Adam Dykes was born on 5 February 1977 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.
11 Facts About Adam Dykes
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Adam Dykes played in the National Rugby League for Sydney clubs, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Parramatta Eels, and in the Super League for English club Hull FC.
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Adam Dykes began playing rugby league at an early age after being heavily involved and influenced into the game by his father John Adam Dykes who was a professional player himself for one season in 1976 for Cronulla, along with being their reserve grade coach between 1993 and 1994.
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Adam Dykes was selected in the Australian under 15's and 17's squads and was seen as one of the Sharks most talented juniors ever to rise through the ranks.
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Adam Dykes made his first grade debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks as an 18-year-old in the 1995 season against Newcastle.
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In 1997, Adam Dykes played a prominent role in Cronulla's season, ending in the club's Super League grand final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.
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Adam Dykes was controversially signed by Parramatta Eels head coach Brian Smith for the start of the 2002 NRL season on a four-year deal, angering many Cronulla fans as they had seen him as one of the central members of the team along with the fact that he was a born and bred Cronulla junior.
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Adam Dykes played 22 games for Cronulla in his return year for the club as they qualified for the finals but were eliminated in the first week by rivals St George.
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Adam Dykes spent two further years at Cronulla as the club failed to qualify for the finals on both occasions.
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Adam Dykes had a disappointing year in England featuring only 17 times for Hull FC missing the Challenge Cup final in a season wrecked by injury.
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Adam Dykes was instrumental for the black and whites when he was on the pitch winning every man of the match award in the Challenge Cup run to the final.