Lewis Moody

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Lewis Moody
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Player information
Full name Lewis Walton Moody
birthday June 12, 1978
place of birth Ascot , England
Nickname Crazy Horse
society
society Career ended
position Winger
Clubs as active
Years society Games (points)
1996-2010
2010-2012 		Leicester Tigers
Bath Rugby 		223 (165)
15 (5)
National team
Years National team Games (points)
2001-2011
2005 		England
British and Irish Lions 		71 (45)
3 (5)

Status: March 6, 2012
National team: October 23, 2011

Lewis Walton Moody MBE (born June 12, 1978 in Ascot ) is an English rugby union player . He played as a winger for the England national team and for Bath Rugby .

Career

Moody started playing rugby when he was five. He went through numerous youth national teams, at that time he was still playing as an inner three-quarters . In 2001 he made his debut for the men's national team against Canada . He was used in all seven games of the 2003 World Cup and, with a ball he won in the alley, prepared the decisive drop goal for Jonny Wilkinson , which gave the English their first World Cup title.

Due to an injury, Moody was sidelined for most of 2004 but came back in time for the 2005 Six Nations and the British and Irish Lions Tour . He came to three missions for the Lions, once against Argentina and twice against New Zealand . In the fall of that year he became the first English player ever to be sent off with a red card in a home game at Twickenham Stadium . He had gotten into a fight with Samoan Alex Tuilagi , who was also his teammate at Leicester. Because of these events, he was banned for nine weeks and did not return to the Six Nations in 2006 .

Another injury prevented Moody from taking part in the England games a year later in the spring, he was only able to return to a preparatory game for the World Cup in August . At this World Cup, the English team missed defending their title by losing to South Africa in the final . Moody was used in all games at this tournament. At the Six Nations 2008 he was thrown back again by an injury that prevented him from participating in the November international games.

Moody played since the beginning of his professional career for the Leicester Tigers, with whom he won the Heineken Cup in 2001 and 2002 . There are also seven championship titles in the Guinness Premiership , most recently in 2010. When he made his debut for the Tigers, at 18 years and 94 days he was the youngest player of all time to play a league game for the club. After more than 14 years with the Tigers, he moved to Bath Rugby for the 2010/11 season .

In addition to rugby, Moody runs a construction company with his wife Annie. Because of his passion for fast and dangerous sports and the horse racing known in his hometown , he is called "Crazy Horse".

On March 6, 2012, Moody ended his active rugby career.

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personal data
SURNAME Moody, Lewis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moody, Lewis Walton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English rugby union player
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Ascot , England