He went to Liskeard School in Cornwall. He won representative honours with Cornwall Under 16s.

He moved up from Cornwall and played first for Plymouth Albion and Bath then joined Gloucester eight years ago. He appeared seven times for England A and won his first cap coming off the nench for a 1999 World Cup warm-up match against the USA. Injury forced him out from what would have been his first tour, to South Africa in 2000 and although he also toured North America the following year, he failed to win a cap. His subsequent caps came from the bench until his first start against the All Blacks in November 2002. A neck injury forced him to withdraw from the remaining two autumn internationals and he was out of action for three months.

In March 2003 he returned to the squad and appeared as a replacement against both Scotland and Ireland. His World Cup starting position was sealed by strong performances in the pre-tournament matches. Trevor Woodman was England’s loose-head prop in the World Cup final and has become one of the best props in the game despite a career spent battling against injuries.

He joined Sale Sharks for the 2004-2005 season.