Dane Haylett-Petty
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dane Haylett-Petty | ||
Born |
Durban, South Africa | 18 June 1989||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||
School(s) attended | Hale School, Perth | ||
Relatives | Ross Haylett-Petty | ||
Club information | |||
Playing position | Fullback / Wing | ||
Current club | Western Force | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
2008–10 | Force | 12 | (5) |
2010–13 | Biarritz | 52 | (25) |
2013– | Tokyo Shokki Shuttles | 6 | (5) |
2014– | Force | 18 | (15) |
2014– | Perth Spirit | 6 | (5) |
Representative team(s)‡ | |||
2008–09 | Australia U20 | () | |
2008–09 | Australia Sevens | () | |
2007 | Australia 'A' Schoolboys | () | |
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 12 June 2015. |
Dane Haylett-Petty (born 18 June 1989) is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays as a fullback or wing for the Force in his home country and Tokyo Shokki Shuttles in Japan's Top League.[1][2][3]
Early life
Haylett-Petty was born in Durban, South Africa. When he was 10 years old, he moved with his parents to Australia where he attended Hale School in Perth from 2000 to 2007.[4] He played rugby for the Australia 'A' Schoolboys team in 2007.[5]
Career
Haylett-Petty started out his senior career with the Force during the 2008 Super 14 season where he made his debut against the Chiefs in Perth. He made a total of 12 appearances spanning three seasons before heading north in 2010 to join French Top 14 side Biarritz. He stayed in France for 3 years, making more than 50 appearances before it was announced that he would head back home to join the Force for the 2014 Super Rugby season.[1][2]
International career
Haylett-Petty represented Australia Under 20 in the 2008 and 2009 IRB Junior World Championships and he joints holds the record for the most tries scored by a single player in a JWC match. His haul of 4 tries against Canada Under 20 in 2008 is equalled only by compatriots Kurtley Beale and Richard Kingi against the same opposition in 2009 and New Zealander Julian Savea against Samoa Under 20 in 2010.[6]
He is also a former Australia Sevens player and featured in the IRB Sevens World Series in 2008 and 2009.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Dane Haylett-Petty Western Force Player Profile". Rugby WA. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Dale Haylett-Petty heads home". ESPN. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ↑ "Dane Haylett-Petty itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ↑ "OHA Newsletter No. 3, Winter 2013" (PDF 0.6 MB). Old Haleians Association. p. 4. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ Brave and Game (2010). "Nurseries of Australian Schoolboys' Rugby" (pdf). Australian Schools Rugby Union. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ↑ "Junior World Championship ... by numbers". IRB JWC. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
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