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| Full name | Elliot Fitzgerald Daly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb; 14 st 11 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Whitgift School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elliot Fitzgerald Daly (born 8 October 1992) is an English professionalrugby union player who plays as autility back forPremiership Rugby clubSaracens and theEngland national team.[2][3]
Daly was a talentedcricketer as a teenager, representingEngland Under-15s and Surrey at various age-group levels. He was an all-rounder, with fast bowling his forte, and appeared good enough to possibly make the first-class county grade before he chose rugby union. Daly played his early rugby atBeckenham from age five before moving toDorking in 2006, where he spent three years.[4] He was educated atWhitgift School. It was at Whitgift that he developed his long range kicking game where he was known to take the car keys of his teacher, Bobby Walsh, to get balls for practice.[5]
Daly joinedWasps' Elite Player Development Squad before progressing to the academy.[6]He debuted atcentre againstExeter Chiefs in theAnglo-Welsh Cup in November 2010 whilst still a pupil at Whitgift and in the process became the second-youngest player to represent the club.[7] His firstPremiership game followed later that month againstBath and he finished the 2010–11 season with six appearances which came at centre,full-back and on thewing.[6][8]
Daly was an established member of Wasps having featured in over 150Premiership matches for the side. His speed and long-range kicking abilities alongside his ability to see space is among what made him such a stand-out player,[9] and he played a vital role for Wasps whether he was at 13, 11, or 15.
On 4 February 2019, Daly agreed to leave Wasps to join Premiership rivalsSaracens prior to the2019–20 season.[10]
Daly helped Saracens win the Premiership title in2023. He began the game on the bench, but came on as a first half replacement forSean Maitland and then scored a crucial try, as Saracens defeatedSale Sharks by 35–25.[11]
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Daly has represented England at U16, U18, U20 and senior level, including winning an U20 Grand Slam in 2011, and reaching the Junior World Cup final in the same year. Since making his senior debut forEngland in 2016, Daly has gone on to win back-to-backSix Nations Championships in2016 and2017. In the years following his debut, he has made over 70 appearances for the senior team.[citation needed]
Daly was selected for England's2015 Rugby World Cup training squad.[12] Daly received his first call up to the seniorEngland squad by new coachEddie Jones on 13 January 2016 for the2016 Six Nations Championship.[13]
Daly made his international debut againstIreland on 27 February 2016, replacingOwen Farrell at inside centre in a 21–10 victory.[14][15]
Daly made his first international start[16] againstSouth Africa on 12 November 2016 in the Old Mutual Wealth series. He started at outside centre starring alongside Owen Farrell who played inside centre. He also scored his first international points kicking a long-range penalty in the 39th minute of the first half.
Daly scored his first international try for England when he started on the wing in England's 58–15 victory overFiji at Twickenham on 19 November 2016.[17]
On 26 November 2016, he became the first England back, and only the second England player, to be sent off at Twickenham. Daly went for a tackle in the air againstArgentina's number 8Leonardo Senatore who landed on his head and shoulders in the fifth minute of the first half, and was subsequently given a red card and 3 week ban.[18] Despite Daly's dismissal and playing 75 minutes a man short, England won the match 27–14.
Daly was named in the England team to faceFrance at Twickenham in the first game of the2017 Six Nations on 4 February.[19] He scored a long-range penalty and was denied a try by a last-gasp tackle from the French.[20] Daly started on the wing again againstWales in Cardiff on 11 February. With England losing 16-14 and five minutes left on the clock, Daly took a pass from Owen Farrell, escaped the clutches ofAlex Cuthbert and sprinted 20 metres to dive over in the corner, winning the match for England.[21][22] Daly scored his second try of the tournament during England's 36–15 win overItaly.[23] In the2019 Six Nations, Daly played at fullback and scored the second try in England's opening 32–20 away win over Ireland, grounding his own grubber kick followingJacob Stockdale's handling error under pressure.[24]
On 12 August 2019, Daly was announced as part of the England squad for the2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, having impressed with his pace and his ability to kick long-range penalties.[citation needed]
In January 2025, Daly was recalled to the senior squad for the2025 Six Nations Championship.[25] He was named on the bench for the second round fixture against France, his first involvement with the national side since featuring in the2024 tournament.[26] Having entered the match with his team behind on the scoreboard, Daly scored the decisive try in the 79th minute, which led to a 26–25 victory for England.[27]
Daly made history on the2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, both individually and as part of a test side that claimed a dramatic drawn series with theAll Blacks.[28] On a personal level, he joined an elite club of people to have played for and against the Lions, and an even smaller club to have scored both for and against the British and Irish Lions. In 2013, he was part of theBarbarians side that took on the tourists in Hong Kong on the first leg of theirtour to Australia – he even kicked a penalty in the defeat.[29]
Daly did not feature in the match against theBlues,[30] he played in the following fixtures against theHighlanders[31] andMāori All Blacks[32] before going on to play in all three Tests during which he proved his worth and demonstrated how crucial his long-range kicking can be. He came within inches of scoring in the second minute of the first test, collecting Owen Farrell's pass in the left corner after a free-flowing Lions move, but was denied by a tackle fromIsrael Dagg. In the same game, he was involved in one of the greatest Lions tries ever scored as he exchanged passes withJonathan Davies, who set upSean O'Brien to cross the whitewash afterLiam Williams' break.[33]
Daly played all 80 minutes of the Lions' remarkable come-from-behind win in the second test, before his penalty just after half-time in the third helped bring the Lions back within three points and heap pressure on the All Blacks in Auckland, as the match eventually finished 15–15 to draw the series in historic fashion.[34]
One 8 May 2025, Elliot Daly was selected for the Lions for the third time, when he was called up to be a member of the2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia.[35] In July 2025, he was ruled out of the rest of the tour after sustaining a forearm injury during a 52–12 victory over theQueensland Reds.[36]
as of 8 February 2025[update][37]
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