Dale Copley was born on 29 July 1991 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a centre or winger for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.
21 Facts About Dale Copley
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Dale Copley previously played for the Brisbane Broncos over two separate spells, as well as the Roosters and the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.
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Dale Copley played baseball in his youth and represented Queensland as a teenager.
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Peter Gahan of the Australian Baseball Federation said that Dale Copley was at one time one of the country's best hitting prospects since Dave Nilsson.
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Dale Copley was one of the youngest players to ever complete the Major League Baseball Australia Academy Program.
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Dale Copley chose to quit baseball and focus on rugby the day before he turned 16 years old and Major League Baseball clubs would have been allowed to offer him a contract.
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Dale Copley played his junior rugby league for the Aspley Devils before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.
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Dale Copley played in the Broncos NYC between 2009 and 2011.
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Dale Copley playing in four matches and scored two tries his debut season.
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Dale Copley played in two matches and scored a try for the Brisbane Broncos in the 2010 NRL season, spending most of the year in Brisbane's NYC team.
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Dale Copley finished the Brisbane Broncos 2011 NRL season by playing in 17 matches and scoring eight tries.
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On 14 February 2014, Dale Copley was selected in the Brisbane Broncos inaugural 2014 NRL Auckland Nines squad, where they finished as runners-up.
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Dale Copley finished the 2014 NRL season as the Broncos highest try-scorer with 16 tries and playing in all of the Broncos' 25 matches.
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Dale Copley finished his injury plagued 2015 NRL season with playing nine matches and scoring a try for the Brisbane club.
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Dale Copley finished his first year with the Sydney Roosters, with playing in 14 matches and scoring five tries in the 2016 NRL season.
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On 15 March 2017, Dale Copley signed an immediate two-year deal with the Gold Coast Titans after being released from his contract with the Sydney Roosters.
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Dale Copley was to make his club debut for the Gold Coast in round 3 against the Parramatta Eels but was blocked from playing in the match due to him signing with the club two days prior before and not being named in the 21-man squad.
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Dale Copley made 13 appearances for the Gold Coast in the 2018 NRL season as they finished 14th on the table.
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Dale Copley made a total of 15 appearances for the Gold Coast and finished as the club's top try scorer in the 2019 NRL season as they endured a horror year on and off the field.
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Dale Copley played ten games for the Gold Coast in the 2020 NRL season as the club finished ninth on the table and missed the finals.
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Dale Copley later signed a contract to re-join one of his former clubs, Brisbane for the 2021 NRL season.