Darren Maroon

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Darren Maroon
Personal information
Full nameDarren Maroon
Born (1966-05-04) 4 May 1966 (age 57)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Second-row, Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1987–92 South Sydney 522008
1993 Manly-Warringah 10000
1994 South Sydney 60000
1995–96 Eastern Suburbs 20000
Total612008
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1999–00 Lebanon 40000
Coaching information
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
200607 Lebanon 742157
201415 Lebanon 430175
Source: [1]
As of 7 February 2021

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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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, but played only one match in first-grade before returning to the South Sydney club. Maroon played for Souths in their upset 1994 Tooheys Challenge Cup final victory over Brisbane. [2]

In 1995 and 1996, he was part of the Sydney City Roosters, but again played only one first-grade match in each season. [3]

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. [4] He was later cleared to play when a tribunal ruled that he took the banned substance unwittingly in a sports drink. [5] 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. [6]

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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References

  1. Darren Maroon rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. "The Giant Killers". rabbitohs.com.au.
  3. "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. Drug-test failure upsets build-up to World Cup The Independent, 24 October 2000
  5. Australians are favourites for 6th straight crown Hurriyet Daily News, 28 October 2000
  6. Bundaberg Red Cup Teams- Round 1 Archived 15 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine nswrl.com.au, 8 March 2011