Name Darcy Lussick Salary 450,000 AUD (2014) Role Rugby Player Parents Jason Lussick | Height 1.92 m Siblings Joey Lussick Weight 110 kg | |
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Darcy Lussick Speaks to Rugby AM
Darcy Lussick is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Parramatta Eels. In Lussick's first year at the Parramatta eels he won the prestigious Ken Thornett NRL Players' Player Medal 2013.
Contents
- Darcy Lussick Speaks to Rugby AM
- Rugby league career
- 2011 12 career with Manly
- 2013 2015 career with Parramatta
- 2015
- 2017
- Personal life
- References
Rugby league career
Lussick played his junior football for the Beacon Hill Bears. He also played for the Manly Sea Eagles S.G. Ball side in 2007.
2011-12: career with Manly
Lussick made his debut game in Round 14 2011 against the North Queensland Cowboys, a game which the Sea Eagles ran out easy 24-4 winners at Brookvale Oval against the previously in-form Cowboys. Lussick is also known for his part in the "Brookvale Brawl" which resulted in a three-game suspension temporarily stalling his career. 2011 saw Manly win the premiership.
2013-2015: career with Parramatta
On 14 June 2012, Lussick signed a 3-year deal with the Parramatta Eels. Lussick won the Ken Thornett NRL Players' Player Medal. At the Eels Lussick become an ambassador for Midas, The Kellyville Bushrangers and made an appearance on The Footy Show. 2013 saw Lussick win multiple players' players awards. At the end of the 2013 season Lussick had an over due groin operation which he played most of the season with.
In March 2014, Lussick was suspended for 4 matches due to a tackle on a Sydney Roosters player, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.
At the end of his playing time with Parramatta, Lussick had played 53 games and had scored no tries. He was also a member of the Parramatta side which finished last in 2013.
2015
On 18 August 2015, Lussick signed a 3-year contract to return to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2016.
2017
On 21 May 2017, Lussick was sin binned for an illegal shoulder charge on a North Sydney player when he was playing for Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles vs North Sydney at North Sydney Oval.
On 16 July 2017, while Lussick was playing for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles against the Wests Tigers, Lussick pulled Wests Tigers captain Aaron Woods' hair. Lussick was charged with contrary conduct by the NRL, entered an early guilty plea, and was fined $1350.
On 23 July 2017, Lussick was sin binned in Manly's 52-22 loss against The St George Illawarra Dragons for punching St George player Jack De Belin. .
Personal life
Lussick was named as Care Flight Ambassador, the Parramatta Eels new charity partner for 2014. Darcy is the older brother of Joey Lussick who plays hooker with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.