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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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.
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
Wood 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]
Wood 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]
On 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]