Darren Abram (born 27 September 1967) is a

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and

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ed in the 2000s. He played at club level for

Warrington Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...

, Swinton (1987–88), Springfield Borough (1988–90), the

Rochdale Hornets The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the League 1, the third tier of European rugby league. The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs tha ...

(1990–91),

Oldham Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative cent ...

(1993–97), Lancashire Lynx (1998), as a , and coached at club level for

Chorley Lynx # Chorley Lynx was an English professional rugby league club based in Chorley, Lancashire. Under various names, they were members of the Rugby Football League 1989–93 and 1995–2004. History Formation as Chorley Borough Springfield Boroug ...

, the

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. ...

(2003–05), and the

(2006–07).

Playing career

Abram started his career at

, making one appearance in 1987. In 1988, he spent a month on loan at Swinton, before being transferred to Chorley Borough later that year. Darren Abram played, and scored a try in

14–24 defeat by St. Helens in the

1991 Lancashire Cup It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

Final during the 1991–92 season at

Wilderspool Stadium Wilderspool Stadium was a rugby league stadium in Warrington, England. The ground was Warrington RLFC's old ground before moving to the Halliwell Jones Stadium. History In 1898, Warrington RLFC moved to the Wilderspool Stadium. A 10-year l ...

, on Sunday 20 October 1991.

Coaching career

Abram cut his coaching teeth with

in National League Two and was taken on by the Leigh Centurions, with a view to taking them into the

Super League Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of twelve t ...

, in October 2003. He accomplished this in his first season as Leigh Centurions beat Whitehaven in a dramatic

National League One National One, up until 2023 known as National League 1 and previously known before September 2009 as National Division Two), is the third of three national leagues in the domestic rugby union competition of England. It was known as Courage Lea ...

Grand Final. Leigh Centurions' Super League season of 2005, however, proved a disaster and the club were relegated after winning just two games, with Abram leaving in August 2005.Coach Abram leaves post at Leigh
,

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, 2 August 2005, retrieved 3 October 2010 He was appointed Rochdale Hornets' coach in November 2005, as successor to

Bobbie Goulding Robert Dennis "Bobbie" Goulding (born 4 February 1972), also known by the nickname of "Bobbie Dazzler", is an English former professional rugby league footballer, and coach, who played in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, and has coached in ...

, who had resigned two weeks earlier.Partington, Richard (2005)
Abram takes the reins at hornets
, ''

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'', 29 November 2005, retrieved 3 October 2010 Abram parted company from Rochdale Hornets in July 2007.

Personal life

Darren Abram is the father of the rugby league who has played in the 2010s and 2020s for

Barrow Raiders The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club play home games at Craven Park (Barrow), Craven Park and compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rug ...

and

; Dan Abram.

References

External links

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1967 births Living people Blackpool Borough players Chorley Lynx coaches Chorley Lynx players English rugby league players Leigh Leopards coaches Oldham R.L.F.C. players Place of birth missing (living people) Rochdale Hornets coaches Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league centres Rugby league coaches Swinton Lions players Warrington Wolves players 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub