Shaun Edwards

Shaun Edwards is a retired player most recently playing for Sydney.

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Shaun Edwards OBE (born 17 October 1966) is an English rugby union coach and former rugby league player. He is defence coach of Wales, a post he has held since 2008. In November 2011 he left London Wasps after 10 years with the club, latterly as head coach.

Edwards generally played at either scrum half or stand-off. He played for Wigan in the Rugby Football League Championship and then Super League between 1983 and 1997. He also had spells with Balmain Tigers, London Broncos (twice) and Bradford Bulls. He remains the most decorated player in Rugby League history - playing for Wigan, Edwards won a record eight championships and a record nine Challenge Cups. In total he played in eleven Challenge Cup finals, also a record. He was voted Man of Steel in 1990 and is an inductee of the Wigan Hall of Fame.

Edwards played 36 times for Great Britain, and played for England from 1995 to 1996 and Ireland in 1998. In all, he appeared in three Rugby League World Cups.

Edwards was born in Wigan, Lancashire on 17 October 1966. His father, Jack, played half-back for Warrington in the late 1950s and early 1960s, until a severe spinal injury ended his career prematurely at age 24.