game of the 1996 cross-code challenge series against Bath. Edwards played in every round of Wigan's eight consecutive Challenge Cup wins. Altogether he made 452 appearances for Wigan. He played his last game for the club against St. Helens in the Challenge Cup defeat at Knowsley Road in 1997. Edwards left Wigan that year to move near his son James, signing for the London Broncos. He fell out with new coach Eric Hughes, who refused Edwards permission to miss the first training session of each week, in order for him to spend time with his son in London. The decision to allow Edwards to leave the club led to multiple complaints from Wigan fans. After just a season in London, Edwards moved to Bradford Bulls but after only a few months returned to London, where he led the London Broncos to the 1999 Challenge Cup final at Wembley. He retired in 2000. International Edwards was the youngest ever player to play for Great Britain when he played against France in 1985. His political views meant that on a Great Britain Lions tour, Edwards taped over the British Coal logo on his jersey in support of the miners' strike. He was sent off for a high tackle on Bradley Clyde in the first Ashes test match of 1994 at Wembley. He played for Great Britain 36 times, starting 32 games with a further four from the substitutes bench, and scored 16 tries. Edwards was England's captain for the 1995 World Cup tournament, but ruled himself out of the final against Australia with an infected knee. Coaching career In 2001, Edwards joined London Wasps in rugby union as a defence and backs coach, taking over as head coach in 2005 after Warren Gatland returned to New Zealand. Wasps won the English Rugby Union Championship three times in succession, in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and the Heineken Cup in 2004. During his reign as Head Coach London Wasps won the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2006, the Heineken Cup in 2007 and the English Rugby Union Championship in 2008. Edwards teamed up with Gatland again, after the latter was appointed head coach of : Edwards had been offered the job of coaching England's second-tier side, England Saxons, but preferred the assistant coach position with Wales. Former player Matt Dawson stated that it was "a crime" that England lost him to Wales and described him as