Darran Harris (born 11 November 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player. He plays for
RFU Championship side,
Rotherham Titans
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as a hooker.
Career
Born in
Brecon, Harris started playing rugby at Brecon RFC as a prop before moving to the youth ranks of
Merthyr RFC. During this time, he played for the youth team of the Welsh region of
Cardiff Blues
Cardiff Rugby ( cy, Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions.
Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms ...
. While playing for the Blues, he was mentored by
Dale McIntosh who convinced him to move to
Pontypridd RFC in 2011 and changed him from a prop to a hooker. In 2013, he was part of the Pontypridd
Welsh Premier Division and
WRU Challenge Cup double-winning team. The next season, he left the Cardiff Blues region to move to
Llanelli RFC which allowed him to play for
Scarlets. He made his Scarlets debut in the
Anglo-Welsh Cup against
Saracens
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. He also played for Scarlets in the Premiership Sevens tournament. In 2015, Harris left Scarlets and Wales to play in England for RFU Championship Rotherham Titans for development.
When he joined the club, he was tipped to be Rotherham's first-choice hooker.
After suffering an ankle injury in Rotherham's pre-season, he made his debut for Rotherham in the RFU Championship against
Cornish Pirates. After four games of the season, Harris later suffered a shoulder injury that ruled him out of contention for a large part of Rotherham's
2015–16 RFU Championship
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season.
After a year in England, Harris returned to Wales with the
Dragons, for whom he played five times (one start) before being released at the end of the 2016–17 season.
International career
In 2012, Harris was called up to the
Wales national under-20 rugby union team, where he also played for them in the
IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa.
References
External links
Dragons profile
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1992 births
Living people
Rugby union players from Brecon
Welsh rugby union players
Rugby union hookers
Brecon RFC players
Merthyr RFC players
Cardiff Rugby players
Pontypridd RFC players
Scarlets players
Llanelli RFC players
Carmarthen Quins RFC players
Rotherham Titans players
Dragons RFC players
Bedwas RFC players
Ebbw Vale RFC players