Darren Edwards

Darren Edwards

Date of birth	25 March 1974 (1974-03-25) (age 37)
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 2006–2008	Saracens Bedford London Welsh Newport London Irish Leeds	1 3 71 6 123 37
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2010 2011	Wales-u20 Newport Gwent Dragons
correct 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]

References

1. ^ Leeds profile
2. ^ Edwards appointed Dragons head coach

External links

• Statbunker profile
• London Irish profile

Persondata
Name	Edwards, Darren
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	25 March 1974
Place of birth	Maesteg, Wales
Date of death
Place of death