Martin Bayfield

Full name

Martin Christopher Bayfield

Date of birth

21 December 1966 (age 50)

Place of birth

Height

2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)

Weight

115 kg (18 st 2 lb)

Rugby union career

Playing career

Position

Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1991–1996 1993	England British and Irish Lions	34 3	(0) (0)

Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1991–1996 1993	England British and Irish Lions	34 3	(0) (0)

Martin Christopher Bayfield (born 21 December 1966) is an English former rugby union footballer who played lock forward for Northampton Saints, Bedford Blues and England, gaining 31 England and 3 Lions caps.

Bayfield was born in Bedford and was educated at Bedford School. He served in the Metropolitan Police from 1985 to 1989, when he transferred to Bedfordshire Police. The 208 cm (6 ft 10in) tall Bayfield made his England debut in 1991, and although he was omitted from the 1991 World Cup squad, was a part of the 1992 Five Nations Grand Slam winning side. He went on the 1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand and was part of the 1995 World Cup squad. He would play 18 times partnering Martin Johnson. His final appearance for England came in the 1996 Five Nations match against Wales.

His last game was against Gloucester in February 1998; a neck injury sustained in training a few days later forced him to retire.

Since retirement, Bayfield has worked as a journalist, an after-dinner speaker and has since appeared in all of the Harry Potter films playing the half-giant Hagrid, as Robbie Coltrane's body and stunt double. He also appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as a young Rubeus Hagrid. Continuing the acting theme, he also played a cyclops in Jonathan Liebesman's Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to 2010 movie Clash of the Titans. Bayfield also played Rugby Player 2 in an episode of New Tricks on BBC1 (first shown on 1 September 2008).