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{{Short description|Former Australia international rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = Danny Buderus
|fullname       = 
|nickname       = Bedsy<ref>{{Cite news 
| last = Toohey
| first = Barry
| title = Knights retire No.9 for Bedsy
| work = [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]
| place = Australia
| publisher = [[News Limited]]
| date = 27 August 2008
| url = http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/knights-retire-no9-for-bedsy/story-e6frexq9-1111117310829
| access-date = 2 February 2011}}</ref>
|image          = Daniel Buderus.jpg
|image_size     = 
|caption        = 
|position       = {{rlp|HK}}
|retired = yes
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|2|6}}
|birth_place    = [[Taree]], New South Wales, Australia
| height        = {{convert|185|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight        = {{convert|96|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|club1          = [[Newcastle Knights]]
|year1start     = 1997
|year1end       = 08
|appearances1   = 220
|tries1         = 58
|goals1         = 0
|fieldgoals1    = 0
|points1        = 232
|club2          = [[Leeds Rhinos]]
|year2start     = 2009
|year2end       = 11
|appearances2   = 82
|tries2         = 15
|goals2         = 0
|fieldgoals2    = 0
|points2        = 60
|club3          = [[Newcastle Knights]]
|year3start     = 2012
|year3end       = 13
|appearances3   = 37
|tries3         = 3
|goals3         = 1
|fieldgoals3    = 0
|points3        = 14
|teamA          = [[Country New South Wales rugby league team|NSW Country]]
|yearAstart     = 2001
|yearAend       = 08
|appearancesA   = 5
|triesA         = 1
|goalsA         = 0
|fieldgoalsA    = 0
|pointsA        = 4
|teamB          = [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]]
|yearBstart     = 2002
|yearBend       = 08
|appearancesB   = 21
|triesB         = 2
|goalsB         = 0
|fieldgoalsB    = 0
|pointsB        = 8
|teamC          = [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
|yearCstart     = 2001
|yearCend       = 06
|appearancesC   = 24
|triesC         = 2
|goalsC         = 0
|fieldgoalsC    = 0
|pointsC        = 8
|teamD          = [[Exiles rugby league team|Exiles]]
|yearDstart     = 2011
|yearDend       = 
|appearancesD   = 1
|triesD         = 0
|goalsD         = 0
|fieldgoalsD    = 0
|pointsD        = 0
|coachteam1     = [[Newcastle Knights]]
|coachyear1start= 2015
|coachyear1end  = 
|coachgames1    = 6
|coachwins1     = 2
|coachdraws1    = 0
|coachlosses1   = 4
|source         = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Danny_Buderus.html Danny Buderus] ''rugbyleagueproject.org''</ref><ref>[https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Danny-Buderus/ loverugbyleague]</ref>
|updated        = 14 April 2019
}}

'''Danny Buderus''' (born 6 February 1978) is an Australian [[rugby league]] commentator, coach and former professional footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. An [[Australia national rugby league team|Australian international]] and [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] [[State of Origin series|State of Origin]] representative {{rlp|hk}}, he played in the [[National Rugby League]] for Australian club, the [[Newcastle Knights]], with whom he won a [[Dally M Medal]], and the [[2001 NRL Premiership]] before setting a new record for most games with the club. Buderus also played in the [[Super League]] for English club, the [[Leeds Rhinos]], with whom he won 2011's [[Super League XVI]]. He set the record for most appearances as captain of the [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] [[State of Origin series|State of Origin]] team at 15 and for most consecutive appearances for the side at 21. Buderus also played representative football for the [[Exiles rugby league team|Exiles]] and [[Country New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales Country]]. In 2015, he took up an interim coaching role with the Knights and continued as an assistant coach in 2016.

==Background==
Buderus was born in [[Taree, New South Wales, Australia]].

