Darren Britt

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Darren James Britt
Born
Thursday, 9th October, 1969
Current Age
54 years and 162 days
Place Of Birth
Orange, New South Wales, Australia

Known Family Links

Son
Dean Britt

Biography

Gritty prop, originally from Orange, shifted to C’bury in 1994 and strode into the club's grand final team with a series of fine displays. Britt went one better the following year when he was in the team that defeated Manly in the grand final, 17-4. While his efforts during the next two seasons were overshadowed by the Super League split, Britt’s consistency up front and leadership as captain of the Bulldogs in their charge into the 1998 grand final propelled him into the final two Tests of the Trans Tasman series. Despite never having played for NSW during his career, Britt was called into the Australian Test team for the Tri-series against NZ and Great Britain in October 1999. Britt continued to lead the Bulldogs in his own laconic style and was called into Australia’s World Cup squad in 2000. His final Test appearance was from the bench in the Kangaroos’ 82-0 thrashing of Papua New Guinea, a warm-up for the World Cup in which Britt made three appearances as an interchange player. At the end of the 2001 season, in which he was named the club’s Player of the Year, he joined St Helens in the English Super League competition. Britt announced his retirement as a player after suffering a head injury in August 2003.
- 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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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 227 12 -   - 48 123 96 8 54.19% List
Tooheys Challenge Cup 1 2 -   - 8 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Finals 18 1 -   - 4 10 8 0 55.56% List
Tri-Nations 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
Tour Matches Australia 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
World Cup 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List
City vs Country 1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List
Challenge Cup 8 1 -   - 4 6 2 0 75.00% List
Super League 41 3 -   - 12 30 10 1 73.17% List
World Club Challenge 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1998-00 9 - -   - - 8 1 0 88.89% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1998-2000 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Country 2001 1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs NSWRL 1989 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Western Suburbs NSWRL 1990 6 - -   - - 1 4 1 16.67% List
Western Suburbs NSWRL 1991 20 1 -   - 4 11 8 1 55.00% List
Western Suburbs NSWRL 1992 21 - -   - - 10 10 1 47.62% List
Western Suburbs NSWRL 1993 10 1 -   - 4 4 6 0 40.00% List
Canterbury NSWRL 1994 19 - -   - - 15 4 0 78.95% List
Sydney Bulldogs ARL 1995 24 3 -   - 12 17 7 0 70.83% List
Canterbury ARL 1996 21 2 -   - 8 11 10 0 52.38% List
Canterbury Super League 1997 15 - -   - - 7 8 0 46.67% List
Canterbury NRL 1998 22 2 -   - 8 14 8 0 63.64% List
Canterbury NRL 1999 21 1 -   - 4 11 9 1 52.38% List
Bulldogs NRL 2000 23 1 -   - 4 8 14 1 34.78% List
Bulldogs NRL 2001 23 1 -   - 4 13 7 3 56.52% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs 1989-93 59 2 -   - 8 27 29 3 45.76% List
Canterbury 1994-01 168 10 -   - 40 96 67 5 57.14% List
Overall1989-2001 227 12 0   0 48 123 96 8 54.19% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St Helens 2002 26 2 -   - 8 21 5 0 80.77% List
St Helens 2003 24 2 -   - 8 15 8 1 62.50% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St Helens 2002-03 50 4 -   - 16 36 13 1 72.00% List

Your Say

  • Kim Nolan
    02/10/2013

    The best thing to come from Orange since the Mitchell Hwy. One of the best prop forwards never to play in a State of Origin Series

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

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995