Early Life
Edwards was born in Samoa to a Samoan mother and New Zealander father. He migrated with his family to Australia at the age of two (1986) and played rugby union until the age of 13. He played Rugby Union for Endeavour Hills in Victoria on the same team as the current Quensland Reds and Australian Wallabies winger Digby Ioane. Aaron Edwards also played soccer before trying Aussie Rules.
He played his junior football with the Hampton Park Football Club and the Seaford Football Club before being selected to play for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. In 2001, while still a junior playing in the Mornington Peninsula region, Edwards represented Samoa, playing for the Samoa national team in an international match against Nauru during Nauru's tour of Australia.
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