Darren Willis (rugby league)

Darren Willis (born 1 October 1968) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for Penrith and Western Suburbs.

Darren Willis
Personal information
Born (1968-10-01) 1 October 1968
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–91 Penrith Panthers 20 5 0 0 20
1992–98 Western Suburbs 144 49 0 0 196
Total 164 54 0 0 216
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–97 NSW Country 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Playing career

Willis played mostly on the wing and occasionally as a centre. He started his career at Penrith, which he came to from Lithgow Workers.[2]

While with Penrith he made 20 first-grade appearances, nine of them in the club's premiership winning 1991 season. He didn't take part in Penrith's finals campaign, but travelled to England to play in the 1991 World Club Challenge against Wigan and scored their only try in a losing cause.[3]

From 1992 to 1998 he played for Western Suburbs, featuring in 144 first-grade games and scoring 49 tries. His final game in the top grade was in Round 21 1998 against Canterbury-Bankstown which ended in a 56-14 loss at Belmore Sports Ground. During this time he represented NSW Country as a winger in four City vs Country Origin fixtures.[4][5]

References
  1. Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781921024986.
  2. "Stuart tipped to make NSW Origin team". The Canberra Times. 21 February 1989. p. 20. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. "Party over for Penrith as Wigan storms in". The Canberra Times. 4 October 1991. p. 25. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.
  5. "Darren Willis - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
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