Danny McAllister (rugby league)


Danny McAllister is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for Gold Coast and South Sydney in the National Rugby League. He also played for the Sheffield Eagles and Gateshead Thunder in England.

Playing career

A forward, McAllister started his professional rugby league career in England, playing for the Sheffield Eagles from 1995 to 1997.
McAllister debuted in the NRL in 1998 at the Gold Coast Chargers and made 16 first-grade appearance that season, which was the club's last in the competition.
In 1999, he returned to England to play for Gateshead.
Over the next three years, McAllister competed in the Queensland Cup, for Ipswich and Wynnum-Manly.
Midway through the 2003 NRL season, while still with Ipswich, he was recruited into South Sydney's league side, to become the club's 1000th first-grade player.