yearastart updated teama fieldgoalsa birth_date tries yearstart appearances pointsa goals club fieldgoals image_size points image name fullname birth_place yearend teamb height nickname source new appearancesa weight position goalsa triesa article_title
2003 19 april 2010 england a 0 8 september 1979 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1996 1997 1998 2001 2006 2007 2009 0 0 0 72 19 39 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 leeds tigers wakefield trinity → huddersfield giants rhinos warrington wolves rochdale hornets wigan warriors castleford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200px 0 0 0 32 17 0 0 danny sculthorpe.jpg danny sculthorpe daniel sculthorpe oldham , greater manchester , england 97 98 01 06 07 09 lancashire 191 cm ftin on scully -lsb- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/danny-sculthorpe/summary.html rlp -rsb- yes 3 106 kg stlb on pr 0 0 danny sculthorpe

danny sculthorpe

danny sculthorpe -lrb- born 8 september 1979 -rrb- is an english retired rugby league footballer .
born in oldham , greater manchester , he last played as a prop for widnes vikings .
he also played for rochdale hornets , wigan warriors , castleford tigers , wakefield trinity wildcats and huddersfield giants .
he is the younger brother of former player paul sculthorpe .
he was diabetic he and was dogged by injury , dietary and fitness issues throughout his career .
sculthorpe injured his back training with weights in january 2002 , keeping him out of the wigan first team squad .
he returned to fitness with a four-week loan spell at his former club , rochdale .
wigan coach stuart raper commented : `` danny is fit , but we 've nowhere to play him .
at rochdale he 's in an environment he 'll be comfortable in and it will enable us to assess his return to fitness .
it is another step on his road back to match action . ''
raper 's confidence in sculthorpe was confirmed when he was recalled from rochdale in september 2002 .
he made his first team début on his 23rd birthday , helping the warriors to crush st helens , a team that contained his brother paul , 48-8 at the jjb stadium .
he consolidated his position as a first team regular during 2003 .
in 2004 danny signed a new 3-year contract with wigan despite speculation linking him with a move to st helens .
assistant coach denis betts said : `` i never had any doubt that danny would stay here .
he has developed into a top-quality player and we are pleased he has committed his future to us . ''
he spent 2006 's super league xi on loan at castleford tigers from wigan , before joining wakefield for 2007 's super league xii .
danny joined huddersfield giants in a swap loan deal with michael korkidas , before moving on to bradford .
he failed to make a single appearance for bradford after his diabetes forced him into taking a year off from the sport .
his contract with bradford ended and he quickly moved onto the widnes vikings in the championship before leaving the club at the end of the 2011 season .
danny was also picked to play for lancashire in the 2003 origin match .
