Keith Wood

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Keith Wood
Rugby union career
Full name	Keith Gerard Mallinson Wood
Date of birth	(1972-01-27) 27 January 1972
Place of birth	Killaloe, Co. Clare, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	16 st 10 lb (106 kg)
School	St. Munchin's College
Notable relative(s)	Gordon Wood (father)
Playing career
Position	Hooker
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1992-1994 1995-99, 01-02 1999-2000	Garryowen Harlequins Munster	? 65 16	(?) (48) 9t (25) 5t
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1994-2003 1997, 2001	Ireland Lions	58 5	(75) 15t (0)
correct as of 22 Jun 2011.

Keith Gerard Mallinson Wood (born 27 January 1972, Killaloe, County Clare) and educated at St Munchin's College, Limerick, is a former international rugby union footballer who played hooker for Ireland, the Lions, Garryowen, Harlequins and Munster.

He was nicknamed 'The Raging Potato' because of his bald head. He was also known as 'Uncle Fester' due to his resemblance to a character in The Addams Family.^{[citation needed]} His father, Gordon Wood, played prop 29 times for Ireland.

He started his career with Garryowen who he helped to All Ireland titles in 1992 and 1994 before moving to Harlequins. He returned to play with Munster Rugby in the 1999-2000 season and played in the European Rugby Cup final that Munster Rugby lost to Northampton Saints 9-8 in Twickenham Stadium before returning to Harlequins. Wood made his international debut in 1994 against Australia. He was capped 58 times for Ireland and five times for the Lions. Never the most accurate player in the set piece his real strength was in leadership and open play where he dominated the world XV's hooker spot.

He played on the 1997 and 2001 Lions tours, and was the inaugural winner of the IRB World Player of the Year award in 2001. He played a part in the Lions' 2-1 series victory over the Springboks in 1997. Wood captained Ireland. He was followed as Ireland captain by Brian O'Driscoll. Wood retired from playing after the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

In 2005 the Munster Rugby player was inducted into the Rugby Hall of fame.

He currently holds a world record of 15 full international test tries scored by a hooker, previously held by Sean Fitzpatrick (12) of the New Zealand All Blacks.

Wood used to play hurling, and was a member of the Clare GAA side that played in the inaugural Nenagh Co-op hurling tournament in 1988.

He scored 4 tries in one game in the 1999 World Cup, in the pool stage against the USA. Ireland were later eliminated from the tournament when they lost to Argentina in the quarter-final play-off.

Keith Wood now works for the BBC and The Daily Telegraph as a freelance journalist.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Jim Staples	Ireland Rugby Union Captain 1997 - 2003	Succeeded by Brian O'Driscoll

Awards
New title	IRB International Player of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Fabien Galthié

v t e Ireland squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Corkery Fitzgerald Foley Francis Fulcher Halpin Halvey Johns Kingston (c) McBride Popplewell Tweed P. Wallace Wood

Backs	Bell Bradley Burke Elwood Field Geoghegan Hogan Mullin O'Mahony O'Shea Staples R. Wallace

Coach	Murphy

v t e British and Irish Lions – 1997 South Africa tour

Forwards	Back Dallaglio Davidson Hill Johnson(c) Leonard Miller Quinnell Regan Rodber Rowntree Shaw Smith Wainwright Wallace Weir Williams Wood Young Redman (injury replacement) Diprose (injury replacement)

Backs	Bateman Beal Bentley Dawson Evans Healey Howley Jenkins Gibbs Greenwood Guscott Grayson Stimpson Tait Townsend T. Underwood Catt (injury replacement) Bracken (injury replacement)

Coach	McGeechan & Telfer

v t e Ireland squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Brennan Casey Clohessy Corkery Corrigan Davidson Dawson Fitzpatrick Johns McKeen Miller Nesdale O'Cuinneagain O'Kelly Wallace Ward Wood

Backs	Bell Bishop Dempsey D'Arcy (ir) Elwood Humphreys Maggs Mostyn Mullins O'Driscoll O'Meara O'Shea Tierney. Topping O' Reilly

Coach	Gatland

v t e British and Irish Lions – 2001 Australia tour

Forwards	Back Bulloch Charvis Corry Dallaglio Davidson Greening Grewcock Hill Johnson (c) Leonard McBryde Morris Murray O'Kelly Quinnell Smith Taylor Wallace West Williams Wood Vickery Young

Backs	Balshaw Catt Cohen Dawson Gibbs Greenwood Healey Henderson Howe Howley James Jenkins Luger Nicol O'Driscoll O'Gara Perry Robinson Taylor Wilkinson

Coach	Henry

v t e Ireland squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Best Byrne Corrigan Costello S.Easterby Foley Gleeson Horan Hayes Longwell Miller O'Callaghan O'Connell O'Kelly Quinlan Sheahan Wood

Backs	Dempsey Doak G.Easterby Hickie A.Horgan S.Horgan Humphreys Kelly Maggs O'Driscoll O'Gara Stringer Wallace

