Trevor James Woodman
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(born 4 August 1976) is a former
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rugby union
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footballer. He was born in
Plymouth, but went to Liskeard School in
Cornwall
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and won representative honours with Cornwall Under 16s.
Woodman moved from Cornwall and played first for
Plymouth Albion
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and
Bath before joining
Gloucester Rugby
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in 1996. Whilst at Gloucester he was a replacement in the
2002 Zurich Championship Final (the year before winning the play-offs constituted winning the English title) in which Gloucester defeated
Bristol Rugby, and started in the
2003 Powergen Cup Final in which Gloucester defeated
Northampton Saints
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.
He appeared seven times for
England
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A and won his first full cap coming off the bench for a 1999 World Cup warm-up match against the . Injury forced him out from what would have been his first tour, to 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
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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, Woodman returned to the England squad and appeared as a replacement against both
Scotland
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and
Ireland
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. His World Cup starting position was sealed by strong performances in the pre-tournament matches. Woodman was England's loose-head prop in the World Cup final and became one of the best props in the game despite a career spent battling against injuries.
Woodman joined
Sale Sharks for the 2004–2005 season but 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.
Woodman provided commentary for
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in Australia, when England were there in July 2006 to contest the
Cook Cup
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.
Woodman started his coaching career when he moved to Australia initially working with
Sydney University before taking on the role of National Scrum Coach with the
Australian Rugby Union
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.
Woodman's next career move saw him return to England when he undertook the role of Forwards Coach at
Wasps
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, a position he held for four years. Woodman returned to his old club
Gloucester Rugby
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to become their new Scrum Coach.
References
External links
Profile at scrum.comGloucester profile
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1976 births
Living people
Bath Rugby players
Cornish rugby union players
England international rugby union players
English rugby union coaches
English rugby union players
Gloucester Rugby players
Members of the Order of the British Empire
People from Liskeard
Rugby union players from Plymouth, Devon
Plymouth Albion R.F.C. players
Rugby union props
Sale Sharks players