Dan Palmer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the guitarist, see Dan Palmer (guitarist).

Dan Palmer
Birth nameDaniel Palmer
Date of birth (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 (age 32)
Place of birthShellharbour, Australia
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007
2013		 Melbourne Rebels
Grenoble		 2
0		 (0)
(0)
Correct as of 11 February 2014
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–13 Southern Districts 50 (0)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–10
2011–13, 15		 Waratahs
Brumbies		 14
32		 (0)
(0)
Correct as of 7 June 2013
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012
2008
2007
2006		 Australia
Australia U–20
Australia U–19
Australian Schoolboys		 1 (0)
Correct as of 6 June 2012

Dan Palmer (born 13 September 1988) is a former Australian professional rugby union footballer. He played for the Waratahs and Brumbies in Super Rugby, before a short stint with French club Grenoble. He also earned one cap for Australia in 2012. His usual position is tighthead prop.

Early life[]

Palmer was born in Shellharbour, New South Wales. He played junior rugby with Kiama and attended Warilla High School. He represented Australia at Schoolboy, Under-19 and Under-20 levels. He played his senior club rugby in Sydney for Southern Districts in the Shute Shield.[1][2]

Rugby career[]

In 2007, Palmer played for the Melbourne Rebels in the Australian Rugby Championship. He joined the New South Wales Waratahs squad in 2008 and was signed to a three-year deal after making his debut against the Highlanders in round three of the Super 14 competition.[1][3] In 2011 he was looking for more playing time and moved to ACT to play for the Brumbies, where he became their starting tighthead prop.[4]

Palmer was capped as the starting tighthead prop for Australia against Scotland in Newcastle on 5 June 2012.[5] In January 2013, Palmer signed to play for FC Grenoble from the 2013–14 season.[4]

However, he never played a match for Grenoble due to a persistent foot injury and subsequently announced his retirement from rugby union at the end of 2014.[6] He returned to Australia to combine university studies with a scrum coaching role at the ACT Brumbies.[7] Despite a drop in weight to below 16 stones, Palmer returned to the playing roster at the Brumbies as a short-term appointment at prop for team's tour to South Africa during the 2015 Super Rugby season.[7]

Other[]

After rugby, Palmer returned to study and completed a double degree in science and psychology at the Australian National University. As of 2020, Palmer is completing a PhD in the cellular mechanisms of brain function.

He is the first openly gay Wallabies player.[8]

Reference list[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Waratahs profile". nswrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Australia U-20 profile". www.rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Dan Palmer commits to Waratahs". rugbyweek.com. 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Dutton, Chris (27 January 2013). "Palmer to bid adieu to Brumbies". The Canberra Times. Rugby Heaven. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Dan Palmer". espnscrum.com.
  6. ^ "Former Wallaby Dan Palmer lost passion for rugby, then weight". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Dutton, Chris (3 May 2015). "Lighter prop Dan Palmer set for shock Brumbies comeback a year after retiring". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  8. ^ Palmer, Dan (30 October 2020). "My own death felt preferable to anyone discovering I was gay". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

External links[]


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to Australian rugby union is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""