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Date of birth | 2 February 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Newport, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Woodman (born 2 February 2004) is a Welsh rugby union player, currently playing for United Rugby Championship side the Dragons. His preferred position is lock or flanker. [1]
Woodman was born in Newport, and grew up in Caldicot, where he began playing rugby for Caldicot RFC. Woodman's family are originally from England, but settled in Wales before he was born. [2] Woodman came through the Dragons academy, and debuted for the Dragons in 2022. [3]
Woodman represented Wales U20 in 2022, [4] before being named captain in 2023. [5]
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