2009-09-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403015147/http://www.malteserugbyleague.com/fans |archivedate=3 April 2010 }}</ref>
Galea attended Walters Road Public School and Evans High School, in Blacktown, Sydney, and played junior football with Blacktown City and Emu Plains JRLFC.<ref name="Archived copy"/>
==Career== Galea played a handful of games for Penrith Panthers in 2002 & 2003, but from 2004 on was a regular in the starting side, playing in the centres . He joined the Wests Tigers from 2007, with coach Tim Sheens 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,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=21113&raiders-sign-danny-galea |title=Raiders sign Danny Galea – Canberra Raiders |access-date=4 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706111544/http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=21113&raiders-sign-danny-galea |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and at the end of the year agreed to remain at the club for another season.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|title=Galea stays with Raiders|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/galea-stays-with-raiders-20100907-14z4m.html|accessdate=22 October 2010|date=7 September 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=42947&title=galea-to-return-home |title=GALEA TO RETURN HOME – Penrith Panthers |access-date=2 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325043001/http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=42947&title=galea-to-return-home |archive-date=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Galea signed with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on 28 June 2013, after being unable to make the Penrith Panthers first grade side in 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/late-deals-see-tasi-to-broncos-galea-to-dogs-20130628-2p2pv.html| work=The Sydney Morning Herald| title=Late deals see Tasi to Broncos, Galea to Dogs}}</ref> He did not play any first-grade at Canterbury club.
Galea joined the Widnes Vikings 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12228/9297026/super-league-danny-galea-pens-a-new-two-year-deal-with-widnes-vikings |title=Super League: Danny Galea pens a new two-year deal with Widnes Vikings {{!}} Sky Sports |website=www1.skysports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505064239/http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12228/9297026/super-league-danny-galea-pens-a-new-two-year-deal-with-widnes-vikings |archive-date=2014-05-05}}</ref> He announced his retirement at the end of the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Danny Galea: Widnes Vikings forward announces retirement|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/34862592|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=22 February 2016|date=18 November 2015}}</ref>
==Career highlights== *''First Grade Debut:'' 2002 – Round 19, Panthers vs Newcastle Knights at EnergyAustralia Stadium, 21 July
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706111617/http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=nrl-player-profile-display&id=1875&team=Raiders&danny-galea Canberra Raiders profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706113629/http://www.weststigers.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display&id=218&team=Wests+Tigers Danny Galea at ''Wests Tigers''] *[http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/playerstats/playerprofile/tabid/10898/clubid/10/playerid/104/seasonid/10/default.aspx NRL profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819124230/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/playerstats/playerprofile/tabid/10898/clubid/10/playerid/104/seasonid/10/default.aspx |date=19 August 2016 }}
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