He played his junior football for Taree Red Rovers and played 1 season for Taree United. In 1995, while attending [[St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton]], Buderus played for the [[Australia national schoolboys rugby league team|Australian Schoolboys team]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424|access-date=10 October 2008|publisher=SportingPulse|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131030043/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other players to also come through this well-known rugby league nursery under the tutelage of Mark Wright include [[Owen Craigie]], [[Jarrod Mullen]], Paul Dan and [[Anthony Tupou#Background|Anthony Tupou]].

==Professional playing career==
===Newcastle Knights===
In Round 3 of the [[1997 ARL season]] Buderus made his [[Australian Rugby League|ARL]] début for the [[Newcastle Knights]] against the [[South Queensland Crushers]]. Buderus scored his first try in first-grade in 1998 against the [[Auckland Warriors]] in Round 7 of the [[1998 NRL season]]. In 2001, Buderus was selected for [[City vs Country Origin|Country Origin]] in the annual [[City vs Country Origin]] match. In 2001, Buderus made his international début for [[Australian national rugby league team|Australia]] against [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]]. Buderus played {{rlp|hk}} in the Knights' [[2001 NRL Grand Final]] win over the [[Parramatta Eels]], the Knights winning 30–24. Having won the [[2001 NRL Premiership]], the Knights travelled to England to play the [[2002 World Club Challenge]] against [[Super League]] champions, the [[Bradford Bulls]]. Buderus played at {{rlp|hk}}, and scored a [[Try (rugby)|try]] in Newcastle's loss. He made his [[State of Origin series|State of Origin]] début for [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] in 2002. Buderus played his 100th [[NRL]] game in Round 14 of the [[2002 NRL season]] against the [[Parramatta Eels]]. In 2002, Buderus was named the [[Dally M]] Hooker of the Year and [[Dally M]] Representative Player of the Year at the [[Dally M Awards]] at the end of the regular season. Buderus played a pivotal role in Newcastle making the semi-finals again in 2003 and ended the season again named Hooker of the Year.

In 2004, Buderus was awarded the 2004 [[Dally M Medal]] for the Player of the Year, only the second {{rlp|hk}} to be awarded the medal after [[Mal Cochrane]] as well as the 2004 Hooker of the Year. Buderus was selected in the Australian team to go and compete in the end of season [[2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations]] tournament. In the final against [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] he played at hooker in the Kangaroos' 44–4 victory. In 2005 Buderus again won the Hooker of the Year award. On 13 March 2008, Buderus signed a 2-year contract with the [[Leeds Rhinos]] starting in 2009.<ref name="Rhinos sign Aussie star Buderus">{{cite news|title=Rhinos sign Aussie star Buderus|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/leeds/7293457.stm|work=BBC News|date=13 March 2008|access-date=13 March 2008}}</ref> In August 2008, Buderus was named in the [[Australia national rugby league team#Rugby League World Cup Squad|preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad]] for the [[2008 Rugby League World Cup]] despite comments by Kangaroos' coach, [[Ricky Stuart]], that he would not select players leaving Australia to play in England in 2009. However Buderus wasn't selected to play in a game.<ref>{{cite news|author=Liam FitzGibbon|publisher="Fox Sports News (Australia)"|title=Surprises in Kangaroos squad|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24111780-23214,00.html|access-date=2 August 2008|date=1 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808144730/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0%2C8659%2C24111780-23214%2C00.html|archive-date=8 August 2008|df=dmy}}</ref><ref name="Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad">{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/sports/AS-RGL-Australia-Squad.php|title=Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad|newspaper=[[International Herald Tribune]]|date=1 August 2008|access-date=2 August 2008}}</ref>

===Leeds Rhinos===
[[File:Buderus.PNG|thumb|left|Buderus playing for the Knights in 2012]]
Buderus commenced playing in the [[Super League]] for English club the [[Leeds Rhinos]] in 2009. He re-signed with the Rhinos on a 2-year contract during 2010.

