Danny Wicks
Wicks while playing for the Knights in 2009.
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| Nickname | Wicksy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 December 1985 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Danny Wicks (born 5 December 1985) is a retired Australian professional rugby league footballer. He played at prop. Wicks played in the NRL for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights and Parramatta Eels. From September 2011 to March 2013, he served an eighteen-month prison sentence for trafficking drugs.
Born in Grafton, New South Wales, Wicks played his junior football for the Grafton Ghosts, before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
In 2006, Wicks played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons New South Wales Cup team.
In Round 10 of the 2006 NRL season, Wicks made his NRL debut for the Dragons against the New Zealand Warriors. He scored a try on debut.
In 2007, Wicks signed a 3-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2008, following Brian Smith's clean out of the club.
In December 2009, Wicks was arrested for supplying prohibited drugs and possession of prohibited drugs. After being released on bail, he quit the Knights "so the club can move forward".
In 2010, Wicks played for the Grafton Ghosts while his matter was in the courts, eventually being sentenced to eighteen months in prison.
In May 2014, Wicks' agent started approaching clubs about the possibility of signing him to a contract for 2015, with his four-year WADA suspension for drugs ending in September 2014. During his stay in prison, Wicks lost 20 kilograms to get back to his old playing weight of 106 kilograms. On 30 October 2014, he signed a 1-year contract with the Parramatta Eels starting in 2015. He made his return to the NRL in Round 2 of the 2015 NRL season against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. On 11 April 2015, he re-signed with the Eels on a 1-year contract. In August Wicks resigned on a two-year deal with the eels
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