Micky Ward (born 9 January 1979 in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England) is an English rugby union coach and is currently Forwards coach at Newcastle Falcons.
Birth name | Michael Ward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 January 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Burnside Community High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was a rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons in the Guinness Premiership. Ward played as a Prop.
Whilst at Newcastle he started in both the 2001[2] and 2004 Anglo-Welsh Cup finals as Newcastle emerged victorious from both.[3] He left Newcastle in 2011 to join Blaydon RFC.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Newcastle Falcons". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "Newcastle snatch Cup glory". BBC. 24 February 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ "Newcastle 37–33 Sale". BBC. 17 April 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ "Blaydon seal deal with Falcons great Ward". chroniclelive.co.uk. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2017.