Dylan Edwards

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.

Dylan Edwards
Personal information
Born (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996
Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Penrith Panthers 59 16 0 0 64
As of 16 November 2020
Source: [1]

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 two tries as Penrith defeated the Gold Coast 24–2 at Penrith Stadium.[13]

In round 21 against Cronulla-Sutherland, Edwards scored two 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]

2020

On 20 February it was revealed that Edwards had suffered a syndesmosis tear in his right ankle following a training session. Edwards later had surgery and was ruled out for an indefinite period.[16] He returned in round 6 against the Melbourne Storm.[17]

Edwards played 14 games for Penrith as the club claimed the Minor Premiership and reached the 2020 NRL Grand Final. Edwards played at fullback in the grand final which Penrith lost 26-20 to Melbourne.[18]

References
  1. "Dylan Edwards - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. Jones, Matt (10 February 2017). "Dylan has first grade ambitions after impressive pre-season". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. Jones, Matt (8 February 2017). "Dylan Edwards continues to impress with Aukland Nines performance". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  4. "E". NYC Database. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  5. "Updated 2015 Grand Final team lists". NRL.com. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  6. "Panthers young guns sign on". penrithpanthers.com.au. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  7. "Updated: Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  8. Logue, Matt (9 July 2016). "Tyrone Peachey's axing opens door for Dylan Edwards to make Panthers debut". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  9. "Updated team lists: Panthers v Sharks". NRL.com. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  10. "NRL Late Mail: Round 18 - Panthers". penrithpanthers.com.au. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  11. "2016 Holden Cup Team of the Year announced". NRL.com. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  12. "Dylan Edwards and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak will compete for the Panthers' No.1 jersey". www.news.com.au.
  13. "Canterbury Bulldogs off the bottom with win over Newcastle Knights, Penrith Panthers ease past Gold Coast Titans". ABC.
  14. "Penrith rookies hold out Cronulla in NRL". 7 News.
  15. "Blame game will not solve Panthers' problems". Western Weekender.
  16. "Aekins backed to fill void left by Edwards injury". www.nrl.com.
  17. "Panthers v Storm". National Rugby League. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  18. "Melbourne Storm beat Penrith Panthers as it happened". www.theguardian.com.
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