Name Daniel Wagon Awards Dally M Award Best Lock Weight 98 kg | Height 1.87 m Role Rugby Player | |
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Similar People Stephen Kearney, Brad Arthur, Ricky Stuart | ||
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.
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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.