Elliot Daly
.jpg) Daly playing for London Wasps in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Elliot Fitzgerald Daly[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 October 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Cumnor House School Whitgift School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elliot Fitzgerald Daly (born 8 October 1992) is an English rugby union footballer who plays for Wasps in the Aviva Premiership. He has represented England at U16, U18, U20 level and Senior level including winning an U20 Grand Slam Six Nations in 2011, reaching the Junior World Cup final in the same year and winning an Senior level Grand Slam Six Nations in 2016.
Born in Croydon, Daly played youth rugby at Beckenham from age five before moving to Dorking in 2006 where he spent three years. He was educated at Cumnor House School and Whitgift School, after which he joined London Wasps's Elite Player Development Squad before progressing to the Academy.[3]
He made his debut at centre against Exeter Chiefs in the Anglo-Welsh Cup in November 2010 whilst still a pupil at Whitgift and in the process became the second youngest player to represent the club.[4] His first Premiership game followed later that month against Bath Rugby and he finished the 2010–11 season with six appearances which came at centre, full-back and on the wing.[3][5]
International career
Daly was selected for the England 2015 Rugby World Cup training squad.[6] Daly received his first call up to the senior England squad by new coach Eddie Jones on 13 January 2016 for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.[7]
Daly made his international debut against Ireland on the 27th February 2016 during the 2016 Six Nations championship, replacing Owen Farrell at Inside Centre in a 21-10 victory.[8] [9]
References
- ^ "Elliot Daly". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Elliot Daly - Official RFU England profile". 2 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Playing squad 2013/2014 Elliot Daly". London Wasps. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Wasps fall short in LV=Cup opener". London Wasps. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Three from three for Wasps". London Wasps. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "England announce Rugby World Cup training group". englandrugby.com. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Six Nations 2016: Josh Beaumont in new-look England squad". BBC. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/126149.html
- ^ http://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/match?gameId=254989&league=254969
External Links
- Elliot Daly profile at London Wasps
- Elliot Daly profile at London Scottish F.C.
- Elliot Daly career statistics at It's Rugby
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