Darren Maroon
Darren Maroon (born 4 May 1966) is a former Lebanon international rugby league footballer who represented Lebanon at the 2000 World Cup.
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| Full name | Darren Maroon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1966 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Maroon was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Playing career
Maroon started his career with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, playing in 52 games between 1987 and 1992. He then spent 1993 with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles before returning to the Rabbitohs. In 1995 and 1996 he was part of the Sydney City Roosters.[2]
Maroon then joined the Sydney Bulls in the Metropolitan Cup. In 1999 he played for Lebanon and helped them qualify for the 2000 World Cup.
Maroon was selected as Lebanon's captain for the 2000 World Cup. However, before the tournament started Maroon failed a drugs test.[3] He was later cleared to play when a tribunal ruled that he took the banned substance unwittingly in a sports drink.[4] Maroon played three matches at the World Cup.
Coaching
Darren was coach of the Lebanon team that beat Wales 26-50 in Widnes on 9 Nov 2007.
In 2011 Maroon coached the Sydney Bulls in the Bundaberg Red Cup.[5]
In his second spell as Lebanon coach he lost just one game; 28-40 v Fiji on 19 Oct 2014, played in Sydney.
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| Preceded by John Elias 2000-2004 |
Coach Lebanon 2006-2008 |
Succeeded by John Elias 2008-2009 |
| Preceded by David Bayssari 2011-2013 |
Coach Lebanon 2014-2015 |
Succeeded by Tarik Houchar 2016-2017 |
References
- Darren Maroon rugbyleagueproject.org
- "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
- Drug-test failure upsets build-up to World Cup The Independent, 24 October 2000
- Australians are favourites for 6th straight crown Hurriyet Daily News, 28 October 2000
- Bundaberg Red Cup Teams- Round 1 Archived 15 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine nswrl.com.au, 8 March 2011