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Encyclopedia > Will Greenwood
Will Greenwood
Personal information
Full name William John Heaton Greenwood
Date of birth October 20 1972 ( 1972-10-20) (age 35)
Place of birth Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 15 st 10 lbs (100 kg)
School Sedbergh School
University University of Durham
Notable relative(s)  Dick Greenwood (father)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre
Clubs Caps (points)
1996-2000
1994-96,2000-06
Leicester Tigers
Harlequins
25
151
(70)
(307)
National team(s)    
1997-2004
1997-2001-2005
England
British and Irish Lions
55
3
(155)
(0)

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He was educated at St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, where his mother taught mathematics until 2007. His father, Dick Greenwood, was assistant bursar at Stonyhurst College where he also coached rugby with Brian Ashton;[1] and Sedbergh School. A Jesuit School in Lancashire. ... Dick Greenwood (born 11 September 1940) is a former England Rugby international flanker who also coached the side. ... A Bursar is a senior professional financial administrator in a school or university. ... Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition. ... Brian Ashton is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. ... A view of the schools cricket ground. ...


He played in the centres, mainly at inside-centre, although he was able to perform extremely well at outside-centre, as he showed on a number of occasions. However, he always wore the No. 13 shirt, this because of superstition.


He played his club rugby for the Harlequins, having also played for Preston Grasshoppers, Waterloo and Leicester Tigers. He graduated with a BA in Economics from Hatfield College, Durham in 1994. The Harlequin Football Club (The Harlequins or Quins for short) is an English rugby union team who play in the Zurich Premiership. ... Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from Preston, Lancashire. ... Official website www. ... Official website www. ... For Hatfield Technical College please see University of Hertfordshire Hatfield College is a college of the University of Durham in England (the third oldest English university). ... Durham University is a university in England. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...


His father Dick Greenwood played at flanker for and later coached the England Rugby Union team. He left Harlequins and moved to Leicester Tigers in 1996 because the presence of England centre Will Carling meant he could not get first team rugby. Dick Greenwood (born 11 September 1940) is a former England Rugby international flanker who also coached the side. ... A normal Rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. ... First international (also the worlds first)  Scotland 4–1 England  (27 March 1871) Largest win  England 134–0 Romania  (17 November 2001) Worst defeat  Australia 76–0 England  (6 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 6 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 2003 The England national rugby union team represents... The Harlequin Football Club (The Harlequins or Quins for short) is an English rugby union team who play in the Zurich Premiership. ... Official website www. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... William Carling OBE (born December 12, 1965) is a former Rugby union player, and captain of England from 1988 to 1996. ...


Despite some impressive performances for Leicester in 1997, he was overlooked by the England coach Jack Rowell, but was selected for the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa still uncapped, and ahead of then England captain Phil de Glanville. During the tour, he swallowed his tongue on the pitch after a collision and stopped breathing for several minutes, and did not play in any of the tests. Ironically this was one of the few games where Greenwood, contrary to his superstition wore a number 12 jersey. He also toured with the Lions in 2001 but injury again prevented him from playing. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Jack Rowell (born 1937) is the Director of Rugby at Bath. ... The 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa was the first after the end of apartheid in that country, and the first professional tour. ... Philip Ranulph de Glanville (born on October 1, 1968 in UK) is a former English rugby union player who played at centre for Bath and England. ...


Subsequently picked by new England coach and ex-Tigers centre Clive Woodward he became an important part of that team, notably establishing a centre partnership with Jeremy Guscott. In 2000 he moved back from Tigers to 'Quins after succumbing to poor form, not helped by the arrival of Australian Pat Howard that prevented him from getting first team rugby. His individual match winning try to defeat Brive, in the European Shield quarterfinal (27th January 2001), was voted the clubs 2000/01 'Try of the Year'. He had already picked up an RFU Cup winners’ medal with Tigers but this time tasted defeat in the final of the same competition with NEC Harlequins, at the hands of Newcastle Falcons in 2001. Sir Clive Ronald Woodward, CBE (born 6 January 1956 at Ely in Cambridgeshire) is a former English rugby union international who was the coach of the England rugby union team from 1997 to 2004. ... Jeremy Clayton Guscott (born 7 July 1965 in Bath) is a former rugby union outside centre who played for Bath, England and the British Lions. ... Official website www. ... The Harlequin Football Club (The Harlequins or Quins for short) is an English rugby union team who play in the Zurich Premiership. ... Patrick William Howard, usually known as Pat Howard or Paddy Howard (born 14 November 1973) is head coach at Leicester Tigers and a former Australian rugby union international who played centre or fly-half. ... Official website www. ... Official website www. ...


He rebounded and was involved in all but one of England's games in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, scoring England's only try against South Africa, when he followed up to touch down after a Lewis Moody charge down. His try against Wales in the quarter-final in Brisbane turned the match for England in a surprisingly tight game against the men in red. He finished the tournament as joint top try scorer with five. The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth rugby union world cup. ... Lewis Moody MBE (born 12 June 1978 in Ascot) is an English international rugby union rugby player who was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. ...


He was made vice captain under Lawrence Dallaglio for the 2004 Six Nations tournament. He reached the 50 cap landmark against Ireland and played in all of England's Six Nations matches. At the start of the 2004/5 season he stood on 30 tries. He was the top try scorer in the Six Nations for the past two years, using his innate ability to spot a weakness in midfield. He won the last of 55 England caps against Australia in 2004. Lawrence Bruno Nero Dallaglio (born on August 10, 1972 in London) is an English rugby union player, the former captain of the English national team. ... The RBS 6 Nations Championship, (referred to as RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) known before 2000 as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition held between six European sides: France, England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ...


In 2005 Greenwood was injured for the Six Nations, but was selected for the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, his third Lions tour. He replaced Brian O'Driscoll just two minutes into the first test against New Zealand and also played in the third test. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2005 Lions tour logo In 2005 the British and Irish Lions Rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, suffering a 3-0 whitewash at the hands of the New Zealand All Blacks. ...


In 2006, after 55 England English rugby union caps and 31 tries he announced his retirement in the newspaper The Daily Telegraph, and will stop playing after this current season with Harlequins. He has said that "It won't be easy, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. My life in rugby has been great." Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ...


He currently works as an analyst for Sky Sports and regularly appears on 'The Rugby Club' and live premiership matches. During the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Greenwood was employed by ITV as an analyst for live matches.


See also

This is a list of the leading English point scorers and try scorers in Rugby union Test matches. ...

References

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