| Born | March 10, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.72 m (5.6 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dyddgu Hywel (born 10 March 1989) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays fullback for the Gloucester-Hartpury and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Ireland at the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship. Outside of rugby, she is a lecturer for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Dyddgu Hywel was born in Llanelwy, Denbighshire on 10 March 1989. [1] She attended Bangor University, where she studied in Welsh for a BSc (Hons) Design and Technology Secondary Education leading to Qualified Teacher Status, graduating with a first class honours degree in July 2010. She began working at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, teacher A-Level design and technology. She went on to become a teacher at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun in the same subject. [2] Hywel is now a lecturer for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol at Cardiff Metropolitan University. [3] [2]
Hywel was called up to the Wales women's under-16 national rugby union team once, but wasn't selected for any games. [4] After being picked for the Wales women's national rugby union team at the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship, she made her debut as a substitute against Ireland for the final five minutes of the game. She made her full debut a short while later with a start against France at the Stadium Marcel Levindrey, Laon. [3]
Hywel has regularly scored tries, including against Scotland in the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship where Wales won 39–3. [5] She scored a try against France in the 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship, opening the scoring for Wales. They went on to win 10-8 following a second try by Megan York. [6] As of 2016 [update] , Hywel's official Wales Rugby Union biography states that she is 1.72 metres (5.6 ft) tall, and weighs 75 kilograms (11.8 st). [1]