Will Green (rugby union) explained

Birth Name:William Robert Green
Birth Date:1973 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Littlehampton, West Sussex, England
Height:1.82m (05.97feet)
Weight:256lb[1]
Ru Currentteam:Retired
Ru Position:Prop
Youthyears1: 
Ru Clubyears:1995–2005
2005–2007
Ru Proclubs:Wasps
Leinster
Ru Clubcaps:164
44
Ru Clubpoints:(45)
(10)
Super14years: 
Ru Nationalyears:1997–2003
Ru Nationalteam:England
Ru Nationalcaps:4
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
Repsevensyears1: 

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

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]

Honours

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Notes and References

  1. News: Will Green. ESPNscrum. 12 March 2012.
  2. News: Will Green Exclusive Interview. rugbynetwork.net. 17 July 2003 . 12 March 2012.
  3. News: Wasps rule Europe after sting of all stings. The Guardian. London. 24 May 2004 . 12 March 2012.
  4. News: Bath Rugby 30 v 48 London Wasps. ercrugby.com. 25 May 2003 . 12 March 2012.
  5. News: Wasps win Cup at last. BBC. 16 May 1999 . 12 March 2012.
  6. News: Wasps deny Saints cup double. BBC. 13 May 2000 . 12 March 2012.
  7. News: London Wasps Squad 1996/1997. wasps.co.uk. 12 March 2012.
  8. News: Melville rails against loss of title deeds. The Guardian. London. 2 June 2003 . 12 March 2012.
  9. News: Double-up Wasps are seven-day wonders. The Guardian. London. 31 May 2004 . 12 March 2012.
  10. News: Will o' the Wasps proves too tough for Tigers. The Guardian. London. 15 May 2005 . 12 March 2012.
  11. News: Green leaving Wasps for Leinster. BBC. 14 April 2005 . 12 March 2012.
  12. News: Leinster sign Le Roux and Gomez. BBC. 15 May 2007 . 12 March 2012.
  13. News: Rugby Union: A prop for the hard places. The Independent. London. 1 November 1998.
  14. News: Woodward eyes World Cup options. BBC. 22 July 2003 . 12 March 2012.
  15. Web site: Woodward names squad. The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 July 2003. 12 March 2012.