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Dan Stains

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 28th June, 1964
Current Age
61 years and 274 days

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

State of Origin
1989

Biography

Cronulla second-row forward, originally from Toowoomba, reached his peak during the 1989 season with appearances in Queensland’s State of Origin side and selection for Australia on the NZ tour. Stains played in 3 minor matches on tour but following a period with Halifax in 1989-90, his latter career was punctuated by injury. Stains captained the club in the absence of Andrew Ettingshausen during the early 1990s before seeing out his Sydney career with the Sydney Tigers. Stains ventured to England in 1997 and played for the London Broncos before being sacked as the club’s coach in June 1999.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Tour Matches Queensland Country - 3 2 -   - 8 2 1 0 66.67% List
Tour Matches Toowoomba - 1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia - 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
State of Origin 1 4 - -   - - 2 2 0 50.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - 170 6 4   - 32 79 86 5 46.47% List
NSWRL/ARL Finals - 3 - -   - - 0 3 0 0.00% List
Midweek Cup - 7 - 3   - 6 2 5 0 28.57% List
Challenge Cup AU - 6 1 -   - 4 1 4 1 16.67% List
Club Career - UK   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
English Championship - 15 2 -   - 8 2 12 1 13.33% List
Challenge Cup - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Regal Trophy - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Yorkshire Cup - 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
UK Top Division - 15 2 -   - 8 2 12 1 13.33% List
Overall   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
First Class 207 11 7   - 58 92 112 6 44.44% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Toowoomba 1984   1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List
QLD Country 1984   5 2 -   - 8 3 2 0 60.00% List
Brisbane Firsts 1986   1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
QLD 1989-90   4 - -   - - 2 2 0 50.00% List
Overall1984-1990   11 3 0   0 12 6 5 0 54.55% List

NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Cronulla NSWRL 1987   23 1 4 / 11 36.36% - 12 10 12 1 43.48% List
Cronulla NSWRL 1988   17 - -   - - 12 4 1 70.59% List
Cronulla NSWRL 1989   14 2 -   - 8 7 7 0 50.00% List
Cronulla NSWRL 1990   15 1 -   - 4 7 8 0 46.67% List
Cronulla NSWRL 1991   18 - -   - - 7 8 3 38.89% List
Cronulla NSWRL 1992   11 1 -   - 4 5 6 0 45.45% List
Cronulla NSWRL 1993   21 1 -   - 4 9 12 0 42.86% List
Cronulla NSWRL 1994   16 - -   - - 8 8 0 50.00% List
Sydney Tigers ARL 1995   19 - -   - - 7 12 0 36.84% List
Sydney Tigers ARL 1996   16 - -   - - 7 9 0 43.75% List

NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Cronulla 1987-94   135 6 4 / 11 36.36% - 32 65 65 5 48.15% List
Balmain 1995-96   35 - -   - - 14 21 0 40.00% List
Overall1987-1996   170 6 4 / 11 36.36% 0 32 79 86 5 46.47% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Halifax 1988/89   19 2 -   - 8 6 16 1 31.58% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Halifax 1988   19 2 -   - 8 4 14 1 21.05% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    21 Mar 2016 9:45am

    I played with this guy. Toughest, hard workin player i ever played with

  • Ed
    13 Jul 2025 7:20pm

    Brother of Ian Stains who played for Brisbane Easts and Gold Coast Seagulls.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Big League, Match Video, Newspapers, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club