James Dargaville

James Dargaville
Full name	James Dargaville
Date of birth	25 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Southport, Australia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb)
School	Mater Maria Catholic College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Wing
Current team	Yamaha Júbilo
Youth career
2011	Warringah
2012	Sydney University
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2013–	Sydney University
Senior career
Years	Team
2015–2018	Brumbies
2014	Sydney Stars
2015–2017	Canberra Vikings
2018	North Harbour
2020	Sunwolves
2021–	Yamaha Júbilo
	Correct as of 21 February 2021
International career
Years	Team
2012	Australia Under-20
	Correct as of 21 February 2021

Last updated December 30, 2024

James Dargaville (born 25 April 1992) is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays as a wing for the New South Wales Country Eagles in the National Rugby Championship, following stints with the Brumbies and North Harbour. He also represented the Sydney Stars in the inaugural National Rugby Championship.^[1]^[2] He has occasionally played as a centre as well.

Career

Dargaville started out his rugby career playing colts level rugby for Warringah and later Sydney University.^[1] He progressed to the Sydney Uni Shute Shield team in 2013 and was an instant hit scoring 24 tries in his first 2 seasons.^[2] This devastating form alerted the newly formed Sydney Stars who signed him up for the first ever National Rugby Championship season in 2014 where he scored 3 tries in 8 appearances.^[2] Several Super Rugby sides were known to be chasing his services ahead of the 2015 Super Rugby season, however he chose to head south to Canberra to join up with the Brumbies.^[3]

International career

Dargaville was a member of the Australia Under-20 side which competed in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa.^[4]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 25 July 2016^[2]

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Points
2015	Brumbies	12	2	10	371	1	5
2016	Brumbies	9	5	4	510	1	5
Total		21	7	14	881	2	10

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References

1 2 "James Dargaville Sydney Stars Player Profile". Sydney Stars Rugby Club. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
1 2 3 4 "James Dargaville itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
↑ "ACT Brumbies recruit James Dargaville likened to Pat McCabe". Canberra Times. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
↑ "Australian Under 20s squad named for 2012". Rugby Australia. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

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[James_Dargaville_Sydney_Stars_Player_Profile-1] 1 2 "James Dargaville Sydney Stars Player Profile". Sydney Stars Rugby Club. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

[James_Dargaville_itsrugby_Player_Statistics-2] 1 2 3 4 "James Dargaville itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

[ACT_Brumbies_recruit_James_Dargaville_likened_to_Pat_McCabe-3] "ACT Brumbies recruit James Dargaville likened to Pat McCabe". Canberra Times. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

[Australian_Under_20s_squad_named_for_2012-4] "Australian Under 20s squad named for 2012". Rugby Australia. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

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