Career
He is the head coach of Castleford Tigers. He is a former stand-off for Keighley, Sheffield Eagles and Leeds. He played over 450 games including 33 caps for Great Britain and made appearances in the Super League Grand Final and in the Rugby League Challenge Cup final (twice) for Leeds.
Powell was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.
His Testimonial match at Sheffield Eagles took place in 1994. He played for England in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
Powell played for Leeds at stand-off half in their 1998 Super League Grand Final loss to Wigan. After he retired from playing in 2001, he became coach of Leeds.
In 2003 he became Director of Rugby after Leeds appointed Tony Smith as head coach, and was also head coach of the Ireland national rugby league team
He was later involved at York, who had formed a strategic partnership with Leeds. In 2004 Powell was coach of the Ireland. In July 2005 he made the switch to rugby union when he became the offensive coach and matchday manager for Leeds Tykes.
In January 2006 he was promoted to head coach but the season ended in disappointment when the Tykes were relegated.
He was appointed head coach of Featherstone Rovers in September 2008. On the 7th of May he was announced as the New Head Coach of Featherstone"s local Rivals Castleford Tigers.
Despite losing Manitoba of Steel and Craig Huby in the close season, Daryl is looking forward to 2015 at the Tigers, with a number of exciting signings to add to his talented squad. "Daryl Powell Centre.
Signed for Sheffield from Redhill ARLFC after being a British Amateur Rugby League Association Youth cap and became the Eagles’ very first pro player back in 1984.
Subsequently became their first international in the 1989-1990 season and established himself as a Test player on the 1990 Lions tour. Sheffield Eagles captain, he starred in the most recent Ashes Test series.".
