Full name Martyn Benjamin Wood Name Martyn Wood Height 1.78 m | Position Scrum-half Weight 94 kg Current club Retired Club Wasps RFC, Bath Rugby | |
Date of birth (1977-04-25) April 25, 1977 (age 38) | ||
Place of birth Harrogate, England | ||
Martyn Benjamin Wood (born 25 April 1977 in Harrogate) was a rugby union footballer who played at Scrum-half for Wasps and Bath.
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Early career
Wood attended Harrogate Grammar School from 1988-1995 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 and remained there until 2003. Whilst at Wasps he won the Challenge Cup in 2003 (scoring a try in the final) and the domestic Anglo-Welsh Cup (currently known as the LV Cup) in 1999 and 2000. He was also part of the Wasps team which won the Premiership in 1996/97 and 2002/03, In the summer of 2003 he joined Bath and signed a new contract with them in 2005. However, in November 2005 he injured his neck in a freak trampolining accident, leading to him having to retire from the game exactly a year later.
International career
Wood was called up as injury cover for both the 1999 Rugby World Cup and the victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup. However he was never officially added to either squad after certain players recovered, meaning he was unable to pick up a medal for the 2003 success despite flying out to Australia.
Despite his World Cup near misses, 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.