Ed Craig

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Ed Craig
Ed Craig playing hooker for Eastwood District Rugby Union Football Club.jpg
Birth nameEdward James Craig
Date of birth (1996-07-20) 20 July 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016– Eastwood ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017 Greater Sydney Rams 2 (0)
2019 Sydney 7 (10)
Correct as of 23 November 2020
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020 Reds 2 (5)
2021 Rebels 2 (0)
2022– Waratahs 1 (0)
Correct as of 1 May 2022

Ed Craig (born 20 July 1996) is a teacher at SHORE school in North Sydney where he teaches PDHPE and Christian studies. Previously, Craig was a PDHPE teacher at Barker College in Sydney. [1] He has played rugby union for the NSW Waratahs [2] the Melbourne Rebels [3] and the Queensland Reds. [4] He played for Australian Schoolboys and Australian Under 20s and for Sydney in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). Craig is currently playing in the Sydney Shute Shield competition for his home club Eastwood. His position is hooker.

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Early life and junior rugby

Ed Craig (Edward James Craig) was born in Sydney (Eastwood) in Australia and played junior club rugby with Hillview Rugby Club (now Central Eastwood), [5] junior rep rugby with Eastwood Rugby Club and school rugby with Epping Boys High School.

He played in the EBHS 1st XV (2012-2014), Combined High Schools (CHS) 1st XV and Combined States in the 2013 Australian Schoolboy Rugby Championships. In 2014, Craig captained the CHS 1st XV [6] and played in the NSW 1st XV [7] which won the Australian Schoolboy Rugby Championships. [8] He played for Australian Schoolboys in their NZ tour 2014 [9] against Fiji and New Zealand. [10] [11] Craig won the Volvo Australian Schools Rugby Scholarship in 2014. [12]

Rugby career

Craig was part of the NSW Waratahs Gen Blue squad and played for NSW in the Australian Super Under 20s Championship. [13] [14] [15] In 2016 he joined the Australian Under 20s side for the World Rugby U20s Championships in Manchester, England, where he played against Scotland and NZ. [16]

Craig plays club rugby for Eastwood in Sydney's Shute Shield competition. He played colts 1st XV (2014-2015), and then 1st and 2nd Grade behind Eastwood’s two contracted NSW Waratah Super Rugby hookers Hugh Roach and Damien Fitzpatrick (2016-2018). [17] Craig played hooker for Eastwood’s 1st Grade side (2019-2022).

He played for the Greater Sydney Rams in the National Rugby Competition (NRC) (2017) and the Sydney NRC (2019). [18] [19] Craig has played 150 games for Eastwood - 130 in first grade - with 41 tries and 205 points. [20] [21]

In February 2020 Craig got his first Super Rugby cap [4] with the Queensland Reds as replacement for injured Reds and Wallabies hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa. [22] In October 2020 he finished Eastwood's Shute Shield season with a narrow Grand Final loss to Gordon. In November 2020 he signed with the Melbourne Rebels for the 2021 Super Rugby season, [3] and was backup hooker for the NSW Waratahs in 2022. [23]

Outside rugby

Craig has a Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) from the University of Sydney. He teaches Christian Studies and PDHPE and coaches rugby at Sydney's SHORE school.

Super Rugby statistics

As of 12 June 2021 [24]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2020 Reds 20241000500
2021 AU Rebels 202560000000
2021 TT Rebels 00000000000
2022 TT Waratahs 10150000000
Total505651000500

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