Will Green (rugby union)

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Birth nameWilliam Robert Green
Date of birth (1973-10-25) 25 October 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Littlehampton, West Sussex, England
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight256 lb (18 st 4 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Retired
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1995–2005
2005–2007		 Wasps
Leinster 		164
44		 (45)
(10)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997–2003 England 4 (0)

William Robert Green (born 25 October 1973 in Littlehampton) was a rugby union footballer who played at prop for Wasps and Leinster.

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Club career

Green began his career at Wasps, making his debut in 1995 [2] and remained there until 2005. Whilst at Wasps he won the Heineken Cup in 2004, [3] the Challenge Cup in 2003 [4] and the domestic Anglo-Welsh Cup (currently known as the LV Cup) in 1999 [5] and 2000. [6] He was also part of the Wasps team which won the Premiership in 1996/97 [7] and a further hat-trick of Premiership titles in 2003, [8] 2004 [9] and 2005. [10] In the summer of 2005 he joined Leinster [11] where he remained until his retirement from the game in 2007. [12]

International career

Green had previously played for various England youth teams alongside the likes of Will Greenwood, Matt Dawson, Simon Shaw and Richard Hill. [13] After making his England debut against Australia in November 1997, Green went on to make 4 appearances for the national team. He was considered an outside candidate to be part of Clive Woodward's ultimately victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup winning squad. [14] However, he was overlooked in the end, despite getting his 4th and final cap against Wales in one of England's warm up games prior to the World Cup, [1] and being in the wider 43-man squad. [15]

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References

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  3. ↑ "Wasps rule Europe after sting of all stings". Guardian. 24 May 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bath Rugby 30 v 48 London Wasps". ercrugby.com. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Wasps win Cup at last". BBC. 16 May 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Wasps deny Saints cup double". BBC. 13 May 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "London Wasps Squad 1996/1997". wasps.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "Melville rails against loss of title deeds". Guardian. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Double-up Wasps are seven-day wonders". Guardian. 31 May 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Will o' the Wasps proves too tough for Tigers". Guardian. 15 May 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "Green leaving Wasps for Leinster". BBC. 14 April 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "Leinster sign Le Roux and Gomez". BBC. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  13. ↑ "Rugby Union: A prop for the hard places". The Independent. 1 November 1998.
  14. ↑ "Woodward eyes World Cup options". BBC. 22 July 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  15. ↑ "Woodward names squad". Daily Telegraph. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2012.


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