Rhys Ruddock

Rugby player

Rhys Ruddock

Date of birth|  (1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 34)
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)
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Flanker

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Amateur team(s)
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
|  UCD|  |  ()
Senior career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2008–2009
2009–2024|  Swansea
Leinster|  3
225|
(75)

Correct as of 2 March 2024 [1]

International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2009–2010|  Ireland U20|  16|  (0)
2013—2015|  Emerging Ireland|  4|  (0)
2012—2014|  Ireland Wolfhounds|  3|  (0)
2010–2021|  Ireland|  27|  (20)

Correct as of 14 February 2021

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]

## International analysis by opposition

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Against  | Played  | Won  | Lost  | Drawn  | Tries  | Points  | % Won

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Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.67
Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50
England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Fiji | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100
France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Italy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100
Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 66.67
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 100
Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100
South Africa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 60
United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100
Wales | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50
Total | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 66.67%

Updated as of 2 April 2023.[10]

## Honours

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Leinster

* European Rugby Champions Cup (3): 2011, 2012, 2018
* Pro14 (6): 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
* European Challenge Cup (1): 2013

Ireland

* Six Nations Championship (1): 2014

Individual

* Pro14 Team of the Year (1): 2014

## See also

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* Mike Ruddock

## References

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1. ^ "Rhys Ruddock". Leinster rugby. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
2. ^ "Leinster Profile".
3. ^ "Rhys RUDDOCK profile and stats".
4. ^ "Mike Ruddock: The new Coach's profile". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
5. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Rhys Ruddock to join Ireland squad". www.rte.ie. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
6. ^ "Sport News - The Scotsman - Scottish Sport". www.scotsman.com.
7. ^ "Official RBS 6 Nations Rugby : Squad index". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
8. ^ Cummiskey, Gavin. "Leinster kids to cut loose and run free". The Irish Times.
9. ^ "Rhys Ruddock: Eight years on and Joe Schmidt still keeps everyone on their toes". www.irishexaminer.com. 24 November 2018.
10. ^ "Career Figures". espnscrum. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

## External links

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* Leinster Profile
* Ireland Profile
* Pro14 Profile
* Rhys Ruddock at European Professional Club Rugby

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Ireland squad – 2015 Rugby World Cup

Forwards|

* Best
* Cronin
* Furlong
* Healy
* Heaslip
* Henderson
* Henry
* McCarthy (replaced O'Connell)
* McGrath
* Murphy
* O'Brien
* O'Connell (c) (ruled out by injury)
* O'Mahony (ruled out by injury)
* Ross
* Ruddock (replaced O'Mahony)
* Ryan
* Strauss
* Toner
* White

Backs|

* Boss
* Bowe
* Cave
* Earls
* Fitzgerald
* Henshaw
* Jackson
* D. Kearney
* R. Kearney
* Madigan
* Murray
* Payne
* Reddan
* Sexton
* Zebo

Head coach: Schmidt

* v
* t
* e

Ireland squad – 2019 Rugby World Cup

Forwards|

* Best (c)
* Beirne
* Conan (ruled out by injury)
* Cronin (ruled out by injury)
* Furlong
* Healy
* Henderson
* Herring (replaced Cronin)
* Kilcoyne
* Kleyn
* J. Murphy (replaced Conan)
* O'Mahony
* Porter
* Ruddock
* Ja. Ryan
* Jo. Ryan
* Scannell
* Stander
* Van der Flier

Backs|

* Aki
* Carbery
* Carty
* Conway
* Earls
* C. Farrell
* Henshaw
* Kearney
* Larmour
* McGrath
* Murray
* Ringrose
* Sexton
* Stockdale

Head coach: Schmidt

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* t
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Ireland national rugby union team captains

To 1900|

* Feb 1875: George Stack
* Dec 1875: Richard Bell
* Feb 1877: Richard Galbraith
* Feb 1877: William Wilson
* Mar 1878: Robert Walkington
* 1879: William Neville
* 1880: Hugh Kelly
* 1881–Jan 1882: Arthur Forrest
* Feb 1882: John Taylor
* 1883: George Scriven
* Feb 1884: Sandy McDonald
* Mar 1884: William Moore
* Feb 1885: William Rutherford
* Mar 1885: Arthur Forrest
* Feb 1886: Meredith Johnston
* Feb 1886: John Ross
* 1887: Robert Warren
* Feb–Mar 1888: Henry Neill
* Dec 1888–90: Robert Warren
* Feb–Mar 1891: Dolway Walkington
* Mar 1891: Robert Stevenson
* 1892: Victor Le Fanu
* 1893: Sam Lee
* 1894: Edmund Forrest
* Feb 1895: John O'Conor
* Mar 1895: Charles Rooke
* Mar 1895: Edmund Forrest
* 1896: Sam Lee
* 1897: Edmund Forrest
* Feb 1898: Sam Lee
* Feb 1898: Glyn Allen
* Mar 1898: William Gardiner
* 1899–1900: Louis Magee