Coach	O'Sullivan

v t e Ireland national rugby union team captains

To 1900	Feb 1875: GH Stack Dec 1875: R Bell Feb 1877: R Galbraith Feb 1877: WH Wilson Mar 1878: RB Walkington 1879: WC Neville 1880: HC Kelly 1881-Jan 1882: AJ Forrest Feb 1882: JW Taylor 1883: G Scriven Feb 1884: JA McDonald Mar 1884: DF Moore Feb 1885: WG Rutherford Mar 1885: AJ Forrest Feb 1886: M Johnston Feb 1886 JP Ross 1887 RG Warren Feb–Mar 1888 HJ Neill Dec 1888–90 RG Warren Feb–Mar 1891 Dolway Walkington Mar 1891 R Stevenson 1892 Victor Le Fanu 1893 S Lee 1894 EG Forrest Feb 1895 JH O'Conor Mar 1895 CV Rooke Mar 1895 EG Forrest 1896 S Lee 1897 EG Forrest Feb 1898 S Lee Feb 1898 GG Allen Mar 1898 W Gardiner 1899–1900 Louis Magee

To the First World War	1901 Louis Magee Feb 1902 J Fulton Mar 1902 Louis Magee 1903–Feb 1904 Harry Corley Mar 1904–06 CE Allen Feb 1906 Alfred Tedford Feb 1906–07 CE Allen Feb 1908 Harry Thrift Feb–Mar 1908 James Cecil Parke Feb 1909 Fred Gardiner Mar 1909 George Hamlet Mar 1909 Fred Gardiner Feb 1910 George Hamlet Mar 1910 Tom Smyth Mar 1910–11 George Hamlet Jan 1912 Dickie Lloyd Feb 1912 Alexander Foster Feb 1912–Feb 1914 Dickie Lloyd Feb–Mar 1914 Alexander Foster

To the Second World War	Feb 1920 Dickie Lloyd Feb 1920 George Doherty Mar 1920 Thomas Wallace Apr 1920 Dickie Lloyd 1921 George Doherty Feb 1922 William Collopy Apr 1922–23 John Knox Stafford Thompson Jan–Feb 1924 William Crawford Feb 1924 William Collopy Mar 1924–27 William Crawford 1928–Feb 1929 George Vaughan Stephenson Feb 1929 Eugene Davy Mar 1929–30 George Vaughan Stephenson 1931 Mark Sugden 1932 George Beamish Feb 1933 Eugene Davy Mar 1932 George Beamish Apr 1933 Eugene Davy 1934–36 Jack Siggins 1937–Feb 1938 George Morgan Mar 1938 Sam Walker 1939 George Morgan

To the Professional Era	To Be Completed 1992:Phil Danaher Jan 1993–Nov 1994:Michael Bradley Jan 1995:Brendan Mullin Feb–Mar 1995:Michael Bradley Mar–May 1995:Terry Kingston May 1995: Nick Popplewell Jun 1995:Terry Kingston

To the Present Day	Nov 1995-Feb 1996:Jim Staples Mar–Nov 1996: Niall Hogan Nov 1996-Jan 1997: Keith Wood Feb–Mar 1997:Jim Staples Nov 1997: Keith Wood Nov 1997: Nick Popplewell Dec 1997–Apr 1998: Keith Wood Jun 1998–Apr 1999: Paddy Johns Jun–Oct 1999: Dion O'Cuinneagain 2000–Feb 2001: Keith Wood Jun 2001: Mick Galwey Sep–Oct 2001: Keith Wood Nov 2001: Anthony Foley Nov 2001: Keith Wood Feb–Mar 2002: Mick Galwey Mar 2002: DG Humphreys Apr–Jun 2002: Keith Wood Sep 2002: Anthony Foley Sep 2002: Keith Wood Sep 2002: Anthony Foley Nov 2002–Mar 2003: Brian O'Driscoll Jun 2003: DG Humphreys Jun 2003: Reggie Corrigan Aug 2003: Keith Wood Aug 2003: Brian O'Driscoll Sep–Nov 2003: Keith Wood Feb 2004: Paul O'Connell Feb 2004– Feb 2005: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2005: Paul O'Connell Feb–Mar 2005: Brian O'Driscoll Jun 2005: DG Humphreys Nov 2005: SH Easterby Nov 2005: DG Humphreys 2006–Feb 2007: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2007: Paul O'Connell Feb–Mar 2007: Brian O'Driscoll May–Jun 2007: SJ Best Aug 2007: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2007: Paul O'Connell Sep 2007–Mar 2008: Brian O'Driscoll Mar 2008: Ronan O'Gara Jun 2008–Mar 2009: Brian O'Driscoll May 2009: Rory Best Nov 2009–Mar 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2011: Leo Cullen Aug 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2011: Paul O'Connell Sep 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Sep 2011: Leo Cullen Oct 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2012–Mar 2012: Paul O'Connell Mar 2012: Rory Best Jun 2012: Brian O'Driscoll Nov 2012–Mar 2013: Jamie Heaslip Jun 2013: Peter O'Mahony Nov 2013: Jamie Heaslip Nov 2013: Paul O'Connell Feb 2014: Jamie Heaslip Feb 2014: Paul O'Connell

Persondata
Name	Wood, Keith
Alternative names
Short description	Irish rugby union player
Date of birth	27 January 1972
Place of birth	Killaloe, Co. Clare, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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