Darrien Doherty (born 12 November 1971) is an Australian former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1990s. He is one of three players to date (the others being Tyran Smith and

Blake Green Blake Green (born 18 September 1986) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. Green was regarded as somewhat of a journeyman during his career after playing for nine sepa ...

) to play first grade for a record seven different NRL clubs.

Career

Doherty began his playing career at the age of 18 with his one and only first grade game with the

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the cen ...

on 26 August 1990, coming off the bench and playing the in their round 22 clash against the

Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies (legal name: Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Ltd) is an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as the club is commonly ...

Campbelltown Stadium Campbelltown Sports Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Leumeah, a suburb in South Western Sydney, Australia, owned by Campbelltown City Council. Formerly known as Orana Park and Campbelltown Sports Ground, it is currently the home ground ...

. Doherty didn't play again in first grade until 1993 when he joined Wests. Staying at the club for two seasons, Doherty played a total four games and scored his first top grade points with a try in the club's 38-4 win over the

Gold Coast Seagulls The Gold Coast Chargers were a professional rugby league club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from New South Wales Rugby League season 1988, 1988 to New South Wales Rugby League season 1994, 1994, the Australian R ...

in round 14 of the 1994 season. In 1995, Doherty joined the

Sydney Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, New South Wales, Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League, NRL Telstra Premie ...

and started the season in first grade against North Queensland as a replacement forward. Doherty then became a regular member of the reserve grade team. In 1996, Doherty joined the

Illawarra Steelers The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level rugby league competition from 1982 until 1998. On 13 December 1980, they were the ...

and cemented a first-grade spot for a whole season for the very first time, playing 20 games that season. In 1997, Doherty signed with Super League and joined the

Hunter Mariners The Hunter Mariners were an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Hunter Region's largest city, Newcastle. Hunter was formed in mid-1995 and was later disbanded at the end of 1997. The club was formed because of the Super Leagu ...

and played 11 games that season. In 1998, with the Super League war ended and the Hunter Mariners folding, he joined the

Adelaide Rams The Adelaide Rams was an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The team was formed in 1995 for the planned rebel Super League competition. The Rams lasted two seasons, the first in the Super Lea ...

, going on to play 19 games that season. Adelaide then folded at the end of 1998 season, leading Doherty to join

North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest city in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL). Sinc ...

, playing eight games from 1999 to 2000.

References

External links

Bulldogs profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doherty, Darrien 1971 births Living people Adelaide Rams players Australian rugby league players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Hunter Mariners players Illawarra Steelers players 20th-century Australian sportsmen North Queensland Cowboys players Penrith Panthers players Western Suburbs Magpies players Rugby league players from New South Wales Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows