Career
He previously played for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. His position of choice is at property At 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) tall, Tilse was one of the tallest players in the NRL. Dane Tilse joined the Canberra Raiders in 2006, after previously being with the Newcastle Knights.
On 1 April 2015, Tilse signed a 2 1⁄2-year contract with Hull Kingston Rovers.
Dane Tilse and other Newcastle Knights players were involved in a drunken incident in Bathurst, New South Wales in 2005 in which a 19-year-old woman was sexually assaulted. Although no official complaint was made and police did not lay any charges, the Newcastle board sacked Tilse and issued fines totalling A$50,000 against 12 players over the incident at Charles Sturt University for breaching the club curfew.
Tilse was also de-registered by the NRL for a period of twelve months. Amidst the controversy, the Knights terminated 20-year-old Dane Tilse"s contract for conduct "contrary and prejudicial to the club and the NRL".
Tilse later apologised for his part in the drunken rampage.
