Darrell Griffin
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| Full name | Darrell Griffin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 18 st 7 lb (118 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Darrell Griffin is a rugby league player with Huddersfield Giants, and an England international. His former clubs include Oxford Cavaliers, London Broncos and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
He is notable as being a top flight rugby league player from a non-traditional area, progressing through the youth system at Oxford Cavaliers and onto the London Broncos academy.[1][2][3]
His younger brother Josh Griffin is contracted to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.[4]
Griffin joined Wakefield in June 2003 from rugby union side Harlequins.[5][6]
He has been named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[7]
He has been named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[8]
References
- ^ "Wakefield star Monty speaks out". Oxford Cavaliers. 2006-03-08. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "South can be big force". Huddersfield Examiner. 2008-03-22. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ London Broncos 2001 Official Guide: "Enter the Gladiators - Broncos player profiles 2001", London Broncos, Darrell Griffin, p14, 1st January 2001
- ^ "Watene Missing for Wildcats". Sportinglife. 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Wildcats reward stars". BBC. 2003-09-19. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Griffin helps push back boundaries". The Independent. 2003-06-15. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Myler gets England call". England Rugby League. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
- ^ "Gleeson to lead new-look England". BBC. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
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