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Ignas Darkintis

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Ignas Darkintis
Full nameIgnas Darkintis
Date of birth (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35)
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb; 18 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009-2010 Enköpings RK ()
2010-2011 Thanet Wanderers ()
2011-2012 Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C. 29 (5)
2012-2013 Ordizia RE ()
2013-2014 Coventry R.F.C. 21 (7)
2014-2015 Ealing Trailfinders 2 (0)
2015 Old Albanian RFC 4 (0)
2015- Darlington Mowden Park 100 (10)
Correct as of 18 March 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
20??- Lithuanaia 16 (10)
Correct as of 18 March 2024

Ignas Darkintis (born 8 February 1989) is a Lithuanian rugby union player. He plays as a prop.

Darkintis played most of his career at the Lithuanian side of Vairas Siauliai. He moved to Enköping RC in Sweden, for the 2009 season, where he won a Swedish Championship. He later moved to Thanet Wanderers RUFC, in England, a team from the London 1 South, for the 2010/11 season.[1] In the 2011/12 season he plays for Birmingham and Solihull, a team in the English National 1. He moved to Ordizia RE, in Spain, for the 2012/13 season.

He also plays for Lithuania, participating in the team that won the 2008–2010 European Nations Cup Third Division with a Grand Slam. This was part of a spell of 18 consecutive winning matches that lasted until the loss to Ukraine in the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifyings.

References

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  1. ^ In the 2011/12 season he plays for Birmingham and Solihull, a team in the English National 1 . Season 2011/12 Ignas played for the Spanish side Ampo Ordizia in Division de Honor where he won the famous Copa Del Rey (King's Cup). From Spanish side he moved to Coventry where he played season 2012/13. Year later Ignas was signed by Ealing Trailfinders in National 1 with whom he won the promotion to Championship. Ignas joined Darlington Mowden Park in 2014 making 100 appearances for the club.Ignas Darkintis Interview (Lithuanian)
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