Trevor James Woodman

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(born 4 August 1976) is a former

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footballer. He was born in Plymouth, but went to Liskeard School in

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and won representative honours with Cornwall Under 16s. Woodman moved from Cornwall and played first for

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and Bath before joining

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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

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. He appeared seven times for

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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

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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

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and

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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

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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

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. Woodman's next career move saw him return to England when he undertook the role of Forwards Coach at

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, a position he held for four years. Woodman returned to his old club

to become their new Scrum Coach.

References

External links

Profile at scrum.com

Gloucester profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodman, Trevor 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