Tony Woodcock (rugby player)

Tony Woodcock

Full name	Tony Dale Woodcock
Date of birth	27 January 1981 (1981-01-27)
Place of birth	Helensville, New Zealand
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	118 kg (260 lb)
School	Kaipara College
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Prop
New Zealand No.	1025
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2000–current	Harbour	54	(10)
correct as of 2 August 2011.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003–current	Blues	103	(30)
correct as of 22 April 2011.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2002–current	New Zealand	83	(40)
correct as of 23 October, 2011.

Tony Dale Woodcock (born 27 January 1981 in Helensville, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who scored the winning try in the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final. His position is loosehead prop, and he has played 83 tests for the national team, the All Blacks. He plays for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Auckland Blues in Super Rugby. He plays for North Harbour Marist in the North Harbour premier competition. Woodcock has played for the All Blacks since 2002, scoring eight test tries. He has been described by The Dominion Post as "widely regarded as the world's premier loosehead", and by The New Zealand Herald as having the "best range of skills of any prop on the planet".

Woodcock has a reputation for playing as much rugby as possible. In 2005 he played in the first eleven of the twelve All Black test matches that year. From 2001–2004, he played in every match for North Harbour, except for the first two matches of 2004 due to being on All Black duty, and in 2002 and 2003, he played the full eighty minutes of every game for North Harbour. In 2006, he requested and received permission from the All Black coaching staff to return a week early from his enforced rest due to All Black duty, to play in North Harbour's Ranfurly Shield challenge against Canterbury, a match that North Harbour won 21–17, making them the Ranfurly Shield holders for the first time.

He was the first All Black prop to score a test try against Australia in 20 years and on 2 August 2008 he became the first All Black prop to score two tries in a match (a rare feat for a prop against any side) against Australia in over 50 years. He was the first All Black prop to score a try in a Rugby World Cup final and scored the only try of the All Blacks in the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final

Woodcock is a sheep and dairy farmer, on the family farm near Kaukapakapa.

He is now the most capped All Black prop of all time.

International Tries

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result
1	Australia	Melbourne, Australia,	Docklands Stadium,	2007 Tri Nations Series	02007-06-30 30 June 2007	Lost
2	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2007 Tri Nations Series	02007-07-21 21 July 2007	Won
3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2008 Tri Nations Series	02008- 2008	Won
4	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2008 Tri Nations Series	02008- 2008	Won
5	Australia	Brisbane, Australia	Lang Park	2008 Tri Nations Series	02008-09-13 13 September 2008	Won
6	South Africa	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2010 Tri Nations Series	02010-07-10 10 July 2010	Won
7	South Africa	Johannesburg, South Africa	Soccer City	2010 Tri Nations Series	02010-08-21 21 August 2010	Won
8	France	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2011 Rugby World Cup	02011-10-23 23 October 2011	Won

External links

• Blues profile
• Tony Woodcock at AllBlacks.com