Ed Craig

Ed Craig (born 20 July 1996, age 23, weight 113kg) is an Australian rugby union player who has played for Australian Schoolboys and Australian Under 20s. He plays hooker for Eastwood Rugby Club's first grade side in Sydney's Shute Shield competition and for Sydney in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). In February 2020 Craig got his first Super Rugby cap with the Queensland Reds as a replacement for injured Reds and Wallabies hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa.

Early life and junior rugby
Ed Craig playing hooker for Eastwood Rugby Club - Age: 23 - Weight: 113kg

Ed Craig (Edward James Craig) was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up in the suburb of Eastwood. He played his junior club rugby at the local Hillview Rugby Club (now Central Eastwood),[1] junior rep rugby with Eastwood Rugby Club and school rugby with Epping Boys High School (EBHS).

He played in the EBHS 1st XV in 2012, 2013 (VC) and 2014 (C) and was selected for the Combined High Schools (CHS) 1st XV and Combined States team in the 2013 Australian Schoolboy Rugby Championships.

In 2014, Craig was captain of the CHS 1st XV [2] and selected for the NSW 1st XV [3] which went on to win the national title at the Australian Schoolboy Rugby Championships that year.[4] From there he was selected for the Australian Schoolboys NZ tour in 2014 [5] and was starting hooker in tests against Fiji and New Zealand.[6][7] Craig was awarded the Volvo Australian Schools Rugby Scholarship in 2014.[8]

Rugby career

Craig was part of the NSW Waratahs Gen Blue squad in 2015 and 2016, [9] [10] [11] and played for NSW in the Australian Super Under 20s Championship in both years. In 2016, he was called into the Australian Under 20s side for the World Rugby U20s Championships in Manchester, England, where he played in Tests against Scotland and NZ.[12]

Craig plays club rugby for Eastwood in Sydney's Shute Shield competition. He played in the colts 1st XV in 2014 and 2015, then moved to Grade aged 20. He 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. [13]

In 2019 Craig played every game for Eastwood’s 1st Grade side, coming second in the Shute Shield Club Championship and making the semi-finals. [14] [15] [16] Craig 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. [17] [18] [19]

His was selected for the Greater Sydney Rams in the National Rugby Competition (NRC) in 2017 and the new Sydney NRC team in 2019. [20] By round six of the 2019 NRC comp he had 2 tries, 66 tackles, 6 turnovers, 30 carries, 3 clean breaks and a 90% success rate in lineouts. [21] Craig has played 52 first grade games for Eastwood (at end 2019 season) with 14 tries. [22] [23]

In February 2020 Craig got his first Super Rugby cap with the Queensland Reds as replacement for injured Reds and Wallabies hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa.[24]

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 Barker College.

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References
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  2. "Ed Craig playing for CHS 1st XV v GPS 1st XV". Green and Gold Rugby Forum.
  3. "Ed Craig Australian combined High school Captain and Oliver Green CHS Football Captain - Epping Boys High School". eppingboy-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  4. "NSW I wins Australian Schoolboys Championships for 2014". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  5. "Australian Schoolboys teams: 2004-2015". Rugby News. 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. "Aussie Schools Leave On Tour | Rugby365". rugby365.com. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  7. "Australian Schoolboy Team Lists - 2010-2018" (PDF). Schools Rugby. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. "RUPA: 2014 Volvo Australian Schools Rugby Scholarships announced". rupa.rugby. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  9. "NSW Waratahs 2016 Gen Blue training squad announced". Rugby News. 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  10. "NSW Under 20s doing the business". Green and Gold Rugby. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  11. "Waratahs Under 20s have solid first hit out". Green and Gold Rugby. 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  12. "Edward Craig". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  13. "2017 Shute Shield Season Preview: Eastwood". Rugby News. 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  14. "Qualifying Finals for Shute Shield". Shute Shield. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  15. "Results, 2019 Season - SRU Premiership Competition - Intrust Super Shute Shield (1st Grade)". nswpremresults.fusesport.com. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  16. Robinson, Georgina (2019-08-11). "Eastwood avenge loss to Easts, book semis spot". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  17. "EDRUFC Awards 2017". Eastwood Rugby. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  18. "2018 Colin Caird Shield Grand Final: Eastwood". Behind the Ruck. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  19. "Eastwood Rugby Club web page". eastwoodrugby.com.au. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  20. "Sydney confirms NRC squad". NSW Waratahs. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  21. https://nsw.rugby/news/2019/10/22/in-focus-jake-gordon-and-ed-craig
  22. "Rugby - Player statistics - club stats". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  23. Ed Craig rugby highlights 2019 Shute shield & NRC Season, retrieved 2019-10-17
  24. "Reds call up Sydney club player to help solve hooking crisis". www.couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
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