Dan Lydiate
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Dan Lydiate is a Wales
international rugby union player. A flanker
, Lydiate was raised in Llandrindod Wells
and is a product of the Newport Gwent Dragons
academy. He was an ever present member of the Wales Under 20 back row along with Lewis Evans
and James Harris
for their Six Nations campaign in 2006/7 and progressed to the Dragons senior side at the end of that season. Early in the 2007/08 season he suffered a serious neck injury in the Heineken Cup Group match away to Perpignan which ruled him out for the rest of the season.
On 25 October 2009 Lydiate was named in the Wales national squad
for the November 2009 international series, making his debut as a second half replacement against Argentina on 21 November 2009. Following the withdrawal of captain Ryan Jones
from the Wales squad to face Australia in the final Autumn International, Lydiate made his first test match start at flanker on 28 November 2009. He was named in the Wales squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship, however did not play a single game.
In August 2011 he was named in the Wales squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup
in New Zealand.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
international rugby union player. A flanker
Flanker (rugby union)
A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
, Lydiate was raised in Llandrindod Wells
Llandrindod Wells
Llandrindod Wells , colloquially known locally as "Llandod", is a town and community in Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, mid Wales, United Kingdom. It was developed as a spa town in the 19th century, with a boom in the late 20th century as a centre of local government. Before...
and is a product of the Newport Gwent Dragons
Newport Gwent Dragons
Newport Gwent Dragons are one of the four professional Rugby Union regional teams in Wales. They are jointly owned by Newport RFC and the Welsh Rugby Union and play all their home games at Rodney Parade, Newport. They play in the RaboDirect Pro12, the Anglo-Welsh Cup and the Heineken Cup...
academy. He was an ever present member of the Wales Under 20 back row along with Lewis Evans
Lewis Evans (rugby player)
Lewis Evans is a Welsh rugby union player. A back row forward, he currently plays his club rugby for Newport Gwent Dragons having previously played for Ebbw Vale and Newport RFC...
and James Harris
James Harris (rugby player)
James Harris is a Welsh rugby union player. A flanker, he was selected for the Wales national rugby union team squad in 2007 and has also represented Wales Under 20's. He made his debut for the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team 30 September 2006 having previously played for Bedwas RFC...
for their Six Nations campaign in 2006/7 and progressed to the Dragons senior side at the end of that season. Early in the 2007/08 season he suffered a serious neck injury in the Heineken Cup Group match away to Perpignan which ruled him out for the rest of the season.
On 25 October 2009 Lydiate was named in the Wales national squad
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
for the November 2009 international series, making his debut as a second half replacement against Argentina on 21 November 2009. Following the withdrawal of captain Ryan Jones
Ryan Jones
Ryan Paul Jones is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays at number eight for the Ospreys. He is able to cover blindside flanker and second row; he played second row in his younger days as he was kept out of his preferred number 8 role by Gareth Delve.-Early life:Jones played junior...
from the Wales squad to face Australia in the final Autumn International, Lydiate made his first test match start at flanker on 28 November 2009. He was named in the Wales squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship, however did not play a single game.
In August 2011 he was named in the Wales squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
in New Zealand.