David Halley (born 12 October 1986) is a former

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international

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footballer who played as a er and in the 2000s and 2010s. He plays as an amateur for Bradford Dudley Hill RLFC. He played at club level for the

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and the

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in the

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, and the

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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.

First Team Début

On 15 April 2007 Halley coming off the bench made a try scoring début at Grattan Stadium against

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. The following week Halley made his full début against Hull F.C. at the

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2008

Halley established himself in the first team in 2008, he scored 4 tries against

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in the

record 98–6 win

2009

Halley was on Loan at

, and scored both tries in the 12–6 win over Wigan Warriors, Halley played 5 games for

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 On 30 June 2011

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

International level

He has played for

at international, and made a two try début against Papua New Guinea on 28 October at the

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. He was selected in the

squad to face

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at the

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prior to England's departure for the

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. In 2009 he announced that he was switching his International allegiance from Wales to

in an effort to represent his native country in the

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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

Representative career

References

External links

* (archived by web.archive.org
Bradford Bulls profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halley, Dave 1986 births Living people Bradford Bulls players English people of Welsh descent English rugby league players Keighley Cougars players People educated at St. Bede's Grammar School Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Bradford Rugby league wingers Wakefield Trinity players Wales national rugby league team players Welsh rugby league players