To the First World War|

* 1901: Louis Magee
* Feb 1902: John Fulton
* Mar 1902: Louis Magee
* 1903–Feb 1904: Harry Corley
* Mar 1904–06: Charles Allen
* Feb 1906: Alfred Tedford
* Feb 1906–07: Charles Allen
* Feb 1908: Harry Thrift
* Feb–Mar 1908: James Parke
* Feb 1909: Fred Gardiner
* Mar 1909: George Hamlet
* Mar 1909: Fred Gardiner
* Feb 1910: George Hamlet
* Mar 1910: Tom Smyth
* Mar 1910–11: George Hamlet
* Jan 1912: Dickie Lloyd
* Feb 1912: Alexander Foster
* Feb 1912–Feb 1914: Dickie Lloyd
* Feb–Mar 1914: Alexander Foster

To the Second World War|

* Feb 1920: Dickie Lloyd
* Feb 1920: George Doherty
* Mar 1920: Thomas Wallace
* Apr 1920: Dickie Lloyd
* 1921: George Doherty
* Feb 1922: Bill Collopy
* Apr 1922–23: John Thompson
* Jan–Feb 1924: William Crawford
* Feb 1924: Bill Collopy
* Mar 1924–27: William Crawford
* 1928–Feb 1929: George Stephenson
* Feb 1929: Eugene Davy
* Mar 1929–30: George Stephenson
* 1931: Mark Sugden
* 1932: George Beamish
* Feb 1933: Eugene Davy
* Mar 1932: George Beamish
* Apr 1933: Eugene Davy
* 1934–36: Jack Siggins
* 1937–Feb 1938: George Morgan
* Mar 1938: Sam Walker
* 1939: George Morgan

To the professional era|

* Jan–Feb 1947: Con Murphy
* Feb–Mar 1947: Deryck Monteith
* Dec 1947–Jan 1948: Ernest Strathdee
* Feb 1948–Mar 1951: Karl Mullen
* Dec 1951–Sep 1952: Des O'Brien
* Jan 1953–Jan 1954: Jack Kyle
* Feb–Mar 1954: Jim McCarthy
* Jan 1955: Robin Thompson
* Feb 1955: Jim McCarthy
* Feb–Mar 1955: Robin Thompson
* Jan–Feb 1956: Jim Ritchie
* Feb 1956–Apr 1958: Noel Henderson
* Feb–Apr 1959: Ronnie Dawson
* Feb–Mar 1960: Andy Mulligan
* Apr 1960–May 1961: Ronnie Dawson
* Feb–Nov 1962: Bill Mulcahy
* Jan 1963: Tom Kiernan
* Feb–Mar 1963: Bill Mulcahy
* Dec 1963: Jimmy Kelly
* Feb–Mar 1964: Bill Mulcahy
* Jan 1965–Feb 1966: Ray McLoughlin
* Mar 1966: Tom Kiernan
* Jan–Apr 1967: Noel Murphy
* May 1967–Jan 1971: Tom Kiernan
* Feb–Mar 1971: Mike Gibson
* Jan 1972–Feb 1973: Tom Kiernan
* Mar 1973–Mar 1975: Willie John McBride
* Jan–Feb 1976: Mike Gibson
* Feb 1976–Mar 1977: Tom Grace
* Jan–Mar 1978: John Moloney
* Nov 1978: Shay Deering
* Jan 1979–Nov 1981: Fergus Slattery
* Jan 1982–Feb 1984: Ciaran Fitzgerald
* Feb–Mar 1984: Willie Duggan
* Nov 1984–Mar 1986: Ciaran Fitzgerald
* Nov 1986–Apr 1988: Donal Lenihan
* Oct 1988–Mar 1989: Phillip Matthews
* Nov 1989–Feb 1990: Willie Anderson
* Mar–Oct 1990: Donal Lenihan
* Feb–Mar 1991: Rob Saunders
* July 1991: Phillip Matthews
* July 1991: Rob Saunders
* Oct 1991–Feb 1992: Phillip Matthews
* Oct 1991: Terry Kingston
* Mar–May 1992: Phil Danaher
* Jun 1992: Michael Bradley
* Oct 1992: Phil Danaher
* Jan 1993–Nov 1994: Michael Bradley
* Jan 1995: Brendan Mullin
* Feb–Mar 1995: Michael Bradley
* Mar–May 1995: Terry Kingston
* May 1995: Nick Popplewell
* Jun 1995: Terry Kingston

