Daniel Edwards (born 7 May 2003) is a Welsh

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who plays for the Ospreys in the

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Club career

He began his career at Cwmafan RFC, he also played for Swansea Valley U15 team in the Dewar Shield. He joined the Ospreys in 2021, while at the URC side he also went and played for

Aberavon RFC Aberavon Rugby Club () is a rugby union club located in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, though the club's name refers to the older settlement of Aberavon which lies on the western side of the town. The club was founded in 1876 as Afan Football ...

and

Swansea RFC Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Super Rygbi Cymru. The club play at St Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea and are also known as ''The Whites,'' in reference to their home kit colours. History ...

. At the end of the 2021-22 season at Aberavon he won the Young Player of the Year award as well as the gong for the Most Improved Player. After being named on the bench against

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in Round 4 of the URC but not featuring, Edwards went on the make his debut in Round 6 scoring a try against the

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International career

He made his debut for the Welsh under-20 side in the first round of the 2022 U20 Six Nations, starting at Fly-half against Ireland. He started all of Wales' games in the 2023 U20 Six Nations, and played in the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship. On 31 January 2025, he made his senior debut against

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in the opening game of the

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, coming off the bench following an injury to Owen Watkin.Later in the year, on 12 July 2025, he scored his first international try against

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on the 2025 tour of Japan in the 76' minute of the game, later converting the try.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Dan Living people 2003 births Swansea RFC players Ospreys (rugby union) players 21st-century Welsh sportsmen Aberavon RFC players Welsh rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Wales international rugby union players