Dayne Weston

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Dayne Weston
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Personal information
Born (1988-12-15) 15 December 1988 (age 33)
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007 Cronulla Sharks 10 0 0 0 0
2008–09 North Qld Cowboys 21 2 0 0 8
2011–12 Penrith Panthers 33 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Melbourne Storm 16 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Leigh Centurions 43 7 0 0 28
2017(DR) → Sheffield Eagles 1 0 0 0 0
Total 124 9 0 0 36
Source: [1][2]

Dayne Weston (born 15 December 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played as a prop or second-row forward. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, North Queensland Cowboys, Penrith Panthers and Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League and Leigh Centurions in the Super League. Weston made his début for the Panthers in the 33-10 victory over Brisbane Broncos.

Background[]

Weston was born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior rugby league for hometown club Goulburn Stockmen.

Playing career[]

Weston made his first grade debut for Cronulla-Sutherland against the Wests Tigers in round 5 of the 2007 NRL season at Campbelltown Stadium. In the 2008 NRL season, Weston joined North Queensland and made 19 appearances for the club as they finished second last on the table. North Queensland only avoided finishing last due to Canterbury's inferior for and against. The following year, Weston only played twice for North Queensland as they finished 12th on the table.[3]

In 2011, Weston joined Penrith and played two seasons at the club. In 2012, he played 21 games as Penrith finished second last above bottom placed Parramatta. In 2014, Weston joined Melbourne.

On 12 July 2015, it was announced that Weston had agreed a 2-year deal with leading Kingstone Press Championship club Leigh Centurions, covering the 2016 and 2017 seasons.[4]

In June 2017, Weston announced he would be retiring at the end of the season,[5] but his retirement was brought forward due to requiring ankle surgery.[6] he played his final game for the club on 22 June 2017 against Widnes Vikings.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ loverugbyleague
  2. ^ Rugby League Project
  3. ^ "Bulldogs firm for wooden spoon". Herald Sun.
  4. ^ "Leigh sign Melbourne forward Weston". BBC. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Dayne Weston: Leigh Centurions prop announces retirement". BBC Sport. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Injury forces Leigh forward Dayne Weston into early retirement". Lancashire Telegraph. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Dayne Weston confident on Leigh's prospects". This Is Lancashire. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

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