1. Danny Wicks was born on 5 December 1985 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.
17 Facts About Danny Wicks
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Danny Wicks played as a prop in the NRL for the St George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights and the Parramatta Eels.
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From September 2011 to March 2013, Wicks served an eighteen-month prison sentence for trafficking drugs.
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In 2006, Danny Wicks played for the St George Illawarra Dragons NSW Cup team.
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In round 10 of the 2006 NRL season, Danny Wicks made his NRL debut for St George Illawarra against the New Zealand Warriors.
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Danny Wicks made 17 appearances in his debut season including the preliminary final defeat against Melbourne.
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In 2007, Danny Wicks signed a three-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2008, following Brian Smith's clean out of the club.
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In December 2009, Danny Wicks was arrested for supplying prohibited drugs and possession of prohibited drugs.
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In 2010, Danny Wicks played for the Grafton Ghosts while his matter was in the courts, eventually being sentenced to eighteen months in prison.
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In May 2014, Danny Wicks' agent started approaching clubs about the possibility of signing him to a contract for 2015, with his four-year WADA suspension for drugs ending in September 2014.
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Danny Wicks made his return to the NRL in round 2 of the 2015 NRL season against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
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In November 2016, Danny Wicks announced his immediate retirement from professional rugby league despite signing a two-year contract extension with the Parramatta Eels earlier that year.
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On 13 July 2017 it was revealed that Danny Wicks had resumed playing on the NSW Mid North Coast with Group 2 side the Grafton Ghosts.
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Danny Wicks captain-coached the team to win both a premiership and the NSW Country Rugby League's Clayton Cup.
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On 16 December 2009, Danny Wicks was arrested and charged with eight drug related offences, including six counts of supplying a prohibited drug and two counts of possessing a prohibited drug.
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Danny Wicks was arrested as he drove his car along Brunker Road, Adamstown at around 6:30am, as part of coordinated police raids in four locations.
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Danny Wicks was released on 29 March 2013 after serving eighteen months of a three-year sentence at Glen Innes Correctional Centre.