Danny Tickle

Danny Tickle

Personal information
Born	(1983-03-10) 10 March 1983 (age 40) Golborne, Greater Manchester, England
Playing information
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	16 st 1 lb (102 kg) [1]
Position	Second-row, Loose forward, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–02 Halifax 45 10 100 2 242 2002–06 Wigan Warriors 141 34 217 2 572 2007–13 Hull F.C. 177 47 570 1 1329 2014–15 Widnes Vikings 45 3 117 0 246 2016 Castleford Tigers 11 0 1 0 2 2016–17 Leigh Centurions 38 4 0 0 16 2018 Hull Kingston Rovers 26 4 31 0 78 2019 Workington Town 24 4 0 0 16 Total 507 106 1036 5 2501 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2003 Lancashire 1 0 0 0 0 2003 England Knights 3 2 23 0 54 2009 England 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [2] [3]

Danny Tickle (born 10 March 1983) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who plays in the second-row for Workington Town in Betfred League 1, Tickle is also a noted goal-kicker. During his career Tickle played for several clubs including Halifax, Wigan Warriors, Hull F.C., Widnes Vikings, Castleford Tigers, Leigh Centurions and Hull Kingston Rovers.

Background

Tickle was born in Golborne, Greater Manchester, England. He learned rugby league at local amateur club, Golborne Parkside. ^[4]

Senior career

Halifax (2000-02)

At the start of his career he played for two-seasons at Halifax in the Super League. Tickle then went on to sign for the Wigan Warriors for a fee of £100,000, despite interest from other Super League sides that included St Helens. ^[5]

Wigan Warriors (2002-06)

Tickle played for the Wigan Warriors at second-row, scoring a try in the 2003 Super League Grand Final, which ended in a 25–12 victory to the Bradford Bulls. He performed well enough to earn a new two-year contract in July 2004. The following season, Tickle was outstanding in an injury-hit Wigan squad. He went onto pick-up the Wigan Supporters' 'Player of the Year Award'. He was released at the end of the 2006 season. ^[6]

Hull (2007-13)

During his time at Hull F.C., Tickle enjoyed an incredible début season with the West Hull outfit in 2007, picking-up the Players,' Supporters' and Coaches' 'Player of the Year Awards. Whilst also finishing as the club's top points scorer in both the 2007 and 2008 Super League seasons. Tickle played for Hull F.C. in the 2008 Challenge Cup Final, in a 28–16 defeat by St. Helens. Tickle also represented the club in the 2013 Challenge Cup Final.

Widnes Vikings (2014-15)

Tickle was linked with a move to the Widnes Vikings for the 2013 Super League season, but the move never came to fruition. Until 12-months later however, Tickle joined the Widnes club for the 2014 season onwards. In November 2015, Tickle was assaulted outside a nightclub in Ashton-in-Makerfield. ^[7] Tickle suffered a fractured skull as a result of the incident, and it was initially believed that the injury would bring his playing career to an end. ^[8] He was released by Widnes in March 2016. ^[9]

Castleford Tigers (2016)

After his release from the Widnes outfit, he was signed in April 2016 by the Castleford Tigers on a short-term contract, ^[10] before being released three months later so he could sign for the Leigh Centurions. ^[11]

Leigh Centurions (2016-17)

Tickle represented Leigh for two seasons, helping the club win promotion to the Super League in 2016. Tickle unfortunately suffered relegation from the Super League with Leigh in the 2017 season, due to losing the Million Pound Game against the Catalans Dragons.

Hull Kingston Rovers (2018)

In 2018, it was revealed that Tickle had signed a one-year contract to play for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League. Tickle scored a try on his Hull Kingston Rovers début against the Catalans Dragons. The game took-place on 15 February 2018, Hull Kingston Rovers won the game 23–4 at Craven Park. Following only one year as a player at Hull Kingston Rovers, Tickle took the decision to join Workington Town ahead of the start of the 2019 rugby league season.

Workington Town (2019 - present)

On 11 December 2018, it was announced that Tickle had signed a one-year deal with League 1 outfit Workington Town, to play for the club on a part-time basis.

Workington Town Head Coach Leon Pryce said, “Danny is a fantastic addition to the squad.”

“He has many years' experience in the Super League and he is a top professional.”

“Playing at the highest level will be of benefit to the squad in what is a tough league.” ^[12]

Tickle made his début for Workington Town on 17 February 2019, in a 28–32 victory over Oldham.

A week later on 24 February 2019, Tickle scored his first try for Workington Town in a 48–18 victory over the Crusaders.

Representative career

Tickle represented England A in the 2003 European Nations Cup, recording three appearances, scoring two tries and kicking 23 goals, posting 54 points in total.

He also earned one cap for the senior England team, appearing against Wales in 2009. ^[13]

Honours

Club (Wigan Warriors 2002-06)

• 2005: 'Supporters' Player of the Year Award'

Club (Hull F.C. 2007-13)

• 2007: 'Players' Player of the Year Award'
• 2007: 'Supporters' Player of the Year Award'
• 2007: 'Coaches' Player of the Year Award'

References

1. "Hull F.C." web page. Hull F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "Player Summary: Danny Tickle". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "Golborne sports club refreshed by lick of paint". Leigh Journal. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
5. "Warriors spend big to land Tickle". BBC Sport. 19 June 2002. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
6. Wigan Warriors (18 September 2006). "Wigan Warriors Press Release – Wigan Release Danny Tickle". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
7. "Rugby player Danny Tickle in hospital after club attack". BBC News. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
8. "Nightclub incident left Danny Tickle with a bleed on the brain and a fractured skull". Total Rugby League. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
9. "Widnes Vikings announce immediate departure of Danny Tickle". The Guardian. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
10. "Danny Tickle: Castleford Tigers sign veteran forward until end of season". BBC Sport. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
11. "Castleford Tigers: Tickle released to take up Leigh role". Yorkshire Evening Post. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
12. "Dave Weetman Signs in at Town for Next 2 Years!".
13. "Danny Tickle targets swift return to action following Widnes departure". Sky Sports. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2023.

External links

• Hull profile ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Statistics at rugby-league.com
• Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 27 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine