North Harbour and Blues workhorse Tony Woodcock has staked a strong claim to be he All Blacks’ long-term answer at loosehead prop and was one of the key players in dominant performances by the All Blacks pack over the past two seasons.
While his reputation is built on strong scrummaging and hard graft, Woodcock is a mobile prop with good ball skills who can break out when presented with an open field.
He was one of six members of New Zealand's Junior World Cup winning Under-19 side from Wales in 1999 to make the All Blacks - alongside Jerry Collins, Aaron Mauger, Richie McCaw, Mils Muliaina and Bradley Mika.
With a wealth of representative age-group experience under his wing, Woodcock has already compiled over 130 first-class caps.
Career Notes
• One of only four players to appear in 11 of the All Blacks’ 12 Test matches in 2005 and the only All Black to appear in 11 straight, missing only the season’s final Test against Scotland at Edinburgh.
• His absence with the All Blacks for the first two games of the 2004 Air New Zealand NPC prevented his playing every game for North Harbour between 2001–2004. He did not miss a minute in 2002 or 2003.
• First propped the Blues scrum at just 20 years of age, played for a remarkable three New Zealand Under 21 teams, and made his All Blacks debut shortly before his 22nd birthday.
• Inherited the record for most-capped All Black without a Test point to his name from Carl Hayman in November 2006 and broke his drought seven Tests later, against Australia at Melbourne.
New Zealand Representative Teams
New Zealand Under 16 in 1997
New Zealand Under 19 in 1999, 2000
New Zealand Under 21 in 2000–2002
New Zealand Barbarians in 2003
All Blacks in 2002, 2004-2008
Stats - Below figures correct as at 1 July 2008
Provincial Caps 50
Provincial Points 10 (2t)
Provincial Debut 2000 v Waikato
Super Rugby Caps 75
Super Rugby Points 20 (4t)
Super Rugby Debut 2002 v Hurricanes
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FULL NAME |
Tony Dale Woodcock |
BORN |
Tuesday, 27 January 1981 in Helensville |
AGE |
29 |
PHYSICAL |
1.84m, 120kg |
POSITION |
Prop |
LAST SCHOOL |
Kaipara College |
RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from) |
North Harbour Marist |
PROVINCE |
North Harbour |
SUPER 14 TEAM |
Blues |
RUGBY NICKNAME |
Woody |
ALL BLACK DEBUT |
Saturday, 23 November 2002
v Wales at Cardiff
aged 21 years, 300 days |
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT |
Saturday, 23 November 2002
v Wales at Cardiff
aged 21 years, 300 days |
LAST TEST |
Saturday, 21 August 2010
v South Africa at Johannesburg
aged 29 years, 206 days |
ALL BLACK TESTS |
68 (0 as Captain) |
ALL BLACK GAMES |
0 (0 as Captain) |
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES |
68 (0 as Captain) |
ALL BLACK TEST POINTS |
35pts (7t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m) |
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS |
0pts |
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS |
35pts (7t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m) |
ALL BLACK NUMBER |
1025 |
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The All Black Games that Woodcock has played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced |
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2002 |
23 Nov vs Wales at Cardiff 43-17 |
2004 |
12 Jun vs England at Dunedin 36-3 (+) |
19 Jun vs England at Auckland 36-12 (+) |
26 Jun vs Argentina at Hamilton 41-7 |
20 Nov vs Wales at Cardiff 26-25 (-) |
27 Nov vs France at Paris 45-6 (-) |
2005 |
10 Jun vs Fiji at Albany 91-0 (-) |
25 Jun vs British & Irish Lions at Christchurch 21-3 (-) |
2 Jul vs British & Irish Lions at Wellington 48-18 (-) |
9 Jul vs British & Irish Lions at Auckland 38-19 (-) |
6 Aug vs South Africa at Capetown 16-22 |
13 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 30-13 |
27 Aug vs South Africa at Dunedin 31-27 |
3 Sep vs Australia at Auckland 34-24 |
5 Nov vs Wales at Cardiff 41-3 (+) |
12 Nov vs Ireland at Dublin 45-7 (-) |
19 Nov vs England at London 23-19 |
2006 |
24 Jun vs Argentina at Buenos Aires 25-19 (-) |
8 Jul vs Australia at Christchurch 32-12 (-) |
29 Jul vs Australia at Brisbane 13-9 (-) |
19 Aug vs Australia at Auckland 34-27 |
26 Aug vs South Africa at Pretoria 45-26 (+) |
2 Sep vs South Africa at Rustenberg 20-21 (-) |
5 Nov vs England at London 41-20 (-) |
11 Nov vs France at Lyon 47-3 (-) |
18 Nov vs France at Paris 23-11 (-) |
25 Nov vs Wales at Cardiff 45-10 (+) |
2007 |
2 Jun vs France at Auckland 42-11 |
9 Jun vs France at Wellington 61-10 (-) |
23 Jun vs South Africa at Durban 26-21 |
30 Jun vs Australia at Melbourne 15-20 (-) |
14 Jul vs South Africa at Christchurch 33-6 |
21 Jul vs Australia at Auckland 26-12 |
8 Sep vs Italy at Marseille 76-14 (-) |
15 Sep vs Portugal at Lyon 108-13 (+) |
23 Sep vs Scotland at Edinburgh 40-0 |
6 Oct vs France at Cardiff 18-20 |
2008 |
21 Jun vs England at Christchurch 44-12 (+) |
5 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 19-8 |
12 Jul vs South Africa at Dunedin 28-30 |
26 Jul vs Australia at Sydney 19-34 |
2 Aug vs Australia at Auckland 39-10 |
16 Aug vs South Africa at Cape Town 19-0 |
3 Sep vs Samoa at New Plymouth 101-14 (-) |
13 Sep vs Australia at Brisbane 28-24 |
1 Nov vs Australia at Hong Kong 19-14 |
15 Nov vs Ireland at Dublin 22-3 |
22 Nov vs Wales at Cardiff 29-9 |
29 Nov vs England at London 32-6 |
2009 |
13 Jun vs France at Dunedin 22-27 |
20 Jun vs France at Wellington 14-10 |
27 Jun vs Italy at Christchurch 27-6 (+) |
18 Jul vs Australia at Auckland 22-16 |
25 Jul vs South Africa at Bloemfontein 19-28 |
1 Aug vs South Africa at Durban 19-31 |
22 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 19-18 |
12 Sep vs South Africa at Hamilton 29-32 |
19 Sep vs Australia at Wellington 33-6 |
31 Oct vs Australia at Tokyo 32-19 |
21 Nov vs England at London 19-6 |
28 Nov vs France at Marseilles 39-12 |
2010 |
19 Jun vs Wales at Dunedin 42-9 (+) |
26 Jun vs Wales at Hamilton 29-10 |
10 Jul vs South Africa at Auckland 32-12 |
17 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 31-17 |
31 Jul vs Australia at Melbourne 49-28 |
7 Aug vs Australia at Christchurch 20-10 |
21 Aug vs South Africa at Johannesburg 29-22 |
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