| Born | 12 February 2004 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (234 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | AKS Lytham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tristan Woodman (born 12 February 2004) is an English professional rugby union footballer who plays as a flanker for Premiership Rugby club Sale Sharks.
Woodman was born in Lytham St Annes and was educated at AKS Lytham. [3]
As a teenager he played at Fylde RFC in the National League 2 North, playing in a dual-registration with the Sale Sharks Academy, his performances including four tries in his first six appearances in the 2022-23 season. [4] [3] Woodman made his senior professional debut playing at flanker for Sale Sharks later that season on his nineteenth birthday, starting against Exeter Chiefs in the semi-final of the Premiership Rugby Cup on 12 February 2023. [5] [3]
The following seasons, Woodman combined playing for Sale with also gaining playing time with Champ Rugby club Caldy RFC. [6]
Woodman made his starts for Sale in the Rugby Premiership in consecutive weeks against Newcastle Red Bulls and Saracens in October 2025. [7] [8]
After representing England at under-18 level in 2022 Six Nations Festival, he was named in the NextGenXV list of the leading U18 players in the world. [4] [3] He went on to make his debut for the England national under-20 rugby union team in February 2023 against Wales U20 in the 2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [3] He was included in the England U20 squad for the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship. [9]