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Phil Daley (born 1 April 1964) is an Australian former premiership-winning and representative
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footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. His club career was played with the
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and the Gold Coast. His position of choice was at
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Club career

A Manly junior, Daley played for New South Wales schoolboys and for Sydney, New South Wales and Australia in under-18 representative sides. He was graded by Manly in 1983 and debuted in first grade in 1985. After breaking his jaw in the State of Origin exhibition game in
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in
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, Daley spent five weeks on the sidelines as Manly made their charge towards the Grand Final. He returned in time for the major semi-final against Eastern Suburbs, and after having his jaw tested early by some punishing Roosters defense, his confidence rose and Manly were on their way to the Grand Final with a 10–6 win. Two weeks later he played in Manly's victorious
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team which defeated the
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18–8 in the last Grand Final played at the
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. Following the grand final victory he traveled with Manly to England for the 1987 World Club Challenge against their champions,
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. In a tryless game at the
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ground in
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, the English champions defeated Manly 8–2 in front of a reported crowd of 36,895, though many in attendance still believe the actual crowd figure was around 50,000. Daley left Manly after the difficult 1989 season and played 19 games for the Gold Coast in
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and
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. He returned to Manly for some lower grade games in
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, but never made it back to first grade and retired that year after 106 appearances for the club.


Representative career

Daley was selected for the
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and played in seven minor tour matches, but did not appear in any of the tours six tests. Other Manly players selected for the 1986 tour were
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,
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and
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. He played in three State of Origin matches for
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including the 1987 ''Exhibition Game'' in Los Angeles in which he fractured his jaw. In Origin Game 2 of the 1988 State of Origin series, Daley sparked an uproar at
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's
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when he was sin-binned for a dangerous high-tackle on
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. Maroons captain
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ran about 10 metres to stop Daley's punches on Conescu, and an all-in brawl ensued. Referee
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(from NSW) sin-binned Daley and Conescu for 10 minutes each, while Lewis was sent for 5 minutes for dissent and for being the 3rd player involved. Hundreds of beer cans were hurled onto the ground by irate Queensland fans in support of their captain. It was the last time Daley represented New South Wales as, a few days before Game 3 at the
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, Daley was sacked from the team because he broke team curfew rules when he left the Origin camp to visit his pregnant wife. He was replaced by Steve Hanson. Daley represented for
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at Test level in the first and second Tests of the 1988 Ashes series against the touring
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(coached by former Manly premiership player Mal Reilly, and featuring Daley's 1987 Grand Final front row partner Kevin Ward). He was also selected later that year for the one-off Test against
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which saw a 70–8 win for Australia, but missed a place in the Kangaroos team that defeated
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25–12 in the 1988 World Cup Final played at
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in
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Footballing family

Daley is the son of Doug Daley, a former Manly-Warringah player as well as the treasurer and secretary of the club. Phil Daley's son,
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plays
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for the
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daley, Phil 1964 births Living people Australia national rugby league team players Australian rugby league players Gold Coast Chargers players Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league props 20th-century Australian sportsmen