Daniel Russell (born 5 December 1995) is a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Warrington Wolves.
[9] He did not make his NRL debut in 2019, spending the entire season playing for the Cowboys' Queensland Cup feeder club, the Mackay Cutters.
On 16 November 2019, he started at second-row in Papua New Guinea's 28–10 win over Great Britain in Port Moresby.
[13] On 3 October 2020, the Cowboys announced that Russell would be departing the club at the end of the season without ever playing a first grade game.
[17] In round 19 of the 2023 NRL season, he made his first grade debut for St. George Illawarra against the Canberra Raiders which ended in a 36-26 loss.