Martyn Wood
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| Full name | Martyn Benjamin Wood | ||||||
| Date of birth | April 25, 1977 | ||||||
| Place of birth | Harrogate, England | ||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||
| Weight | 207 lb (14 st 11 lb) [1] | ||||||
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| Position(s) | Scrum-half | ||||||
| Current club | Retired | ||||||
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Martyn Benjamin Wood (born 25 April 1977 in Harrogate) was a rugby union footballer who played at Scrum-half for Wasps and Bath.
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.[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 injury cover for both the 1999 Rugby World Cup[11] and the victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup.[12] However he was never officially added to either 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 near misses, 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]
Honours
- English Champions titles: 2
- 1996/97, 2002/03
- RFU Tetley's Bitter Cup & Powergen Cup / Powergen Anglo Welsh Cup titles: 2
- 1998/99, 1999/2000
- Parker Pen Challenge Cup titles: 1
- 2002/03
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Martyn Wood". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Martyn Wood". wasps.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Bath Rugby 30 v 48 London Wasps". ercrugby.com. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Wasps win Cup at last". BBC. 16 May 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Wasps deny Saints cup double". BBC. 13 May 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "London Wasps Squad 1996/1997". wasps.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Melville rails against loss of title deeds". Guardian. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Wood signs new contract with Bath". BBC. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Wood sidelined by freak accident". BBC. 13 November 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Neck injury forces Wood to retire". BBC. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Bracken and Rees out of World Cup". BBC. 23 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Healey flies home". BBC. 12 November 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Wood called up as cover in England scrum-half crisis". Telegraph. 14 October 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.