Elliot Daly

Elliot Daly
Daly playing for Wasps in 2012
Birth name Elliot Fitzgerald Daly[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight 94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb)
School Cumnor House School
Whitgift School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Centre, Fullback
Current team Wasps
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–
2011		 Wasps
→ London Scottish (loan)		 157
2		 (314)
(5)
Correct as of 8 July 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2010
2011–2012
2013
2016–
2017		 England U18
England U20
England Saxons
England
British and Irish Lions		 9
8
4
21
3		 (?)
(40)
(3)
(57)
(3)
Correct as of 23 June 2018

Elliot Daly (born 8 October 1992) is an English rugby union footballer who plays for Wasps in the Gallagher Premiership and for England. He has represented England at U16, U18 and U20 level including winning an U20 Grand Slam in 2011, reaching the Junior World Cup final in the same year and winning a Senior level Grand Slam 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 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]

Daly is now an established member of Wasps side having featured in over 150 premiership matches for the side. His speed and long range kicking abilities alongside his ability to see space is among what makes him such a stand-out player.

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 27 February 2016 during the 2016 Six Nations championship, replacing Owen Farrell at Inside Centre in a 21-10 victory.[8][9]

Daly made his first international start[10] against South Africa on 12 November 2016 in the old mutual wealth series. He started at outside centre starring alongside Owen Farrell who played Inside Centre. He also scored his first international points kicking a long range penalty in the 39th minute of the first half.

Daly scored his first international try for England when he started on the wing in England's 58-15 demolition of Fiji at Twickenham on Saturday 19 November 2016.[11]

On 26 November 2016, he became the first England back, and only the second ever England player to be sent off at Twickenham. Daly went for a tackle in the air against Argentina's number 8 Leonardo Senatore who landed on his head and shoulders in the fifth minute of the first half, and was subsequently given a red card and 3 week ban. [12] Despite Daly's dismissal and playing 75 minutes with a man down, England won the match comfortably 27-14.

Daly was named in the England team to face France at Twickenham in the first game of the 2017 Six Nations on Saturday 4 February.[13] He scored a long range penalty and was denied a try by a last gasp tackle from the French.[14] Daly started on the wing again against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday 11 February. With England losing 16-14 and 5 minutes left on the clock, Daly took a brilliant pass from Owen Farrell, escaped the despairing clutches of a positionally-confused Alex Cuthbert and sprinted 20 metres to dive over in the corner, winning the match for England.[15] Daly scored his second try of the tournament during England's 36-15 win over Italy.[16]

Daly was a talented cricketer as a teenager, representing England Under-15s and Surrey at various age-group levels. He was an all-rounder, with fast bowling his forte, and appeared good enough to possibly make the first-class county grade before he decided to choose rugby union.

References

  1. ↑ "Elliot Daly". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Elliot Daly - Official RFU England profile". 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Playing squad 2013/2014 Elliot Daly". Wasps. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Wasps fall short in LV=Cup opener". Wasps. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Three from three for Wasps". Wasps. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "England announce Rugby World Cup training group". englandrugby.com. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Six Nations 2016: Josh Beaumont in new-look England squad". BBC. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  8. ↑ http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/126149.html
  9. ↑ http://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/match?gameId=254989&league=254969
  10. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37931642
  11. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/england-vs-fiji-match-report-a7427171.html
  12. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-3979232/Elliot-Daly-hit-three-week-ban-following-fifth-minute-red-card-England-win-Argentina.html
  13. ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2017/02/02/england-name-team-face-france-six-nations-opener-live/
  14. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38849751
  15. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38920444
  16. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39067728
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