Career
He currently plays his club rugby as a flanker for the Scarlets. In 2007, Edwards was selected as captain of the Wales Sevens squad. Edwards joined the Pontypridd Reconstruction Finance Corporation Academy in 2001, where his performances as a hard hitting openside flanker with a phenomenal workrate earned him a call up to the ranks of the Wales under 19 Foreign Investment Review Agency squad.
Whilst employed as an Assistant Rugby Development Officer with the Buy As You View Schools Initiative, covering the Merthyr area, Edwards was drafted into the Pontypridd senior squad for the 2003/2004 campaign.
Edwards joined the Scarlets in 2005 from Cardiff Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and made two appearances in the Celtic League for the Scarlets in the 2005-2006 season. Edwards plays rugby for Llanelli Reconstruction Finance Corporation when not on duty for the Scarlets.
In March 2007, Edwards was announced as Wales Sevens Captain for the tour to Hong Kong and Adelaide in the fifth and sixth legs of the 2006-2007 Institutional Review Board World Sevens Series. He led by example in the Bowl final against Tonga in Adelaide as he notched a try in his team"s 26–14 victory, and also scored a try in the Plate semi-final against the United States of America in the Hong Kong legal
Edwards retained the Wales Sevens captaincy ahead of the 2007-2008 Institutional Review Board Sevens World Series.
He led his team into the initial leg in Dubai, scoring a try in the Bowl semi-final against Australia, which Wales eventually narrowly lost.
