Daryl Powell

For the association (Soccer) footballer for Jamaica, Portsmouth, Derby County, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday, Colorado Rapids, and Nottingham Forest, see Darryl Powell.

Daryl A. Powell

Personal information
Born	21 July 1965 (1965-07-21) (age 46) Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Position	Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth, Loose forward/Lock
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Keighley Cougars
1984	Sheffield Eagles
1988–90	Balmain Tigers	4	2	0	0	8
1991	Gold Coast Seagulls	13	1	0	0	4
1998–01	Leeds Rhinos	79	12	0	2	50
	Total	96	15	0	2	62
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1989–96	Great Britain	27	2	0	0	8
1995	England	4	0	0	0	0
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2001–02	Leeds Rhinos	59	34	1	24	58
2008–	Featherstone Rovers
	Total	59	34	1	24	58
As of 3 March 2009
Source: Rugby League Project

Daryl A. Powell (born 21 July 1965 in Ackworth, West Yorkshire) is an English rugby league football coach and former player. He is the head coach of Featherstone Rovers Rugby League football club. He is a former Stand-off/Five-eighthfor Keighley Cougars, Sheffield Eagles and Leeds Rhinos. He played over 450 games including 33 caps for Great Britain and made appearances in the Super League Grand Final and in the Rugby League Challenge Cup final (twice) for the Leeds Rhinos. At Sheffield he formed a key partnership with Mark Aston and holds the club record for the most individual tries in a match (5) and most career tries (114).

He was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Daryl Powell's Testimonial match at Sheffield Eagles took place in 1994. He played for England in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.

After he retired from playing in 2001, he became coach of the Leeds Rhinos. In 2003 he became Director of Rugby after the Rhinos appointed Tony Smith as head coach, and was also head coach of the Ireland national rugby league team. He was later involved at the York City Knights club, who had formed a strategic partnership with the Rhinos.

In 2004 Powell was coach of the Ireland national rugby league team.^[1]

In July 2005 he made the switch to rugby union when he became the offensive coach and matchday manager for the Leeds Tykes club. In January 2006 he was promoted to head coach but the season ended in disappointment when the Tykes were relegated.

He was appointed head coach of Featherstone Rovers in September 2008.

Contemporaneous Article Extract

"Daryl Powell Centre. Signed for Sheffield from Redhill amateurs after being a British Amateur Rugby League Association Youth cap and became the Eagles’ very first pro player back in 1984. Subsequently became their first international in the 1989–90 season and established himself as a Test player on the 1990 Lions tour. Eagles captain, he starred in the most recent Ashes Test series."^[2]

References

1. ^ "Ireland plan to give it a go" (5 November 2004) bbc.co.uk
2. ^ Merlin (01/08/1991). The Official Rugby league Collection (Card 155 of 160). Merlin. ISBN n/a

External links

• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Featherstone Rovers website
• BBC – Daryl Powell
• Profile at leedsrugby
• When Britain defeated the Aussies

Persondata
Name	Powell, Daryl
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	21 July 1965
Place of birth	Ackworth, West Yorkshire
Date of death
Place of death