.jpg) Fitzhenry in 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Daniel Thomas Fitzhenry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (age 45) Macksville, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing, Five-eighth, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Fitzhenry (born 8 December 1979) is an Australian former professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played for theWests Tigers in theNRL andHull Kingston Rovers in theSuper League. He primarily played on thewing.
Fitzhenry playedJersey Flegg for theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs and had spent a period playing with Limoux Rugby League in France before being injured in a car accident.[citation needed]
After coming through the joint ventureWests Tigers' ranks withWestern Suburbs, Fitzhenry made his début in theNational Rugby League playing atcentre in Round 14 of the2002 NRL season against thePenrith Panthers at Leichhardt Oval.[citation needed]
Fitzhenry played atfullback for several games in 2002. His versatility has seen him play off the bench, ashooker and once ashalfback (2004 againstCanterbury-Bankstown. Injuries to the club's first choice playerBenji Marshall saw Fitzhenry used as a makeshift 5/8th at times.[citation needed]
Fitzhenry was a member ofWests Tigers team that won the2005 NRL Grand Final, defeatingNorth Queensland 30–16. He scored a try in the 63rd minute to give Wests a 12-point lead. He also scored a try in the2006 World Club Challenge which the Tigers lost to Bradford.
Fitzhenry held the record for the most tries scored by a player at the Wests Tigers, with 43, before being surpassed by Benji Marshall in 2010.[citation needed]
In 2010, Fitzhenry returned to the Wests Tigers after two seasons playing withHull Kingston Rovers.[1] He played in 18 games during the season, but was often named as a reserve back, getting little time on the field.
At the end of the season, Fitzhenry retired from the NRL, signing a two-year contract to captain-coach Southcity in theGroup 9 competition.[2][3] He won a premiership in his first season with the club.[4][5][6]
