[3] After playing 18 games in his first two-season, Connors' contract was extended in 2008[4] and with a change of coach at the end of the 2009 season, he was seen as a potential key to Richmond's future success.
Craig Cameron, Richmond's General Manager of Football, stated that Connors had "failed to meet club expectations on a number of occasions" and that "this latest incident can't be considered in isolation.
"[8] On 31 August 2016 Daniel Connors pleaded guilty in Echuca Magistrates Court to reckless conduct endangering serious injury and failing to leave a licensed premises.
Daniel Connors left a man with a severed tendon in his hand due to a broken beer glass after violently attacking him at a hotel.
[10] He tied with Box Hill's Sam Grimley for the Frosty Miller Medal as the leading goalkicker in the 2014 VFL home-and-away season, kicking 38 goals for the year.