Gloucester Rugby hooker Darren Dawidiuk has agreed a new two year deal with the club, the 14th member of the current squad to sign a new contract.Dawidiuk joined Gloucester Rugby for the 2009-10 season from the Cornish Pirates and has to date made four starts and eight replacement appearances for the first team.
Highlights of the season so far are starting against Australia, playing the full 80 minutes in the hard fought 12-9 victory over the Leicester Tigers at Kingsholm and featuring in the Heineken Cup.

The 22 year old, who has represented England Colleges, has provided competition for his fellow hookers Olivier Azam and Scott Lawson and acquitted himself well when called upon.

Dawidiuk who has made 11 appearances for the first team so far this season admitted that he's learned a lot this season but still hopes to further improve his game.

"I came to Gloucester to take a step up, to test myself at a higher level and it's been a great experience."

"I've learned a huge amount from working with the likes of Olivier Azam and Scott Lawson but I know that there are still areas of my game that I need to work on."

"So that's my aim now. To carry on working hard and improving so that I can start to challenge those guys for a starting place."