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Darrell Griffin
Darrell Griffin
Personal information
Full name	Darrell Griffin
Nickname	Big Daz, Big Griff
Born	19 June 1981 (age 28)
	Witney, England
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	18 st 7 lbs (118 kg)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Representative
	As of 7 October 2008
	Source: Rugby League Project

Darrell Griffin is a rugby league player with Huddersfield Giants, and an England international. His former clubs include Oxford Cavaliers, London Broncos and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

He is notable as being a top flight rugby league player from a non-traditional area, progressing through the youth system at Oxford Cavaliers and onto the London Broncos academy.^[1]^[2]^[3]

His younger brother Josh Griffin is contracted to huddersfield giants]].^[4]

Griffin joined Wakefield in June 2003 from rugby union side Harlequins.^[5]^[6]

He has been named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[7]

He has been named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[8]

[edit] References

^ "Wakefield star Monty speaks out". Oxford Cavaliers. 2006-03-08. http://www.oxfordcavaliersrlfc.com/News%20March.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
^ "South can be big force". Huddersfield Examiner. 2008-03-22. http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2008/03/08/south-can-be-big-force-86081-20579045/. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
^ London Broncos 2001 Official Guide: "Enter the Gladiators - Broncos player profiles 2001", London Broncos, Darrell Griffin, p14, 1st January 2001
^ "Watene Missing for Wildcats". Sportinglife. 2008-04-11. http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/08/04/10/RUGBYL_Wakefield.html. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
^ "Wildcats reward stars". BBC. 2003-09-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/3122378.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
^ "Griffin helps push back boundaries". The Independent. 2003-06-15. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/griffin-helps-push-back-boundaries-540711.html. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
^ "Myler gets England call". England Rugby League. 2008-09-29. http://www.englandrl.co.uk/article.php?id=11890. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
^ "Gleeson to lead new-look England". BBC. 2008-10-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7642490.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-10.

He came through the youth system at both Oxford & Witney Rugby Club

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[Wakefield_star_Monty_speaks_out-0] "Wakefield star Monty speaks out". Oxford Cavaliers. 2006-03-08. http://www.oxfordcavaliersrlfc.com/News%20March.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

[South_can_be_big_force-1] "South can be big force". Huddersfield Examiner. 2008-03-22. http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2008/03/08/south-can-be-big-force-86081-20579045/. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

[2] London Broncos 2001 Official Guide: "Enter the Gladiators - Broncos player profiles 2001", London Broncos, Darrell Griffin, p14, 1st January 2001

[Watene_Missing_for_Wildcats-3] "Watene Missing for Wildcats". Sportinglife. 2008-04-11. http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/08/04/10/RUGBYL_Wakefield.html. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

[Wildcats_reward_stars-4] "Wildcats reward stars". BBC. 2003-09-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/3122378.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

[Griffin_helps_push_back_boundaries-5] "Griffin helps push back boundaries". The Independent. 2003-06-15. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/griffin-helps-push-back-boundaries-540711.html. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

[Myler_gets_England_call-6] "Myler gets England call". England Rugby League. 2008-09-29. http://www.englandrl.co.uk/article.php?id=11890. Retrieved 2008-10-03.

[Gleeson_to_lead_new-look_England-7] "Gleeson to lead new-look England". BBC. 2008-10-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7642490.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-10.

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