Daryl Powell

Daryl Powell

Powell in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Daryl A. Powell
Born	(1965-07-21) 21 July 1965 (age 51) Ackworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Position	Centre, Stand-off, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1984–95 Sheffield Eagles 1988–90 Balmain Tigers 4 2 0 0 8 1991 Gold Coast Seagulls 13 1 0 0 4 1997 Keighley Cougars 1998–2001 Leeds Rhinos 79 12 0 2 50 Total 96 15 0 2 62 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1989–96 Great Britain 27 2 0 0 8 1995 England 4 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2001–02 Leeds Rhinos 59 34 1 24 58 2008–13 Featherstone Rovers 137 104 3 30 76 2013– Castleford Tigers 92 50 4 38 54 Total 288 188 8 92 65
As of 3 March 2009 Source: Rugby League Project

Daryl A. Powell (born (1965-07-21) 21 July 1965 (age 51) in Ackworth, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. He is the head coach of the Castleford Tigers in the Super League. He is a former Stand-off for Keighley, Sheffield Eagles and Leeds. He played over 450 games including 33 caps for Great Britain and made appearances in the Super League Grand Final and in the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final (twice) for Leeds. At Sheffield he formed a key partnership with Mark Aston and holds the club record for the most individual tries in a match (5) and did hold the record for most career tries (114) until this was broken by Menzie Yere in 2013.

Powell was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. His Testimonial match at Sheffield Eagles took place in 1994. He played for England in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. Powell played for Leeds at stand-off half in their 1998 Super League Grand Final loss to Wigan.

After he retired from playing in 2001, he became coach of Leeds. In 2003 he became Director of Rugby after Leeds appointed Tony Smith as head coach, and was also head coach of the Ireland national rugby league team. He was later involved at York City Knights, who had formed a strategic partnership with Leeds.