Dane Campbell (born 26 February 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer from the 2000s.
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| Full name | Dane Mathew Campbell | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 February 1983[1] Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Primarily a halfback, Campbell helped establish the Jamaica Rugby League Association and the Vanuatu national team, coaching the latter.[3][4]
Background
editBorn in Brisbane, Queensland, Campbell played his junior rugby league for the Pine Rivers Bears and Redcliffe Dolphins.[5][6]
He attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.[7]
Playing career
editIn 2000, Campbell represented the Queensland under-17 team.[8] In 2002, Campbell played for Redcliffe in the Queensland Cup before being signed by the North Queensland Cowboys. In 2004, he joined the Easts Tigers, starting at halfback in their Grand Final loss to the Burleigh Bears.[9]
In 2005, Campbell signed with the Newcastle Knights. In Round 9 of the 2005 NRL season, he made his NRL debut in the Knights' 2–32 loss to the Sydney Roosters. He played six games for the club, kicking six goals, before departing at the end of the season.[10][11]
After leaving the Knights, Campbell served as player-coach of the Noosa Pirates before retiring as a player in 2010 due to a head injury.[12]
Post-playing career
editIn 2004, while still an active player, Campbell helped establish the West Indies national rugby league team, who played one international game against South Africa. This subsequently led to the formation of the Jamaica Rugby League Association and the Jamaica national rugby league team.[13][14]
In 2010, he took over as owner and chief administrator of Hurricanes Rugby League, a rugby league team based in Jamaica.[15][16]
In 2011, Campbell became one of the founders of the Vanuatu national rugby league team. On 20 October 2012, he coached the side in their first international, a 14–26 loss to Greece in Port Vila.[17]
In 2016, he joined the Melbourne Storm as a recruitment officer and pathways manager.[18][19] In November 2020, Campbell left the Storm, joining the North Queensland Cowboys as a recruitment officer.[20]
References
edit- ^ "Dane Campbell – Player profile". Archived from the original on 21 June 2005.
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Former Easts Tiger Dane Campbell is taking rugby league to the world". The Courier Mail. 23 October 2012.
- ^ "The Queensland influence that helped Jamaica's rise". QRL. 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Pine Rivers Bears history". Pine Rivers Bears.
- ^ "Dane Campbell". Redcliffe Dolphins.
- ^ "JT would have traded Air Jordans for this..." Odds.com.au. 16 October 2018.
- ^ "2000". 18th Man. 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Best 10 Brisbane or QRL grand finals in past 50 years". The Courier Mail. 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Understrength Roosters still too classy for Knights". ABC. 2 July 2005.
- ^ "Players who made less than 10 appearances for the Club". Newcastle Knights. 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Dane Campbell rushed to hospital". Sunshine Coast Daily. 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Pirate's Caribbean treasure". Daily Mercury. 18 February 2011.
- ^ "Jamaica look to go pro". Rugby League International Scores. 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Matt Johnston (25 March 2011). "Jamaica to benefit from great Dane". Noosa Journal. Archived from the original on 31 March 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ Steve Mascord (30 March 2011). "Rugby League's Calypso King". Rugby League Week. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Melbourne Storm – staff listing". Archived from the original on 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Tech-savvy Storm casting a wide net in search for talent". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Glasby returns to Storm". Melbourne Storm. 20 November 2020.