Danny McGuire
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Personal information
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| Full name | Daniel McGuire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Maggs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 December 1982 Leeds, England |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 12 lb (88 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Stand-off, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Danny McGuire is an English rugby league footballer who currently plays for Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. A Great Britain and England international representative Stand-off, he has played his entire professional career to date with the Rhinos, winning a total of seven Super League championships and two Challenge Cups. He was the first player to score 200 tries in Super League and is currently the highest try-scorer in the competition's history, surpassing former team-mate Keith Senior in 2012.
McGuire signed for the Rhinos from local team East Leeds ARLFC. McGuire impressed for the Academy side & made his debut for the Rhinos 1st team at Headingley Stadium against the Salford City Reds at the 6th of July 2001.
By the start of the 2003 Super League season, McGuire had established himself as a first-team regular.
But it was the 2004 season when McGuire really showed what he could do. He ended the season having scored 39 tries in all competitions, including a Super League record of 5 in one match against the Widnes Vikings. It was just one fewer than the Super League's Top Try Scorer, Bradford's Lesley Vainikolo, scored that season. McGuire's superb form resulted in him being awarded the Rugby League Writers Association Player of the Year and resulted in him being named in the 2004 Tetley’s Super League Dream Team. McGuire played for the Leeds Rhinos in the half-backs in their 2004 Super League Grand Final victory against the Bradford Bulls, scoring a try, ending a 32-year wait for the Championship. On the back of his superb season in 2004, McGuire was named in the Great Britain squad for the Tri-Nations tournament. He made his debut off the bench in Great Britain's first game defeat against Australia.
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