Darrel Shelford is a former professional

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and

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footballer, and

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Early years

Shelford attended

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in Rotorua, New Zealand. He is the brother of

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legend

Buck Shelford Sir Wayne Thomas "Buck" Shelford (born 13 December 1957) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach who represented and captained New Zealand (the All Blacks) in the late 1980s. He is also credited with revitalising the performance ...

Playing career

Shelford played rugby union for the

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, and the New Zealand Māori team before switching codes and heading to England in 1990. He played

for

Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is pre ...

, and the

Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sha ...

, playing in the s. Shelford played right- in

's 2–12 defeat by

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in the 1990–91 Regal Trophy Final during the 1990–91 season at

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on Saturday 12 January 1991. Shelford then returned to union, playing for

Wakefield RFC Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901 and folded in 2004 as a result of poor finances, with a trading loss of £105,000 for the season and unsecured creditors' loans of approximately £640,000. The club's final season w ...

Representative career

Shelford won five caps for the

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while at the Huddersfield Giants in 1995 and 1996, including playing at the 1995 Emerging Nations Tournament.

Coaching career

Shelford has coached the Scottish rugby league side and also worked as an assistant coach at

, and worked on the coaching staff at Saracens, where his brother Buck was the head coach, and at Arix Viadana in Italy. He has been employed at the New Zealand Sports Academy as Director.

References

External links

Grovers On A Hat-Trick
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shelford, Darrall 1962 births Living people Bay of Plenty rugby union players Bradford Bulls players Huddersfield Giants players Māori All Blacks players New Zealand Māori rugby league players New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand rugby union players People educated at Western Heights High School Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Auckland Rugby union centres Rugby union players from Auckland Scotland national rugby league team players Wakefield RFC players Workington Town players