Mike Ruddock
| Date of birth | 5 September 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Blaina, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1991-1997 1997-2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2007-2010 2010-2014 |
Swansea RFC Leinster Rugby Ebbw Vale RFC Newport Gwent Dragons Wales Worcester Warriors Ireland U20 |
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Mike Ruddock, OBE (born 5 September 1959 in Blaina) is a Welsh rugby union coach, currently coach of Lansdowne FC . Ruddock was the Director of Rugby at the Worcester Warriors until his resignation on 28 April 2010. Previously, Ruddock was the coach of the Welsh national rugby union team from 2004 until February 2006 and Leinster Coach from 1997 to 2000
He is the father of Irish rugby union international Rhys Ruddock.
Ruddock played in the back row for Blaina, Tredegar and Swansea, making 119 appearances for Swansea and scoring 43 tries.
He also played for Wales under-16s and Wales B, but his playing days were ended prematurely by an accident at work in 1985. Working as an electricity linesman, he fell from a pole, suffering serious injuries including three compressed vertebrae and a fractured skull.
He began his career as a coach at Blaina and guided them to a Monmouthshire Premier League title & a Ben Francis Cup victory, he later coached Cross Keys and had a spell in Ireland with Bective Rangers. As coach of Swansea, he recorded a 21–6 win over the touring Australians in 1992 and won Welsh league titles in 1992 and 1994 and the Welsh Cup in 1995. In 1997, he again moved to Ireland as director of coaching at Leinster.
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