Dan Stains

{{short description|Australia international rugby league footballer and coach}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}

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|birth_place = Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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|club1 = {{nowrap|Cronulla Sharks}}

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|club3 = Balmain Tigers

|year3start = 1995

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|updated = 22 January 2019

|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Dan_Stains.html RLP][http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile.aspx?fname=PlayerProfile.aspx&QStr=7743 Yesterday's Hero]

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Dan Stains (born 28 June 1964) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He played primarily for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, usually as a {{rlp|sr|pr}} and as a {{rlp|hk}}.

Background

Stains was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He attended Centenary Heights State High School in Toowoomba.

Playing career

Stains played for Halifax and captained Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks where he won the 1988 minor premiership with them.{{cite web|url=http://www.sharks.com.au/index.php?id=476|title=Coaches & Captains List|publisher=Cronulla Sharks|date=2008-04-05|access-date=2008-04-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327172938/http://www.sharks.com.au/index.php?id=476|archive-date=27 March 2008}} Stains had also represented Australia and Queensland State of Origin.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/a-history-of-heartbreak-cronulla-sharks-tale-of-woe-in-nrl-finals-20160916-grib48.html/|title=A history of heartbreak: Cronulla Sharks' tale of woe in NRL finals|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 September 2016 }}

Coaching career

Stains had previously been coach at Super League clubs Bradford Bulls and London Broncos, and is currently coaching the U14 Nambour Crushers.

References

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