Martyn Wood

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Birth nameMartyn Benjamin Wood
Date of birth (1977-04-25) 25 April 1977 (age 44)
Place of birthHarrogate, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight207 lb (14 st 11 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Retired
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996–2003
2003-2005		 Wasps
Bath		 84
44		 (50)
(5)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2001 England 2 (5)
Teams coached
Years Team
2019 Yorkshire Carnegie

Martyn Benjamin Wood (born 25 April 1977 in Harrogate) was the Director of Rugby at Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship, he was previously a rugby union scrum-half who played for Wasps and Bath. In 2001 he gained 2 caps for England.

Early career[]

Wood attended Harrogate Grammar School from 1988 to 1995 where he played in the School Rugby team. Wood would become a successful part of the Senior 1st XV. He also played for Harrogate

Club career[]

Wood began his career at Wasps, making his debut in 1996[2] and remained there until 2003. Whilst at Wasps he won the Challenge Cup in 2003 (scoring a try in the final)[3] and the domestic Anglo-Welsh Cup (currently known as the LV Cup) in 1999[4] and 2000 (though he was not part of the squad for the 1999 final).[5] He was also part of the Wasps team which won the Premiership in 1996/97[6] and 2002/03,[7] In the summer of 2003 he joined Bath and signed a new contract with them in 2005.[8] However, in November 2005 he injured his neck in a freak trampolining accident,[9] leading to him having to retire from the game exactly a year later.[10]

International career[]

Wood was called up as an injury replacement for the 1999 Rugby World Cup[11] and also as injury cover for the victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup.[12] However he was never officially added to the 2003 squad after certain players recovered, meaning he was unable to pick up a medal for the 2003 success despite flying out to Australia.[13]

Despite his World Cup involvement, he only received two caps, both as a replacement in games against Canada and USA in 2001, scoring a try against Canada in the process.[1]

Coaching career[]

On 24 July 2019 Wood was appointed as Director of Rugby at Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship,[14] he was dismissed from the post less than a year later after losing the first 13 matches of the 2019–20 Season.[15]

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Martyn Wood". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Martyn Wood". wasps.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Bath Rugby 30 v 48 London Wasps". ercrugby.com. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Wasps win Cup at last". BBC. 16 May 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Wasps deny Saints cup double". BBC. 13 May 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  6. ^ "London Wasps Squad 1996/1997". wasps.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Melville rails against loss of title deeds". Guardian. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Wood signs new contract with Bath". BBC. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Wood sidelined by freak accident". BBC. 13 November 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Neck injury forces Wood to retire". BBC. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Bracken and Rees out of World Cup". BBC. 23 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  12. ^ "Healey flies home". BBC. 12 November 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  13. ^ "Wood called up as cover in England scrum-half crisis". Telegraph. 14 October 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  14. ^ "Yorkshire Carnegie appoint Wood as new Director of Rugby". Yorkshire Carnegie. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Joe Ford in temporary charge at crisis club Yorkshire after sacking of Martyn Wood". rugbypass. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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