Lenny Woodard

Lenny/Lennie Woodard (born 2 April 1976) is a professional rugby footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales (non-Test matches), and at club level for Croesyceiliog RFC, South Glamorgan Institute RFC, Pontypool RFC (three times; 1997, 2000–03, and 2005–07), Ebbw Vale RFC (twice; 1997–99, and 2004), London Welsh RFC, Pontypridd RFC, Bridgend RFC, Aberavon RFC, Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C. (Pertemps Bees), Tonmawr RFC, Glamorgan Wanderers RFC, Maesteg RFC, Cross Keys RFC and Newbridge RFC, as a Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Bridgend Blue Bulls and Celtic Crusaders, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.[1][2]Leonard has and always will model himself on his long time hero Steve Jones.

Lenny Woodard
Personal information
Full nameLenny David Woodard
Born (1976-04-02) 2 April 1976
Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran, Wales
Playing information
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight110 kg (243 lb; 17 st 5 lb)
Rugby union
PositionWing
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998 Wales 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–05 Bridgend Blue Bulls
2006 Celtic Crusaders 10 4 0 0 16
Total 10 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999–05 Wales 5 3 0 0 12
Source: [1]

Background

Lenny Woodard was born in [Pontypool], Gwent, Wales. He went to Greenlawn Junior school where he first played rugby. He received player of the year and was top scorer scoring a hatrick in county schools cup final at Rodney Parade. He also represented Pontypool Schools in the DC Thomas Cup final at Bridgend. He represented Gwent schools as well. He attended West Mon comprehensive school and was captain of his very successful year team and was captain of the 1st XV when they beat Millfield School.

He left school with 7 A’s and 2 B’s from his GCSE’s and attended Pontypool College gaining all A’s in his A Level grades . He went on to study Human Movement studies at UWIC and went back in 2003 to gain a PGCE in Secondary Education.

He is also a WRU Level 3 coach

International honours

Lenny Woodard represented Wales (RU) during the 1998 tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa in non-Test matches, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Pontypridd RFC (RU), and Bridgend Blue Bulls (RL) 1999...2005 (4?)3-caps + 2-caps (interchange/substitute) 3-tries 12-points.[1] He scored a hatrick of tries for Wales v Russia in 2003.

Lenny also played international touch rugby for Wales in the European Cup, scoring the winning try v Scotland.

Lenny also gained international honours in hockey for Wales at U15, U16 and U18 level.

Lenny represented Wales and went onto represent Great Britain Students in rugby league. He played for Swinton Lions and Hull Sharks in the late 1990s and Celtic Crusaders in 2006 season.

Career records

On Friday 2 May 2003, Lenny Woodard scored a club record 7-tries for Pontypool in a 90–3 victory over Treorchy RFC. He scored three more tries against Aberavon RFC in the following game to reach a season tally of 44 tries (39 league tries and five in the Principality Cup) and earned the accolade of having Pontypool's best try aggregate since World War I, surpassing the 39-tries scored by David Bishop in the 1983–84 season, but less than the 55-tries scored by wing Tom Robbins in the 1913–14 season.

In October 2009, Woodard scored two tries for Newbridge RFC in the 37–31 league win at Rumney RFC to take him to 150 career tries.[3]

He is the highest try scorer in Welsh league history, amassing 186 league tries. He also scored 16 tries in England (15 for London Welsh and 1 for Pertemps Bees (Birmingham and Solihull). This combined effort saw over 200 league tries and he was also a prolific scorer in cup rugby.

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page-108…114]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6
  3. "Lenny Flies to 150 Tries!!". newbridgerfc.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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