Rhys Ruddock (born 13 November 1990) is a professional rugby union player. He currently plays for St Mary's College RFC and Leinster.[2] He plays in the backrow, at 6 or 8.[3] In the 2009/2010 season, he captained the Irish U20s to winning the Six Nations Championship.
Rhys is the son of Welshman and former Wales and Leinster coach Mike Ruddock and Bernadette Mary Ruddock who is Irish.[4] Born in Dublin and raised in Wales, he opted to follow his brother Ciaran Ruddock in joining the Leinster Academy from Ospreys youth, where he subsequently joined the Irish team soon after. He made his Leinster debut against his father's old club Newport Gwent Dragons.
In summer 2010, whilst playing for his first club in Ireland UCD, Ruddock got a call up to the Irish senior squad for their 2010 summer tour where he received his first cap vs Australia due to the shortage of back-row players to injury.[5] He started against New Zealand Māori in a non-cap match, and won his first cap for Ireland when he came off the bench against Australia.[6]
Ruddock was part of the Ireland squad for the 2012 Six Nations tournament.[7] Meanwhile, with Leinster, he became their youngest ever captain against Arioni in the Magners League, when he was still playing for UCD's under-20 side.[8]
Ruddock captained Ireland against the United States in the 2018 Autumn International, a match Ireland won 57–14.[9]
rhys, ruddock, born, november, 1990, professional, rugby, union, player, currently, plays, mary, college, leinster, plays, backrow, 2009, 2010, season, captained, irish, u20s, winning, nations, championship, date, birth, 1990, november, 1990, place, birthdubli. Rhys Ruddock born 13 November 1990 is a professional rugby union player He currently plays for St Mary s College RFC and Leinster 2 He plays in the backrow at 6 or 8 3 In the 2009 2010 season he captained the Irish U20s to winning the Six Nations Championship Rhys RuddockDate of birth 1990 11 13 13 November 1990 age 33 Place of birthDublin IrelandHeight1 91 m 6 ft 3 in Weight113 kg 17 8 st 249 lb SchoolMillfield SchoolUniversityUniversity College DublinNotable relative s Mike Ruddock father Rugby union careerPosition s FlankerAmateur team s YearsTeamApps Points UCD Senior careerYearsTeamApps Points 2008 20092009 SwanseaLeinster3225 75 Correct as of 2 March 2024 1 International careerYearsTeamApps Points 2009 2010Ireland U2016 0 2013 2015Emerging Ireland4 0 2012 2014Ireland Wolfhounds3 0 2010 Ireland27 20 Correct as of 14 February 2021Rhys is the son of Welshman and former Wales and Leinster coach Mike Ruddock and Bernadette Mary Ruddock who is Irish 4 Born in Dublin and raised in Wales he opted to follow his brother Ciaran Ruddock in joining the Leinster Academy from Ospreys youth where he subsequently joined the Irish team soon after He made his Leinster debut against his father s old club Newport Gwent Dragons In summer 2010 whilst playing for his first club in Ireland UCD Ruddock got a call up to the Irish senior squad for their 2010 summer tour where he received his first cap vs Australia due to the shortage of back row players to injury 5 He started against New Zealand Maori in a non cap match and won his first cap for Ireland when he came off the bench against Australia 6 Ruddock was part of the Ireland squad for the 2012 Six Nations tournament 7 Meanwhile with Leinster he became their youngest ever captain against Arioni in the Magners League when he was still playing for UCD s under 20 side 8 Ruddock captained Ireland against the United States in the 2018 Autumn International a match Ireland won 57 14 9 Contents 1 International analysis by opposition 2 Honours 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksInternational analysis by opposition editAgainst Played Won Lost Drawn Tries Points Won nbsp Argentina 3 2 1 0 0 0 66 67 nbsp Australia 2 1 1 0 0 0 50 nbsp England 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 nbsp Fiji 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 nbsp France 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 nbsp Italy 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 nbsp Japan 3 2 1 0 1 5 66 67 nbsp New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 nbsp Russia 1 1 0 0 1 5 100 nbsp Scotland 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 nbsp South Africa 5 3 2 0 2 10 60 nbsp United States 2 2 0 0 0 0 100 nbsp Wales 2 1 0 1 0 0 50Total 27 18 8 1 4 20 66 67 Updated as of 2 April 2023 10 Honours editLeinsterEuropean Rugby Champions Cup 3 2011 2012 2018 Pro14 6 2013 2014 2018 2019 2020 2021 European Challenge Cup 1 2013IrelandSix Nations Championship 1 2014IndividualPro14 Team of the Year 1 2014See also editMike RuddockReferences edit Rhys Ruddock Leinster rugby Retrieved 20 June 2022 Leinster Profile Rhys RUDDOCK profile and stats Mike Ruddock The new Coach s profile Archived from the original on 26 May 2011 Retrieved 9 February 2011 RTE Sport Rhys Ruddock to join Ireland squad www rte ie Archived from the original on 16 June 2010 Retrieved 14 January 2022 Sport News The Scotsman Scottish Sport www scotsman com Official RBS 6 Nations Rugby Squad index Archived from the original on 24 May 2011 Retrieved 14 February 2011 Cummiskey Gavin Leinster kids to cut loose and run free The Irish Times Rhys Ruddock Eight years on and Joe Schmidt still keeps everyone on their toes www irishexaminer com 24 November 2018 Career Figures espnscrum Retrieved 2 April 2023 External links editLeinster Profile Ireland Profile Pro14 Profile Rhys Ruddock at European Professional Club Rugby nbsp This biographical article relating to Irish Rugby Union is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rhys Ruddock amp oldid 1211491081, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
