Ed Craig

Ed Craig (born 20 July 1996) is a teacher at SHORE school in North Sydney where he teaches PDHPE and Christian studies. He is also assistant coach for the first XV and assistant boarding master. Previously, Craig has been a PDHPE and Christian studies teacher at Barker College and Rouse Hill Anglican College in Sydney.[1] He also played rugby union for the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby team in Australia in 2021 [2] and made his Super Rugby debut with the Queensland Reds in Brisbane in 2020.[3] He also played for Australian Schoolboys and Australian Under 20s and played two seasons for Sydney in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). Craig is currently playing in the Sydney Shute Shield competition for his home club Eastwood. His position is hooker.

Ed Craig
Birth nameEdward James Craig
Date of birth (1996-07-20) 20 July 1996
Place of birthSydney, Australia
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016– Eastwood ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 Greater Sydney Rams 2 (0)
2019 Sydney 7 (10)
Correct as of 23 November 2020
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020 Reds 2 (5)
2021 Rebels 2 (0)
2022– Waratahs 1 (0)
Correct as of 1 May 2022

Early life and junior rugby

Ed Craig (Edward James Craig) was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up in Eastwood. He played junior club rugby with Hillview Rugby Club (now Central Eastwood),[4] junior rep rugby with Eastwood Rugby Club and school rugby with Epping Boys High School.

He played in the EBHS 1st XV (2012-2014) and was selected for the Combined High Schools (CHS) 1st XV and Combined States in the 2013 Australian Schoolboy Rugby Championships. In 2014, Craig was captain of the CHS 1st XV [5] and played in the NSW 1st XV [6] which won the national title at the Australian Schoolboy Rugby Championships.[7] He was selected for the Australian Schoolboys NZ tour in 2014 [8] playing tests against Fiji and New Zealand.[9][10] Craig was awarded the Volvo Australian Schools Rugby Scholarship in 2014.[11]

Rugby career

Craig was part of the NSW Waratahs Gen Blue squad and played for NSW in the Australian Super Under 20s Championship.[12][13][14] In 2016 he was called into the Australian Under 20s side for the World Rugby U20s Championships in Manchester, England, where he played Tests against Scotland and NZ.[15]

Craig plays club rugby for Eastwood in Sydney's Shute Shield competition. He played in the colts 1st XV in 2014 and 2015, then played in 1st and 2nd Grade behind Eastwood’s two contracted NSW Waratah Super Rugby hookers Hugh Roach and Damien Fitzpatrick in 2016, 2017 and 2018.[16]

In 2019 Craig played hooker for Eastwood’s 1st Grade side, coming second in the Shute Shield Club Championship and making the semi-finals.[17][18][19] He was Eastwood's ‘Rookie of the Year’ in 2017, played in the Shute Shield second grade Grand Final in 2018 and named in Eastwood's 'All Stars' team in 2018.[20][21][22]

His was selected for the Greater Sydney Rams in the National Rugby Competition (NRC) in 2017 and the Sydney NRC team in 2019.[23][24] Craig has played 68 first grade games for Eastwood (at end 2020 season) with 20 tries.[25][26]

In February 2020 Craig got his first Super Rugby cap [3] with the Queensland Reds as replacement for injured Reds and Wallabies hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa.[27] In October 2020 he finished Eastwood's Shute Shield season with a narrow Grand Final loss to Gordon, and in November signed with the Melbourne Rebels for the 2021 Super Rugby season.[2]

Outside rugby

Craig has a Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) from the University of Sydney.. He teaches Christian Studies and PDHPE and coaches rugby at Sydney's SHORE school.

Super Rugby statistics
As of 12 June 2021[28]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2020Reds20241000500
2021 AURebels202560000000
2021 TTRebels00000000000
2022 TTWaratahs101250000000
Total505851000500

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