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Darren Edwards Date of birth 25 March 1974 Place of birth Maesteg, Wales Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) Rugby union career Current status Position(s) Head Coach (caretaker) current team Newport Gwent Dragons Playing career Position Scrum-half Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points) 1996–1997
1997
1997–2000
2000–2001
2001–2006
2006–2008Saracens
Bedford
London Welsh
Newport
London Irish
Leeds1
3
71
6
123
37Coaching career Years Club / team 2010
2011Wales-u20
Newport Gwent Dragonscorrect as of 25 May 2011. Darren Edwards (born 25 March 1974 in Maesteg, Wales) is a former rugby union player. A scrum-half, he was a member of the 2003 Wales national rugby union team squad and he played for Wales at Wales A, Sevens, Under 21, Students and Under 18 levels. Edwards also played for the Barbarians against England, Scotland and Wales.
Edwards began his senior playing career with Saracens in 1996 and joined Newport RFC in 2000, playing 21 times for the club. He also made more than 100 appearances for London Irish and played for Bedford and London Welsh before ending at Leeds Carnegie.
Edwards retired from playing at the end of the 2007-08 season to take up Coaching at Harlequins.[1]
In June 2009 he joined Newport Gwent Dragons as attack coach, replacing Lyn Jones. During 2010 Edwards was also head coach of the Wales Under 20 team. In April 2011 Edwards became Newport Gwent Dragons head coach after initially taking the role in a caretaker capacity following the departure of Paul Turner.[2]
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Newport Gwent Dragons squad Forwards Brown • Buck • Buckley • Burns • Cadman • Castle • Charteris • Coombs • Coundley • T Davies • Ellis • L. Evans • Faletau • Groves • Gustafson • Jenkins • A. Jones • Steve Jones • Lydiate • Morgan • Parry • Price • Roberts • Robinson • Sidoli • Sollis • G. Thomas • Watchurst • Waters • Way • N. Williams • Willis (c)Backs Coach Darren EdwardsCategories:- People from Maesteg
- Welsh rugby union players
- Welsh rugby union coaches
- Leeds Carnegie players
- London Irish players
- Saracens F.C. players
- Newport RFC players
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Welsh rugby union biography stubs
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