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| Born | Nicholas David Wood (1983-01-09)9 January 1983 (age 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Radley College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Brasenose College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nick Wood (born 9 January 1983,Swindon) is a formerEnglishrugby union footballer, who played in theAviva Premiership forGloucester Rugby. He played as a loosehead prop.
Wood attendedRadley College before joiningGloucester Rugby through their academy.
After Radley, Wood read Modern Languages atBrasenose College, Oxford.
The loose-head prop was a regular on the bench during the 2003/04 campaign and made a handful of starts during theWorld Cup period. After a couple of consistent seasons, Wood became a regular in the first team. He made 20 starts and 6 substitute appearances during the2006–07 season for Gloucester Rugby and he scored 1 try againstHarlequins atKingsholm.[2] Wood played in the League final that season, losing to theLeicester Tigers.[3] He was named in the Premiership Rugby Dream Team in the 2006-07 end of season awards.[4]
On 12 January 2010, Wood signed a new contract withGloucester Rugby to keep him at the club until at least 2013.[5]On 2 April 2013, it was announced that he had signed a three-year contract extension to keep him at Gloucester until the end of the 2015–16 season.[6]
Nick retired at the end of the 2015/6 season, after making 278 appearances for Gloucester (a club record in the professional era). He is currently Master in charge of Rugby at Radley College, Oxfordshire.
His performances for Gloucester Rugby earned him a call-up to the England U21s and he was an ever-present during their successfulSix Nations,[7] as well as being a regular during the U21s World Championship.[8] In March 2006, Wood made his debut for theEngland Saxons, againstIreland A.[9]
Wood was called up to the England squad for their tour ofSouth Africa in May 2007.[10] Wood was in line to start the first test inBloemfontein but he had to pull out through illness thus delaying his England debut.[11] He was called into theEngland Saxons side that defeatedIreland A on 1 February 2008.[12] He was ultimately never capped for the senior team.
In the summer of 2009, Wood played for England against theBarbarians.[13]
In the summer of 2010, Wood was selected for England Saxons to play in theChurchill Cup. On 9 June, he started in the game againstRussia, where he was replaced in the second half due to injury.
He married Kate Wood in July 2010.
They have three children together, Oscar born in October 2013, Alice born in June 2016 and Effie born in November 2018.
Now a fully qualified referee with the RFU, he has referred and been touch judge in Premiership games.From Premiership Rugby web site.