Birth name | William George Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 November 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 0 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | The Skinners' School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William George Edwards is an English rugby union and rugby sevens player who has represented Loughborough Students,[1] Saracens,[2] Northampton Saints,[3] Harlequins Rugby Club[4] and England.[5] He made his breakthrough in 2017, when he was called up to the World Series squad for the Vancouver tournament,[6] which England went on to win.
Edwards became a full-time member of the squad[7] following call ups to Singapore,[8] Paris[9] and London[10] Sevens and went on to represent the squad until 2020 when England Rugby made the Sevens programme redundant. Edwards was made captain of the team in the Clermont-Ferrand[11] Men's Seven's Grand Prix 2017 in late June. Will, went on to represent the squad until 2020 when England Rugby made the Sevens Programme redundant[12] in August 2020.
Will, following his redundancy was quick to be snapped up by Premiership club, Harlequins, with whom he signed a short term deal in November 2020.[4]