To the present day|

* Nov 1995–Feb 1996: Jim Staples
* Mar–Nov 1996: Niall Hogan
* Nov 1996–Jan 1997: Keith Wood
* Feb–Mar 1997: Jim Staples
* Nov 1997: Keith Wood
* Nov 1997: Nick Popplewell
* Dec 1997–Apr 1998: Keith Wood
* Jun 1998–Apr 1999: Paddy Johns
* Jun–Oct 1999: Dion O'Cuinneagain
* 2000–Feb 2001: Keith Wood
* Jun 2001: Mick Galwey
* Sep–Oct 2001: Keith Wood
* Nov 2001: Anthony Foley
* Nov 2001: Keith Wood
* Feb–Mar 2002: Mick Galwey
* Mar 2002: David Humphreys
* Apr–Jun 2002: Keith Wood
* Sep 2002: Anthony Foley
* Sep 2002: Keith Wood
* Sep 2002: Anthony Foley
* Nov 2002–Mar 2003: Brian O'Driscoll
* Jun 2003: David Humphreys
* Jun 2003: Reggie Corrigan
* Aug 2003: Keith Wood
* Aug 2003: Brian O'Driscoll
* Sep–Nov 2003: Keith Wood
* Feb 2004: Paul O'Connell
* Feb 2004– Feb 2005: Brian O'Driscoll
* Feb 2005: Paul O'Connell
* Feb–Mar 2005: Brian O'Driscoll
* Jun 2005: David Humphreys
* Nov 2005: Simon Easterby
* Nov 2005: David Humphreys
* 2006–Feb 2007: Brian O'Driscoll
* Feb 2007: Paul O'Connell
* Feb–Mar 2007: Brian O'Driscoll
* May–Jun 2007: Simon Best
* Aug 2007: Brian O'Driscoll
* Aug 2007: Paul O'Connell
* Sep 2007–Mar 2008: Brian O'Driscoll
* Mar 2008: Ronan O'Gara
* Jun 2008–Mar 2009: Brian O'Driscoll
* May 2009: Rory Best
* Nov 2009–Mar 2011: Brian O'Driscoll
* Aug 2011: Leo Cullen
* Aug 2011: Brian O'Driscoll
* Aug 2011: Paul O'Connell
* Sep 2011: Brian O'Driscoll
* Sep 2011: Leo Cullen
* Oct 2011: Brian O'Driscoll
* Feb 2012–Mar 2012: Paul O'Connell
* Mar 2012: Rory Best
* Jun 2012: Brian O'Driscoll
* Nov 2012–Mar 2013: Jamie Heaslip
* Jun 2013: Peter O'Mahony
* Nov 2013: Jamie Heaslip
* Nov 2013: Paul O'Connell
* Feb 2014: Jamie Heaslip
* Feb–Nov 2014: Paul O'Connell
* Nov 2014: Eoin Reddan
* Nov 2014–Mar 2015: Paul O'Connell
* Aug 2015: Jamie Heaslip
* Aug 2015: Seán O'Brien
* Aug–Sep 2015: Paul O'Connell
* Sep 2015: Jamie Heaslip
* Oct 2015: Paul O'Connell
* Oct 2015: Jamie Heaslip
* Feb 2016–Nov 2016: Rory Best
* Nov 2016: Peter O'Mahony
* Nov 2016–Feb 2017: Rory Best
* Feb 2017: Jamie Heaslip
* Feb–Mar 2017: Rory Best
* Jun 2017: Rhys Ruddock
* Nov 2017: Rory Best
* Nov 2017: Rhys Ruddock
* Feb–Mar 2018: Rory Best
* Jun 2018: Peter O'Mahony
* Nov 2018: Rhys Ruddock
* Nov 2018–Feb 2019: Rory Best
* Feb 2019: Peter O'Mahony
* Mar 2019: Rory Best
* Aug 2019: Rhys Ruddock
* Aug 2019: Rory Best
* Aug 2019: Peter O'Mahony
* Sep 2019: Rory Best
* Oct 2019: Johnny Sexton
* Oct 2019: Rory Best
* Feb–Nov 2020: Johnny Sexton
* Nov 2020: James Ryan
* Feb 2021: Johnny Sexton
* Feb 2021: Iain Henderson
* Feb–Mar 2021: Johnny Sexton
* Jul 2021: James Ryan
* Nov 2021: Johnny Sexton
* Nov 2021: James Ryan
* Feb 2022: Johnny Sexton
* Feb 2022: James Ryan
* Feb 2022: Peter O'Mahony
* Mar 2022: Johnny Sexton
* Jun 2022: Bundee Aki
* Jul 2022: Johnny Sexton
* Jul 2022: Keith Earls
* Jul–Nov 2022: Johnny Sexton
* Nov 2022: Tadhg Furlong
* Nov 2022: Peter O'Mahony
* Feb 2023: Johnny Sexton
* Feb 2023: James Ryan
* Mar 2023: Johnny Sexton
* Aug 2023: Iain Henderson
* Aug 2023: James Ryan
* Sep–Oct 2023: Johnny Sexton
* Feb 2024: Peter O'Mahony
* Feb 2024: Caelan Doris
* Feb–Jul 2024: Peter O'Mahony
* Jul–Nov 2024: Caelan Doris

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