Daryl Powell

For the Australian footballer, see Daryl Powell (Australian footballer).
Not to be confused with the Jamaica association (soccer) footballer, Darryl Powell.

Daryl Powell
Personal information
Full nameDaryl A. Powell [1]
Born (1965-07-21) 21 July 1965 (age 59)
Ackworth, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
PositionCentre, Stand-off, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1984–95 Sheffield Eagles 312 114 0 16 472
1988–90 Balmain Tigers 4 2 0 0 8
1991 Gold Coast Seagulls 13 1 0 0 4
1995–97 Keighley Cougars 42 10 0 0 40
1998–01 Leeds Rhinos 89 13 0 2 54
Total 460 140 0 18 578
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–96 Great Britain 33 5 0 0 20
1995 England 4 0 0 0 0
1989 Yorkshire 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Rugby league
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1996–97 Keighley Cougars 24 14 1 9 58
2001–03 Leeds Rhinos 92 58 4 30 63
2008–13 Featherstone Rovers 137 104 3 30 76
2013–21 Castleford Tigers 219 129 5 85 59
2022–23 Warrington Wolves 50 21 0 29 42
2024– Wakefield Trinity 34 32 0 2 94
Total 556 358 13 185 64
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2004 Ireland 3 2 0 1 67
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2006–08 Leeds Tykes
As of 13 October 2024

Daryl A. Powell (born 21 July 1965) is an English rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer. He is the head coach of Wakefield Trinity who play in the RFL Championship.

He played as a stand-off in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s for the Sheffield Eagles, the Keighley Cougars and the Leeds Rhinos, as well as Balmain Tigers and Gold Coast Seagulls in Australia. He played more than 450 games including 33 caps for Great Britain, and made appearances in the Super League Grand Final and in two Challenge Cup Finals for Leeds.[2][3][4][5] At Sheffield he formed a key partnership with Mark Aston, and holds the club record for the most individual tries in a match (5) and he did hold the record for most career tries (114) until this was broken by Menzie Yere in 2013.

Powell's first move into coaching was with Keighley Cougars as a player-coach. After retiring, he became head coach of the Leeds Rhinos in 2001, and later became their director of rugby. He coached the Ireland national rugby league team as well as rugby union side Leeds Tykes, before a return to domestic rugby league in 2008 with Featherstone Rovers in the Championship who he led to three consecutive first-placed finishes. In 2013, he was appointed head coach of the Castleford Tigers in the Super League where, across nine seasons, he won the League Leaders' Shield and reached three major finals. He coached the Warrington Wolves for two seasons before taking charge of Wakefield Trinity ahead of the 2024 campaign.

  1. ^ FreeBMD Entry Information
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ^ Rothmans RL Yearbook 1993-94 by Raymond Fletcher and David Howes, published by Headline, ISBN 0747278903, page 156