Tony Woodcock (rugby player)

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Tony Woodcock
Tony Woodcock
Player information
Full name Tony Dale Woodcock
birthday January 27, 1981
place of birth Helensville , New Zealand
society
society North Harbor
position pier
Clubs as active
Years society Games (points)
2000– North Harbor 50 (10)
2002– blues 55 (5)
National team
Years National team Games (points)
2002– New Zealand 118 (50)

Status: August 9, 2007
National team: October 9, 2015

Tony Dale Woodcock MNZM (born January 27, 1981 in Helensville , New Zealand ) is a rugby union player who plays for North Harbor in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Blues in the Super 14 . He also plays for the North Harbor Marist in the North Harbor Premier Competition. He has been playing for the All Blacks since 2002 . Its position is that of the left pillar .

Woodcock has a reputation for playing as many rugby games as possible. In 2005 he played in the first eleven of twelve international matches for the All Blacks. From 2001 to 2004 he played for North Harbor in every game and in 2002 and 2003 he played the full eighty minutes for North Harbor in every game. In 2006, inquired and he got an exemption from the coaching staff of the All Blacks, by one week to come earlier from his break he got after a trip to the All Blacks, so that he in North Harbor's challenge match for the Ranfurly Shield against Canterbury could play who won North Harbor at 21-17 and made her the holder of that trophy for the first time in her history.

With the All Blacks he won the title at the 2011 home World Cup . In the final against France, he managed the only attempt of the game. At the 2015 World Cup , he suffered a knee injury in the preliminary round against Namibia, which meant his premature end.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Oliver Haill: Steve Hansen pays tribute as injury rules out New Zealand's Tony Woodcock. Report on rugbyworldcup.com, October 10, 2015 (English). Retrieved October 12, 2015.