Martyn Benjamin Wood (born 25 April 1977 in Harrogate) was the Director of Rugby at Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship, he was previously a rugby union scrum-half who played for Wasps and Bath. In 2001 he gained 2 caps for England.
| Birth name | Martyn Benjamin Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 April 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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Early career
editWood attended Harrogate Grammar School from 1988 to 1995 where he played in the School Rugby team. Wood would become a successful part of the Senior 1st XV. He also played for Harrogate
Club career
editWood 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 (though he was not part of the squad for the 1999 final).[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
editWood was called up as an injury replacement for the 1999 Rugby World Cup[11] and also as injury cover for the victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup.[12] However he was never officially added to the 2003 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 involvement, 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]
Coaching career
editOn 24 July 2019 Wood was appointed as Director of Rugby at Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship,[14] he was dismissed from the post less than a year later after losing the first 13 matches of the 2019–20 Season.[15]
Honours
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b "Martyn Wood". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Martyn Wood". wasps.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Bath Rugby 30 v 48 London Wasps". ercrugby.com. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. 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. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. 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.
- ^ "Yorkshire Carnegie appoint Wood as new Director of Rugby". Yorkshire Carnegie. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Joe Ford in temporary charge at crisis club Yorkshire after sacking of Martyn Wood". rugbypass. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
External links
edit- Martyn Wood at ESPNscrum
- wasps.com statistics
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