Danny Orr

Daniel Crawford Orr (born 17 May 1978), is an English rugby league coach and former player. He is an assistant coach for the Salford Red Devils. A Great Britain international representative stand-off or scrum-half, Orr played in the Super League for the Castleford Tigers (two spells), Harlequins RL and the Wigan Warriors.^[3][4]

Danny Orr

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Crawford Orr[1]
Born	(1978-05-17) 17 May 1978 (age 46) Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	13 st 3 lb (84 kg) [2]
Position	Stand-off, Scrum-half, Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997–03 Castleford Tigers 191 71 296 4 880 2004–06 Wigan Warriors 74 20 14 0 108 2007–10 Harlequins RL 102 16 102 0 258 2011–12 Castleford Tigers 54 12 31 0 110 Total 421 119 443 4 1356 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1998 Emerging England 1 0 0 0 0 1999 England 2 2 0 0 8 2002 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0 2003 Yorkshire 3 0 11 0 22
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2013 Castleford Tigers 3 1 0 2 33
Source: [3][4][5][6][7]

Background

Orr was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England.

Domestic career

Castleford Tigers

A former junior player at Kippax Welfare,^[8] Orr began his professional career with the Castleford Tigers in 1997. He made it into the 2002 Super League Dream Team, before leaving in 2003 to join the Wigan Warriors.

Danny decided to leave Castleford Tigers at the end of 2003's Super League VIII, signing a 4-year deal with the Wigan Warriors. His last match for the club was against the Wigan Warriors in the last league match of 2003's Super League VIII. He said that the decision was "exceptionally difficult" but added: "I wish to make a totally clean break from Castleford and move with my family to the most famous and successful rugby league club in the world."^{[citation needed]}

Wigan Warriors

The Wigan Warriors coach of the time Stuart Raper commented: "Danny is a very good all round player who will be an asset to any side and I am pleased that he has chosen Wigan. He will blend very well into our line-up."

Despite some good performances towards the end of 2006's Super League XI, the Wigan Warriors decided to allow Orr to leave. Some reports suggested Orr did not want to leave the Wigan Warriors but he was sold to Harlequins RL on 12 October 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Orr in action for Harlequins RL

Harlequins Rugby League

Orr signed a three-year deal with the Harlequins RL starting in 2007 and was replaced at Wigan by Trent Barrett.^{[citation needed]}

Return to Castleford

Orr rejoined his hometown club Castleford Tigers in 2011 after signing a one-year deal.^[9] In July 2011, he signed a one-year extension to his deal, keeping him at his hometown club for the 2012 season.^[10]

Danny Orr announced on Thursday 26 July 2012 that he would retire at the end of the Super League season to take up a coaching job with Castleford Tigers, thus ending his 16-year professional career.

Representative career

During his period at the Castleford Tigers he gained many representative honours. In 1997, he was a member of the Great Britain Academy side coached by Mike Gregory, an acquaintance he was to re-establish after joining Wigan. He has gained senior representative experience as well, captaining Yorkshire to victory in the 2003 Origin match. He has played for England and also for Great Britain in the 2002 series against New Zealand.^[5][6][11]

Coaching career

Orr was assistant coach of Castleford from 2013 to 2020.^[12][13] He had a short period as interim head coach in 2013 following the departure of Ian Millward.^[14] From December 2020 to the end of the 2022 season Orr was assistant coach at the Salford Red Devils.^[13][15]

References

1. "Daniel Crawford Orr - Castleford". Check Company. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
2. "Harlequins Rugby League". web page. Harlequins Rugby League. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
3. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
5. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
6. "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
7. "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
8. "Castleford Tigers trio pitched in on 'Give Back Day'". Wakefield Express. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
9. "Orr: Time was right to move on". Richmond & Twickenham Times. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
10. , 5 July 2011. Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
11. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
12. "Castleford Tigers captain Danny Orr to retire". BBC Sport. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
13. "Danny Orr: Salford Red Devils appoint ex-Castleford coach as assistant". BBC Sport. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
14. "Daryl Powell: Castleford Tigers appoint Featherstone coach". BBC Sport. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
15. "RL Today: Danny Orr to leave Salford & Rangi Chase issues retirement message". Love Rugby League. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

External links

• (archived by web.archive.org) Harlequins RL profile
• Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com
• (archived by web.archive.org) Danny Orr (image)
• (archived by web.archive.org) Engage Super League profile
• (archived by web.archive.org) Profile atthecastlefordtigers.co.uk
• (archived by web.archive.org) England battle to French wins