Danny Kirmond

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Danny Kirmond

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Kirmond
Born	(1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 36)[1] Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (186 cm)[1]
Weight	16 st 1 lb (102 kg)[1]
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005–07 Featherstone Rovers 73 41 0 0 164 2008–11 Huddersfield Giants 55 10 0 0 40 2010(loan) → Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 17 2 0 0 8 2012–20 Wakefield Trinity 153 44 0 0 176 2021– York City Knights 0 0 0 0 0 Total 298 97 0 0 388 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2012 England 1 0 0 0 0
As of 21 September 2019 Source: [2][3]

Danny Kirmond (born (1985-11-11)11 November 1985) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for York City Knights in the Betfred Championship. He has formerly played for England at international level.

He has played at club level for Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship. Kirmond has also played for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League, and on loan from Huddersfield at the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2010. He started his career on the wing, before moving into the pack.

Background[]

Kirmond was born in Sharlston, West Yorkshire, England.

He played for the Stanley Rangers.

Playing career[]

Featherstone Rovers[]

Kirmond started his career at Featherstone Rovers in 2005 playing as a wing in the second-tier of British rugby league, the Championship. Unfortunately, Kirmonds début season saw the club relegated to the third tier of British rugby league. In 2007 Kirmond was the Featherstone Rovers' leading try scorer as they were promoted back to the Championship. Kirmond left the Featherstone Rovers at the end of 2007 after playing 73 times and scoring 41 tries in the three years he was at the club.

Huddersfield Giants[]

In 2008, Kirmond signed for Super League side the Huddersfield Giants, where he began the transition into the forward pack playing as a second-row. In 2009 he was part of the Huddersfield Giants team that got to the Challenge Cup Final but lost 25-16 to the Warrington Wolves. In 2010, Kirmond was loaned out to Super League rivals Wakefield Trinity where he made 17 appearances and scored twice. Kirmond returned to the Huddersfield Giants in 2011 but this would be his last season after playing 55 times for the Huddersfield Giants scoring 10 times.

Wakefield Trinity[]

In 2012, Kirmond signed for Wakefield Trinity after his successful loan spell two years earlier in 2010. Kirmond was named captain mid season in 2012.^[4] In 2015, Kirmond captain Trinity in the Million Pound Game against the Bradford Bulls, whom they beat to ensure their Super League status would be saved.

York City Knights[]

On 3 September 2020 it was announced that Kirmond would join York City Knights for the 2021 season^[5]

International career[]

After an impressive start to the 2012 season at Wakefield Trinity, Kirmond was named in England's pre-season International Origin Series against the Exiles. This was his only England cap to date.

References[]

External links[]

• Wakefield Trinity profile
• SL profile

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