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Britt, Darren; 1st Grade No: 908
Topic Started: Sep 7 2007, 08:39 PM (938 Views)
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Darren James Britt was born in Orange on 9 October 1969 and attended Holy Family Infants School which also produced another Test and Bulldog star in Paul Dunn. He attended De La Salle which later become James Sheahan Catholic High School, where Darren completed Year 10. On leaving school Darren played for two years with the CYMS Under 18s before moving to Sydney at the age of 18.



His introduction to Sydney football was with Western Suburbs Magpies in 1988, where he remained until 1993. In his first year with the Magpies in 1988, the hard running prop forward powered his way to selection for City Under 19s and NSW Under 19s.



Darren joined the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in 1994 and in 1995 achieved a career highlight with a win over Manly in the Grand Final. In 1997 he took over the captaincy and led the Bulldogs to the Grand Final only to lose to the Brisbane Broncos.



Darren continued to impress everyone with his tremendous dedication and high work rate, but it was not until 1998 that his efforts were recognised by the national selectors and he donned the Green and Gold for Australia in his first Test against New Zealand. Darren has now played four Tests against the Kiwis and one against England.



Up to the 2000 season, Darren had represented the Bulldogs on 130 occasions, 124 of which have been in first grade, 6 in reserve grade and 2 World Cup Challenge games. Well known Bulldogs player/coach Terry Lamb probably summed up Darren when he said recently: 'Darren's an old-style type of footballer, who is much respected by both his team mates, and by his opposition'.
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