Dave Halley

Dave Halley

Personal information
Full name	David Halley
Born	(1986-10-12) 12 October 1986 (age 37) Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	13 st 3 lb (84 kg)
Position	Fullback, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–10 Bradford Bulls 82 27 0 0 108 2009(loan) →Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 5 4 0 0 16 2011 Keighley Cougars 8 1 1 0 6 Total 95 32 1 0 130 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–08 Wales 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

David Halley (born 12 October 1986) is a former Wales international rugby league footballer who played as a winger and fullback in the 2000s and 2010s. He plays as an amateur for Bradford Dudley Hill RLFC.

He played at club level for the Bradford Bulls and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League, and the Keighley Cougars in Championship 1. Halley won the Bradford Bulls' 2009 Player of the Year award.

Background

A product of the Bradford Academy, Halley is renowned for his tremendous pace and acceleration and was a firm favourite of the Bradford fans.

Fastest Man competition

He came third behind Darren Albert, in the Fastest Man in Rugby League competition in 2005. He was entered into the 2009 event.^{[ citation needed ]}

First Team Début

On 15 April 2007 Halley coming off the bench made a try scoring début at Grattan Stadium against Hull Kingston Rovers. The following week Halley made his full début against Hull F.C. at the KC Stadium

2008

Halley established himself in the first team in 2008, he scored 4 tries against Toulouse in the Bradford Bulls record 98–6 win

2009

Halley was on Loan at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and scored both tries in the 12–6 win over Wigan Warriors, Halley played 5 games for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats until he returned to Bradford in March 2009. By April 2009 Halley had established himself as the first-choice full back for the Bulls and in July 2009 his form was rewarded when he signed a new two-year contract, extending his stay at Bradford until the end of 2011 ^[2]

On 30 June 2011 Bradford Bulls released Halley from the rest of his contract so that he could feature more regularly in first team rugby, he was quickly snapped up by neighbours Keighley Cougars. ^[3]

International level

He has played for Wales at international, and made a two try début against Papua New Guinea on 28 October at the Brewery Field.

He was selected in the Wales squad to face England at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. ^[4]

In 2009 he announced that he was switching his International allegiance from Wales to England in an effort to represent his native country in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup ^[5]

in 2017 Dave signed on for Wibsey FC, weighing in at 16st, but was still recorded as the fastest player in the club's history; just in front of Joe Brooksbank who had had 3 knee replacements at the time.

Statistics

Club career

Year	Club	Apps	Pts	T	G	FG
2007	Bradford Bulls	10	12	3	-	–
2008	Bradford Bulls	20	4	1	-	–
	Total	30	16	4	-	–

Representative career

Year	Team	Matches	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
2007	Wales	3	2	0	0	8
2008	Wales	1	0	0	0	0

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Bradford's Halley agrees new deal". BBC. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
3. "30 June 2011". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
4. "Crusaders dominate Wales' squad". BBC. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
5. "Winger Halley in England switch". BBC. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

External links

• (archived by web.archive.org) Bradford Bulls profile