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Daniel Wagon
Australian rugby league player

Daniel Wagon

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Australian rugby league player
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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48 years
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Biography

Daniel Wagon (born 30 April 1976 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player and coach, who currently coaches Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship and plays for the Aston DSC Bulls in the AMNRL. He primarily plays in the back row. He previously played for the St. George Dragons and Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League where he started his career out in the centres before moving to the back row.

NRL career

He played his junior rugby league for New South Wales junior side Maclean, Wagon was selected to represent Queensland as five-eighth for all three games of the 2001 State of Origin series. At the end of the season he played for the Parramatta Eels at lock forward in their 2001 NRL grand final loss to the Newcastle Knights.

France

He joined French rugby leagues Elite One Championship for the 2009 season where he played for the Limoux Grizzlies. He finished playing in France at the beginning of April.

Return to Australia

He returned to Australia in 2009 with the Gundagai Tigers in the Group 9 rugby league competition before moving to the States.

United States

Wagon was one of the international players invited to the launch of the proposed NRLUS competition in the United States in July 2010. He also joined the Aston Bulls of the semi-professional American National Rugby League (AMNRL), making him the highest profile player in the AMNRL. He is due to arrive in May 2010 to begin training with the club in preparation for their first match for the Philadelphia Fight.

Career highlights

  • First Grade Debut: for St. George against Illawarra, on 22 March 1997 (Round 3)
  • Origin Selection: for Queensland Origin, 2001
  • Test Selection: for the Kangaroo Tour of England in 2001, though he did not play a game on the three test tour.
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