Date of birth | 26 February 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Oxford, Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 4 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
School | St Edward's School, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Goodridge, who is also comfortable as a winger, spent six years with Gloucester before a three-year spell at his hometown club, Leeds.
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