Daniel Abraham (rugby league)

Daniel Abraham (born 11 March 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the Newcastle Knights and North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League. He primarily played second-row, lock and five-eighth.

For other people named Daniel Abraham, see Daniel Abraham (disambiguation).

Daniel Abraham
Personal information
Born (1981-03-11) 11 March 1981
Belmont, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
PositionSecond-row, Lock, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–07 Newcastle Knights 100 16 65 0 194
2008 North Queensland 6 1 0 0 4
Total 106 17 65 0 198
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–04 NSW Country 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Background

Born in Belmont, New South Wales, Abraham played his junior football for the Booragul-Teralba Bears and Valentine-Eleebana Red Devils before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.

Playing career

In Round 9 of the 2000 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Penrith Panthers. After playing just 15 games in the NRL, Abraham came off the bench in Newcastle's 2001 NRL Grand Final win against the Parramatta Eels. Having won the 2001 NRL Premiership, the Knights traveled to England to play the 2002 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, the Bradford Bulls. Abraham played at second-row forward in Newcastle's loss. In 2008, Abraham joined the North Queensland Cowboys for a season.

In 2009, Abraham played for the Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Cup. He scored 162 points for the Cutters before leaving the club at the end of the season.[2] In 2010, Abraham returned to Newcastle to play for the Knights' NSW Cup reserve-grade team, the Central Coast Centurions.[3] In 2011, Abraham returned to his junior club Kurri Kurri and captained the team in 2011 and 2012. In September 2012, Abraham played for the Newcastle Knights NSW Cup reserve-grade team in their qualifying finals match against the North Sydney Bears after being rung by coach Rip Taylor.[4][5]

Representative career

In 2003, Abraham was selected for the Country Origin team. He was again selected in 2004.

References
  1. "Daniel Abraham - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Mackay Cutters". QRL. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  3. "Central Coast Centurians". NSWRL. 2010. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  4. "Daniel Abraham returns to red and blue - Newcastle Knights". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  5. "OFFICIAL DEBUT NUMBERS". Newcastle Knights. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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