Dyddgu Hywel (born 10 March 1989) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays

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for the Gloucester Hartpury and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Ireland at the

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. Outside of rugby, she is a lecturer for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Early life and career

Dyddgu Hywel was born in Llanelwy, Denbighshire on 10 March 1989. She attended

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, where she studied in

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for a BSc (Hons) Design and Technology Secondary Education leading to Qualified Teacher Status, graduating with a first class honours degree in July 2010. She began working at

Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor (meaning in English "Meirion-Dwyfor College"), also known as CMD, is a college in , Wales with its main campus in . It serves the areas of and . It has a bilingual language policy and offers the opportunity to study most subjects through th ...

, teacher

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design and technology. She went on to become a teacher at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun in the same subject. Hywel is now a lecturer for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Playing career

Hywel was called up to the Wales women's under-16 national rugby union team once, but wasn't selected for any games. After being picked for the Wales women's national rugby union team at the

, she made her debut as a substitute against Ireland for the final five minutes of the game. She made her full debut a short while later with a start against France at the

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, Laon. Hywel has regularly scored tries, including against Scotland in the

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where Wales won 39-3. She scored a try against France in the

2016 Women's Six Nations Championship The 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2016 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 15th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union ...

, opening the scoring for Wales. They went on to win 10-8 following a second try by Megan York. , Hywel's official Wales Rugby Union biography states that she is tall, and weighs .

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1989 births Living people Sportspeople from St Asaph Rugby union players from Denbighshire Welsh female rugby union players Wales women's international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players {{Wales Squad 2017 Rugby World Cup