He played in the [[2010 Challenge Cup Final]] defeat by the [[Warrington Wolves]] at [[Wembley Stadium]].<ref name="Leeds 6-30 Warrington">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8938067.stm|title=Leeds 6–30 Warrington|publisher=BBC|date=28 August 2010|access-date=22 November 2019|first=Ged|last=Scott}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/aug/28/leeds-rhinos-warrington-wolves-challenge-cup-final |location=London |work=The Guardian |title=Chris Hicks hat-trick leads Warrington to Challenge Cup triumph over Leeds |first=Andy |last=Wilson |date=28 August 2010 |access-date=22 November 2019<!--DASHBot--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831105934/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/28/leeds-rhinos-warrington-wolves-challenge-cup-final |archive-date=31 August 2010 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>

In 2011, Buderus played {{rlp|hk}} for the Leeds Rhinos in their [[2011 Challenge Cup Final]] defeat by the [[Wigan Warriors]] at [[Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Scott|first=Ged|title=Leeds 18-28 Wigan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/14670204|access-date=21 November 2019|newspaper=[[BBC Sport]]|date=27 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/27/leeds-rhinos-wigan-warriors-challenge-cup | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Andy | last=Wilson | title=Leeds Rhinos 18-28 Wigan Warriors – Challenge Cup final match report | date=27 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Oliver|title=Challenge Cup final: Leeds Rhinos 18 Wigan Warriors 28|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/8727501/Challenge-Cup-final-Leeds-Rhinos-18-Wigan-Warriors-28.html|access-date=21 November 2019|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=27 August 2011}}</ref>

On 10 June 2011, Buderus was selected in the [[Exiles rugby league team|Exiles]] squad for the [[Rugby League International Origin Match]] against [[England national rugby league team|England]] at [[Headingley Stadium#Headingley Carnegie Stadium|Headingley]] while playing for the [[Leeds Rhinos]] of the [[Super League]]. He also captained the side to a victory.<ref name="Warrington dominate Exiles picks for Origin fixture">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/13278410.stm|title=Warrington dominate Exiles picks for Origin fixture|work=bbc.co.uk|date=4 May 2011|access-date=4 May 2011}}</ref>

In 2011, Buderus played {{rlp|hk}} for Leeds in their [[2011 Super League Grand Final]] win over [[St Helens R.F.C.|St Helens]], with Leeds winning 30–16 at [[Old Trafford]], in which was his final game for the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/08/super-league-grand-final-match-report?newsfeed=true|title=Leeds claim Grand Final glory as inspired Rob Burrow sinks St Helens|date=8 October 2011|work=Guardian|access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/8815944/St-Helens-16-Leeds-32-match-report.html|title=St Helens 16 Leeds 32|date=8 October 2011|work=Daily Telegraph|access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref>

After new [[Newcastle Knights]] coach [[Wayne Bennett (rugby league)|Wayne Bennett]] requested Buderus' services, Buderus signed a 1-year contract on 1 October 2011 with the [[Newcastle Knights]] starting in 2012, returning to the club he had played 220 games for. He had been released from the final year of his [[Leeds Rhinos]] contract to sign with Newcastle.

===Return to Newcastle===
In 2012, 7 weeks into his return to the [[National Rugby League]], Buderus was again selected for [[City vs Country Origin|Country Origin]] at starting {{rlp|hk}},<ref>http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/newsdisplay/Four-Knights-players-selected-in-Country-side/53360{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> however he withdrew due to injury. Later in the year there was speculation he would be named at {{rlp|hk}} for [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] in Game 1 of the [[2012 State of Origin series]] but was injured and didn't get picked, [[Robbie Farah]] was instead picked and retained his spot for the rest of the series. On 12 June 2012, Buderus re-signed with the Knights on a 1-year contract, 14 rounds into the [[2012 NRL season|2012 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news-display/Buderus-resigns-for-2013/56963|title=Buderus re-signs for 2013 - Newcastle Knights|access-date=2012-11-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019122751/http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news-display/Buderus-resigns-for-2013/56963|archive-date=19 October 2013|df=dmy}}</ref>

