Danny Ward (born June 15, 1980 in Dewsbury) is rugby league player who represents Great Britain and the Leeds Rhinos. June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Dewsbury is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, to the west of Wakefield, in the borough of Kirklees. ... Rugby league football is a full-contact team sport played by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ... Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club who are based in Headingley in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire. ...

Currently on a one year contract, Ward is the son of former Leeds captain and coach David Ward. He was signed for Leeds from Dewsbury Moor, and made his debut as a substitute against Sheffield in 1999. He was named the Leeds Alliance Player of the Year in 2000, before becoming a regular first team member the following season. For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ...

One of his highlights in 2001 was a field goal in a victory at the Boulevard on his 21st birthday. Ward emulated his father by playing in the Challenge Cup Final in 2003. In 2004 he made 14 first team starts and 12 substitute appearances, and scored a try in the 46-28 win over Wakefield, in addition to playing in the Grand Final. In his final season with Leeds, Ward scored a try in the Challenge Cup Final against Hull and in the Grand Final qualifying win at St Helens' that took the Rhinos back to Old Trafford for the Grand Final. He left Leeds before the 2006 Super League season to join Castleford. A field goal (formerly goal from the field) is a general term used in some sports wherein a goal may be scored either during general play (from the field) or via some sort of free shot. ... Look up try in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. ...

Ward first played at international level for the Great Britain Academy before being selected for John Kear's England Under 21 squad for the tour of South Africa at the end of the 2001 season. England won the First Test 112-6 in the first test and the second 74-14. In 2002 he was selected in the England A squad to play New Zealand at Griffin Park, losing 12-34. He then was part of the squad to tour Fiji and Tonga. In 2004 Ward made the transition into the senior Great Britain team making his debut as a substitute against New Zealand in the Tri Nations competition. John Kear is a former rugby league player who has coached at a number of clubs, most recently Hull FC. Kear took charge of Hull in 2005 and led the club to victory in the Challenge Cup in his first season. ... Griffin Park is a football ground situated on Braemar Road in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow, south west London. ...