Darren Dawidiuk

Darren Dawidiuk

Personal information
Full name	Darren Dawidiuk
Date of birth	(1987-09-21) 21 September 1987
Place of birth	Truro, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	106 kg (16 st 10 lb) [1]
School(s) attended	Richard Lander School Truro College
Club information
Position(s)	Hooker
Current club	Gloucester Rugby
Youth clubs
Years Club Truro Truro College Cornish Pirates Academy
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2006–2009 2009- Cornish Pirates Gloucester Rugby 45 (20) 89 (25)
Representative teams
2005–2006 South West of England Rugby Academy (SWERA) England Colleges
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Darren Dawidiuk (born 21 September 1987 in Truro) is a rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Aviva Premiership for Gloucester Rugby. He plays as a Hooker.

Club career

Dawidiuk joined the Cornish Pirates as an Academy player in 2006 having played his youth rugby at Truro, joining the city club at the age of 12, and making progress through the juniors and colts before he made a 1st team debut as a blind-side flanker in a league match against St. Ives.

Dawidiuk became a member of the South West of England Rugby Academy (SWERA) based at Truro, and he also gained selection to the England Colleges team in 2005.

He played for England Colleges again in 2006, and also captained the Truro College team that beat South Gloucestershire and Stroud College in the final of the British Colleges Cup competition played at Castlecroft.

He made four appearances for the Cornish Pirates in his first season, and followed this with 14 in 2007–08 and 27 total appearances in 2008–2009. He also had a loan period at Redruth RFC during which time he appeared in the first team.

Dawidiuk was signed to Gloucester Rugby in the Aviva Premiership, starting from September 2009.

References

External links

• Gloucester Rugby Profile
• Cornish Pirates Profile