Darren Maroon

Darren Maroon

Personal information
Full name	Darren Maroon
Born	(1966-05-04)4 May 1966 Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Playing information
Position	Second-row,Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1987–92 South Sydney 52 2 0 0 8 1993 Manly-Warringah 1 0 0 0 0 1994 South Sydney 6 0 0 0 0 1995–96 Eastern Suburbs 2 0 0 0 0 Total 61 2 0 0 8 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1999–00 Lebanon 4 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2006–07 Lebanon 7 4 2 1 57 2014–15 Lebanon 4 3 0 1 75
Source: As of 7 February 2021

Darren Maroon(born 4 May 1966) is a formerLebanoninternationalrugby leaguefootballer who represented Lebanon at the2000 World Cup.

Background

Maroon was born inSydney,New South Wales,Australia.

Playing career

Maroon started his career with theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs,playing in 52 games between 1987 and 1992. He then spent 1993 with theManly-Warringah Sea Eagles,but played only one match in first-grade before returning to the South Sydney club. Maroon played for Souths in their upset 1994Tooheys Challenge Cupfinal victory overBrisbane.

In 1995 and 1996, he was part of theSydney City Roosters,but again played only one first-grade match in each season.

Maroon then joined theSydney Bullsin theMetropolitan Cup.In 1999, he played forLebanonand helped them qualify for the2000 World Cup.

Maroon was selected as Lebanon's captain for the 2000 World Cup. However, before the tournament started, Maroon failed a drugs test.He was later cleared to play when a tribunal ruled that he took the banned substance unwittingly in a sports drink.Maroon played three matches at the World Cup.

Coaching

Darren was coach of theLebanonteam that beatWales26-50 in Widnes on 9 Nov 2007.

In 2011 Maroon coached the Sydney Bulls in theBundaberg Red Cup.

In his second spell as Lebanon coach he lost just one game; 28-40 vFijion 19 Oct 2014, played inSydney.