Dan Stains is an Australian former rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer and coach. He played primarily for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, usually as a , and as a .

He played for Halifax

Halifax RLFC

Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, blue shorts and blue socks . They share The Shay stadium with football club FC Halifax Town...

 and captained Cronulla

Cronulla Sharks

The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...

. He has also represented Australia and Queensland State of Origin.

He has previously been coach at Super League

Super League

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 clubs Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....

 and London Broncos, and is currently coaching the U14 Nambour Crushers to a grand final.

External links

• Dan Stains at stateoforigin.com.au
• Australian Rugby League stats
• Challenge Cup profile
• Broncos install Stains as coach
• Queensland representatives at qrl.com.au