Trevor Woodman
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| Trevor Woodman | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Trevor James Woodman | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Plymouth, England | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb) | ||
| Occupation(s) | Commentator | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Prop | ||
| Clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| 1996/2004 2004-2005 |
Gloucester Rugby Sale Sharks |
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| National team(s) | Caps | (points) | |
| 1999-2004 | England | 22 | (0) |
Trevor James Woodman MBE (born August 4, 1976) is a retired an English rugby union footballer. He went to Liskeard School in Cornwall. He won representative honours with Cornwall Under 16s.
He moved up from Cornwall and played first for Plymouth Albion and Bath then joined Gloucester Rugby eight years ago. He appeared seven times for England A and won his first cap coming off the bench for a 1999 World Cup warm-up match against the USA. Injury forced him out from what would have been his first tour, to South Africa in 2000 and although he also toured North America the following year, he failed to win a cap. His subsequent caps came from the bench until his first start against the All Blacks in November 2002. A neck injury forced him to withdraw from the remaining two autumn internationals and he was out of action for three months.
In March 2003 he returned to the squad and appeared as a replacement against both Scotland and Ireland. His World Cup starting position was sealed by strong performances in the pre-tournament matches. Trevor Woodman was England’s loose-head prop in the World Cup final and has become one of the best props in the game despite a career spent battling against injuries.
He joined Sale Sharks for the 2004-2005 season. He sustained a long-term back injury in training with the Sharks in September 2004. In the Summer of 2005 he was forced to retire at the age of 29 due to this injury. He provided commentary for Fox Sports in Australia, when England were there in July of 2006 to contest the Cook Cup.
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