Tristan Woodman

Tristan Woodman (born 12 February 2004) is an English professional rugby union footballer who plays as a flanker for PREM Rugby club Sale Sharks.

Early life Woodman was born in Lytham St Annes and was educated at AKS Lytham. Woodman made his senior professional debut playing at flanker for Sale Sharks later that season on his nineteenth birthday, starting against Exeter Chiefs in the semi-final of the Premiership Rugby Cup on 12 February 2023.

The following seasons, Woodman combined playing for Sale with also gaining playing time with Champ Rugby club Caldy RFC.

Woodman made his starts for Sale in the Rugby Premiership in consecutive weeks against Newcastle Red Bulls and Saracens in October 2025.

International career After representing England at under-18 level in the 2022 Six Nations Festival, Woodman was named in the NextGenXV list of the leading U18 players in the world. Later that year he was included in the England squad for the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship. He scored a try in a pool stage victory over Fiji and also played in their semi-final defeat against France.