He retained the captaincy the following season, and in 1921 he won his first and only international cap as a rugby union player.
[2] Edwards won his cap for the opening game of the 1921 Five Nations Championship, an encounter with England at Twickenham.
In 1921, Edwards surrendered his amateur status by joining professional rugby league team, Rochdale Hornets.
in the 1922 Challenge Cup Final during the 1921–22 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 6 May 1922, in front of a crowd of 32,596.
[3] Returning to Wales in the late 1920s, he coached Rhigos RFC, until he was stopped by the Welsh Rugby Union due to his background as a professional league player.