Danny Brough

Danny Brough
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Brough
Born (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 (age 41)
Thornhill, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight12 st 8 lb (80 kg)[1]
PositionScrum-half, Stand-off, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–03 Dewsbury Rams 37 4 33 5 87
2003–04 York City Knights 53 20 265 6 616
2005–06 Hull F.C. 43 3 95 2 204
2006–07 Castleford Tigers 35 12 153 4 358
2008–10 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 57 19 204 5 489
2010–18 Huddersfield Giants 247 51 793 25 1815
2019–20 Wakefield Trinity 26 2 76 5 165
2021 Bradford Bulls 13 2 48 5 109
Total 511 113 1667 57 3843
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–17 Scotland 25 4 58 2 134
2012 England 1 0 2 0 4
Source: [2][3][4][5]

Danny Brough (born 15 January 1983) is a Scottish former professional rugby league footballer who played as a stand-off, scrum-half or hooker.

Brough started his professional career in 2002 with Dewsbury Rams in the second tier before moving to York City Knights a year later. Brough made his Super League debut in 2005 after signing for Hull F.C. (Heritage No. 1030), winning the Challenge Cup final with the club in the same season. After spending a season with Castleford Tigers (Heritage No. 859) in 2007's National League One, he returned to the Super League with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage No. 1256) before switching to the Huddersfield Giants in 2010. After a second spell with Wakefield, he finished his career at Bradford Bulls in 2021.

Brough also played at international level for England and Scotland, being eligible to play for the latter through his grandfather, and won a Scottish record 25 caps.

  1. ^ "Huddersfield Giants 1st Team Danny Brough". Huddersfield Giants web site. Huddersfield Giants. 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Statistics at Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ Huddersfield Giants Profile