Lenny Woodard

Lenny Woodard (born 2 April 1976) is a professional rugby footballer who played rugby union for Wales as a wing, and rugby league for Wales.

Background Woodard was born in Pontypool, Gwent, Wales. He went to Greenlawn Junior School, where he first played rugby. He received player of the year and was top scorer, scoring a hat-trick in county schools cup final at Rodney Parade. He also represented Pontypool Schools in the DC Thomas Cup final at Bridgend. He represented Gwent schools as well. He attended West Mon comprehensive school and was captain of his very successful year team and was captain of the 1st XV when they beat Millfield School.

He left school with 7 As and 2 Bs from his GCSEs and attended Pontypool College gaining all As in his A-Level grades. He went on to study Human Movement studies at UWIC and went back in 2003 to gain a PGCE in Secondary Education. Whilst at UWIC he was selected for Wales under-21 for the 5 nations campaign in 1996, Wales Students rugby league v England and Great Britain students rugby league tour and test match v France, scoring a try in the test match in a narrow 10-4 win

He is also a WRU Level 3 coach

International honours Woodard represented Wales (RU) during the 1998 tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa in non-Test matches, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Pontypridd RFC (RU), and Bridgend Blue Bulls (RL) 1999...2005 (4?)3-caps + 2-caps (interchange/substitute) 3-tries 12-points.

He is the highest try scorer in Welsh league history, amassing 186 league tries. He also scored 16 tries in England (15 for London Welsh and 1 for Pertemps Bees (Birmingham and Solihull). This combined effort saw over 200 league tries and he was also a prolific scorer in cup rugby. He also holds Welsh League records for most tries in a match (7 v Treorchy 2003) and most league tries in a season (38 in 2002- 2003 with Pontypool)