Dylan Edwards
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| Born | 10 January 1996 Albury, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Dylan Edwards (born 10 January 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.
Background
Edwards was born in Albury, New South Wales, Australia and moved to Dorrigo, New South Wales at a young age.[2] He was educated at Dorrigo High School.
He played his junior rugby league for the Bellingen Dorrigo Magpies before being signed by the Penrith Panthers in 2012.[3]
Playing career
Early career
Edwards moved to Penrith, New South Wales to play for the Panthers' S. G. Ball Cup team in 2013.[2] In 2015 and 2016, he was a member of the Panthers' NYC team.[4] On 4 October 2015, he played for the Panthers in their 2015 NYC Grand Final win over the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[5]
2016
On 10 February, he re-signed with the Panthers on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.[6] On 7 May, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.[7] As a result of Panthers' centre Tyrone Peachey being dropped for disciplinary reasons,[8] Edwards made his NRL debut for the Panthers against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks on 10 July.[9][10] In September, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2016 NYC Team of the Year.[11]
2017
Edwards was named the Panthers' 2017 Auckland Nines squad. He played 14 and 2 tries for the Panthers.
2018
In Round 8 of the 2018 NRL season, Edwards suffered a season ending shoulder injury after a tackle in the 13th minute against Canterbury-Bankstown.[12]
2019
In Round 17 of the 2019 NRL season, Edwards scored 2 tries as Penrith defeated the Gold Coast 24-2 at Penrith Stadium.[13] In round 21 against Cronulla-Sutherland, Edwards scored 2 tries in a 26-20 victory at Panthers Stadium.[14]
Edwards made a total of 20 appearances for Penrith in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished a disappointing 10th on the table and missed out on the finals for the first time since 2015.[15]
References
- ^ "Dylan Edwards - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
- ^ a b Jones, Matt (10 February 2017). "Dylan has first grade ambitions after impressive pre-season". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ Jones, Matt (8 February 2017). "Dylan Edwards continues to impress with Aukland Nines performance". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "E". NYC Database. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Updated 2015 Grand Final team lists". NRL.com. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Panthers young guns sign on". penrithpanthers.com.au. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Updated: Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ Logue, Matt (9 July 2016). "Tyrone Peachey's axing opens door for Dylan Edwards to make Panthers debut". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Updated team lists: Panthers v Sharks". NRL.com. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "NRL Late Mail: Round 18 - Panthers". penrithpanthers.com.au. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "2016 Holden Cup Team of the Year announced". NRL.com. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Dylan Edwards and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak will compete for the Panthers' No.1 jersey". www.news.com.au.
- ^ "Canterbury Bulldogs off the bottom with win over Newcastle Knights, Penrith Panthers ease past Gold Coast Titans". ABC.
- ^ "Penrith rookies hold out Cronulla in NRL". 7 News.
- ^ "Blame game will not solve Panthers' problems". Western Weekender.
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