Martyn Wood
{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
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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 {{nrut|England}}.
Early career
Wood 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
Wood began his career at Wasps, making his debut in 1996{{cite news
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}} and remained there until 2003. Whilst at Wasps he won the Challenge Cup in 2003 (scoring a try in the final){{cite news
|url=http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/amlin_challenge_cup.php?section=lineups&fixid=2253
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|archive-date=2 January 2013
|title=Bath Rugby 30 v 48 London Wasps
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|date=25 May 2003
|accessdate=12 March 2012
}} and the domestic Anglo-Welsh Cup (currently known as the LV Cup) in 1999{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/344901.stm
|title=Wasps win Cup at last
|publisher=BBC
|date=16 May 1999 |accessdate=12 March 2012}} and 2000 (though he was not part of the squad for the 1999 final).{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/747419.stm
|title=Wasps deny Saints cup double
|publisher=BBC
|date=13 May 2000 |accessdate=12 March 2012}} He was also part of the Wasps team which won the Premiership in 1996/97{{cite news
|url = http://www.wasps.co.uk/SquadDisplay.ink?team=p&season=96/97&seasonl=1996/1997
|title = London Wasps Squad 1996/1997
|publisher = wasps.co.uk
|accessdate = 12 March 2012
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|archivedate = 11 March 2012
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}} and 2002/03,{{cite news
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/jun/02/rugbyunion.premiership200203
|title=Melville rails against loss of title deeds
|publisher=Guardian
|date=2 June 2003 |accessdate=12 March 2012}} In the summer of 2003 he joined Bath and signed a new contract with them in 2005.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/4317507.stm
|title=Wood signs new contract with Bath
|publisher=BBC
|date=4 March 2005 |accessdate=12 March 2012}} However, in November 2005 he injured his neck in a freak trampolining accident,{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/4433908.stm
|title=Wood sidelined by freak accident
|publisher=BBC
|date=13 November 2005 |accessdate=12 March 2012}} leading to him having to retire from the game exactly a year later.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/6135476.stm
|title=Neck injury forces Wood to retire
|publisher=BBC
|date=10 November 2006 |accessdate=12 March 2012}}
International career
Wood was called up as an injury replacement for the 1999 Rugby World Cup{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_world_cup/teams/england/455761.stm
|title=Bracken and Rees out of World Cup
|publisher=BBC
|date=23 September 1999 |accessdate=12 March 2012}} and also as injury cover for the victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/team_pages/england/3262837.stm
|title=Healey flies home
|publisher=BBC
|date=12 November 2003 |accessdate=12 March 2012}} 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.{{cite news
|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/2423284/Wood-called-up-as-cover-in-England-scrum-half-crisis.html
|title=Wood called up as cover in England scrum-half crisis
|publisher=Telegraph
|date=14 October 2003 |accessdate=12 March 2012}}
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.
Coaching career
On 24 July 2019 Wood was appointed as Director of Rugby at Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship,{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirecarnegie.com/news/article/yorkshire-carnegie-appoint-wood-as-new-director-of-rugby/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802153604/https://www.yorkshirecarnegie.com/news/article/yorkshire-carnegie-appoint-wood-as-new-director-of-rugby/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 August 2019|work=Yorkshire Carnegie|date=24 July 2019|accessdate=2 August 2019|title=Yorkshire Carnegie appoint Wood as new Director of Rugby}} he was dismissed from the post less than a year later after losing the first 13 matches of the 2019–20 Season.{{cite news|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/joe-ford-in-temporary-charge-at-crisis-club-yorkshire-after-sacking-of-martyn-wood/|work=rugbypass|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020|title=Joe Ford in temporary charge at crisis club Yorkshire after sacking of Martyn Wood}}
Honours
- 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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ESPNscrum|13449}}
- [https://archive.today/20130505130810/http://www.wasps.co.uk/PlayerDisplaySS.ink?skip=0&season=00/01&squadno=3222&seasonl=2000/2001&Playertype=P§ion=Home wasps.com statistics]
{{England Squad 1999 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Martyn}}
Category:England international rugby union players
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Category:Rugby union scrum-halves
Category:People educated at Harrogate Grammar School
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Category:Harrogate RUFC players
Category:1999 Rugby World Cup players
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