Darrell Trindall

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Darrell Trindall
Personal information
Born (1972-02-16) 16 February 1972 (age 49)
Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
PositionFive-eighth, Halfback, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–99 South Sydney 150 44 73 6 328
1994–95 Sheffield Eagles 19 0 3 0 6
2000 St Helens 2 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Canterbury Bulldogs 21 4 0 0 16
Total 192 48 76 6 350
Source: [1]

Darrell 'Tricky' Trindall (born 16 February 1972) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

Background[]

Trindall was born in Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia.

Career[]

He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs for ten seasons between 1990-1999, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for two seasons between 2001-2002, Sheffield Eagles in 1994 and St. Helens in 2000 as a half-back, five-eighth and fullback. He rose through the ranks to become club captain at South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1997-98. He scored 328 points and played 150 first grade games with the Rabbitohs before finishing his NRL career at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[2]

He played for the Australian Aboriginal team at the 1992 Pacific Cup, being named in the team of the tournament.[3]

In 2003, Trindall played for one season in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW for Newtown.[4]

Personal life[]

In August 2003, Trindall pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a long time friend at a pub in Sydney's CBD. Trindall allegedly punched the woman in the face three times and held her in a headlock four times. He then said "I'm a first grade footballer. Who are they going to believe, you or me?". Trindall later received a 12 month suspended jail sentence for the attack.[5]

In April 2012, Trindall pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer in January of 2012. The assault allegedly took place in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Darrell Trindall - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. ^ "South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Player Report - Darrell Trindall". www.ssralmanac.com.
  3. ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 276–279. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
  4. ^ "Total recall rejects get back in the game". SMH.
  5. ^ "Not so tricky or believable". SMH.
  6. ^ "Darrell Tricky Trindall on cop assault charge". Adelaide Now.

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