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| Date of birth | 13 November 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (17.8 st; 249 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Millfield School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Mike Ruddock (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rhys Ruddock (born 13 November 1990) is a professional rugby union player. He played for Leinster and Ireland.[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". 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.
- ^ "RTÉ 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.