In September 2013, Buderus announced his retirement at the end of the [[2013 NRL season]]. During the Knights vs Roosters Preliminary Final, Buderus entered a tackle and made contact with the elbow of [[Jared Waerea-Hargreaves]], knocking him out. This saw Buderus stretchered from the field, ending his career. However, later scans in hospital cleared the retiring hooker of any serious head or neck injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/danny-buderus-cleared-of-serious-injury-after-being-knocked-out-in-nrl-preliminary-final/story-fn2mcuj6-1226729419888|title=Motorsport Video &#124;Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips}}</ref>

== Accolades ==

=== Individual ===

* [[Dally M Awards|Dally M]] Player of the Year: 2004
* 3x [[Dally M Awards|Dally M]] Hooker of the Year: 2002, 2004, 2005
* [[Dally M Awards|Dally M]] Representative Player of the Year: 2002
* RLPA Player of the Year: 2004
* [[Brad Fittler Medal]]: 2009
*[[National Rugby League]] Hall of Fame inductee: #110 2019

== Coaching career ==
Buderus stayed with the Knights as an assistant coach for 2014. In July 2015, Buderus was made interim head coach, following the sacking of [[Rick Stone]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/newcastle-knights/newcastle-knights-sack-coach-rick-stone-with-danny-buderus-his-replacement-20150727-gild2g.html| title=Newcastle Knights sack coach Rick Stone with Danny Buderus his replacement| newspaper=theage.com.au| date=27 July 2015| access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> After the 2016 season, he chose to leave his role as an assistant coach. He served as pathways coach in 2017. Buderus was also a selector{{when|date=May 2023}} for the NSW Blues helping select the series winning side along with [[Greg Alexander]] and former Knights teammate and [[Rugby League]] [[The Immortals (rugby league)|Immortal]] [[Andrew Johns]]. On 28 September 2023, Buderus was informed by the NSWRL board that his contract would not be renewed for the following season after New South Wales suffered another series loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/09/28/fittler-quits-nsw-on-lookout-for-new-origin-coach/|title=Fittler quits: NSW on lookout for new Origin coach|website=www.nrl.com|date=28 September 2023 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Buderus is founder and co-owner of Steel City Beer Company with [[Andrew Johns]], [[Matthew Johns]], [[Kurt Gidley]] and [[Matt Hoy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pubtic.com.au/newcastle-legends-behind-launch-of-steel-city-beer-co/#:~:text=Steel%20City%27s%20founders%20include%20proud,and%20Sophie%20and%20Ryan%20Ginns | title=Newcastle Legends Behind Launch of Steel City Beer Co | date=16 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/7663201/knights-say-cheers-to-stadium-beers/ | title=Knights say cheers to stadium beers | date=18 March 2022 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Sources==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161020040053/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/playerstats/playerprofile/tabid/10898/clubid/7/playerid/30/seasonid/41/default.aspx NRL profile]
*(archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120408233034/http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/playerprofiledisplay/Knights/Danny%20Buderus/5379 2013 Newcastle Knights profile]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/static/in_depth/rugby_league/2001/ashes/buderus.stm 2001 Ashes profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717061443/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/static/in_depth/rugby_league/2001/ashes/buderus.stm |date=17 July 2009 }}

{{s-start}}
{{succession box
| before = [[Darren Lockyer]]
| after  = [[Craig Gower]]
| title  = [[Australian national rugby league team#Captains|Captain]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}}<br>[[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]]
| years  = 2004–2005
}}
{{succession box
|  before = [[Rick Stone]]<br>2015
|  after  = [[Nathan Brown (rugby league born 1973)|Nathan Brown]]<br>2016-2019
|  title  = Coach (interim)<br>{{leagueicon|newcastle|size=18}}<br>[[Newcastle Knights]]
|  years  = 2015
}}
{{s-end}}

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