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{{short description|Wales & British Lions international rugby union player}}
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==Early life==
==Early life==
The younger of two boys born to English docker John Lydiate at [[Hope Hospital]], their Welsh mother Lynne raised them in [[Salford, Greater Manchester]].<ref name=MEN686302/> After their father suffered an injury, the family moved to [[Llandrindod Wells]] when Dan was aged 4, so that their father could work on his father-in-law's {{convert|202|ha|adj=on}} sheep farm in the [[Cambrian Mountains]].<ref>http://www.fwi.co.uk/articles/18/07/2013/140091/rugby-star-dan-lydiate-tackles-farming.htm</ref> Older brother Jack represented Wales colleges at rugby.<ref name=MEN686302>http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/grand-dan-lydiate-shows-true-686302</ref> Dan and Jack have two older brothers John (also born at Hope Hospital) and Steven and an older sister Gillian from their father's first marriage.
The younger of two boys born to English docker John Lydiate at [[Salford Royal Hospital|Hope Hospital]], their Welsh mother Lynne raised them in [[Salford, Greater Manchester]].<ref name=MEN686302/> After their father suffered an injury, the family moved to [[Llandrindod Wells]] when Dan was aged 4, so that their father could work on his father-in-law's {{convert|202|ha|adj=on}} sheep farm in the [[Cambrian Mountains]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fwi.co.uk/articles/18/07/2013/140091/rugby-star-dan-lydiate-tackles-farming.htm|title=Rugby star Dan Lydiate tackles farming|date=18 July 2013}}</ref> Older brother Jack represented Wales colleges at rugby.<ref name=MEN686302>{{Cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/grand-dan-lydiate-shows-true-686302|title = Grand Dan Lydiate shows true Salford grit!|date = 12 April 2012}}</ref> Dan and Jack have two older brothers John (also born at Hope Hospital) and Steven and an older sister Gillian from their father's first marriage. While growing up in [[Powys]], Lydiate attended Llanbister Primary School and [[Llandrindod High School]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-23 |title=Welsh rugby star Dan Lydiate lends support to threatened Llanbister Primary School |url=https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/15835525.welsh-rugby-star-dan-lydiate-lends-support-to-threatened-llanbister-primary-school/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=County Times |language=en}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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On 25 October 2009 Lydiate was named in the [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales national squad]] for the November 2009 international series, making his debut as a second-half replacement against Argentina on 21 November 2009.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8363510.stm Wales 33–16 Argentina – BBC Sport]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8374462.stm Wales hit by captain Jones injury – BBC Sport]</ref> He was named in the Wales squad for the [[2010 Six Nations Championship]], however did not play a single game. He then broke into the Welsh first XV in the autumn internationals of that year, starting against Australia, New Zealand and Fiji as well as being named in the team to face South Africa before withdrawing with a calf injury. He won the Man of the Match award against the Fijians, where he wore the Number 7 jersey for the first time.
On 25 October 2009 Lydiate was named in the [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales national squad]] for the November 2009 international series, making his debut as a second-half replacement against Argentina on 21 November 2009.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8363510.stm Wales 33–16 Argentina – BBC Sport]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8374462.stm Wales hit by captain Jones injury – BBC Sport]</ref> He was named in the Wales squad for the [[2010 Six Nations Championship]], however did not play a single game. He then broke into the Welsh first XV in the autumn internationals of that year, starting against Australia, New Zealand and Fiji as well as being named in the team to face South Africa before withdrawing with a calf injury. He won the Man of the Match award against the Fijians, where he wore the Number 7 jersey for the first time.


He played every match of Wales' [[2011 Six Nations Championship]] campaign as well as all four warm-up matches. In August 2011 he was named in the Wales squad for the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]] in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/14608533.stm|title=Wales 2011 Rugby World Cup squad|date=22 August 2011|work=BBC Sport|access-date=22 August 2011}}</ref> He played in Wales' opening two games against South Africa and Samoa, but missed the pool games against Namibia and Fiji with an ankle injury that lead to him infamously waking up to ice his leg every hour. It paid off, and he played a key role in Wales' quarter-final win over Ireland and then subsequent losses to France and Australia. He finished second on the tournament's top-tacklers, behind only Wales and Dragons teammate [[Toby Faletau]].
He played every match of Wales' [[2011 Six Nations Championship]] campaign as well as all four warm-up matches. In August 2011 he was named in the Wales squad for the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]] in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/14608533.stm|title=Wales 2011 Rugby World Cup squad|date=22 August 2011|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=22 August 2011}}</ref> He played in Wales' opening two games against South Africa and Samoa, but missed the pool games against Namibia and Fiji with an ankle injury that lead to him infamously waking up to ice his leg every hour. It paid off, and he played a key role in Wales' quarter-final win over Ireland and then subsequent losses to France and Australia. He finished second on the tournament's top-tacklers, behind only Wales and Dragons teammate [[Toby Faletau]].


In the [[2012 Six Nations Championship]], Lydiate received the Player of the Tournament award after featuring in every game bar the opener against Ireland and receiving man of the match awards against Scotland and France.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17453529 Lydiate Six Nations Player of the Tournament]</ref>
In the [[2012 Six Nations Championship]], Lydiate received the Player of the Tournament award after featuring in every game bar the opener against Ireland and receiving man of the match awards against Scotland and France.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17453529 Lydiate Six Nations Player of the Tournament]</ref>
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Lydiate left [[Dragons (rugby union)|Newport Gwent Dragons]] at the end of the 2012–13 season and joined the [[Paris]]-based club [[Racing Métro 92]].
Lydiate left [[Dragons (rugby union)|Newport Gwent Dragons]] at the end of the 2012–13 season and joined the [[Paris]]-based club [[Racing Métro 92]].


On 30 October 2014 it was announced Lydiate would be leaving [[Racing Metro]] and returning to Wales on a dual contract between the [[Welsh Rugby Union]] and a [[Introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales|Welsh region]], on 7 December 2014 this was announced to be [[Ospreys (rugby union)|Ospreys]]<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/30370794</ref>
On 30 October 2014 it was announced Lydiate would be leaving [[Racing Metro]] and returning to Wales on a dual contract between the [[Welsh Rugby Union]] and a [[Introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales|Welsh region]], on 7 December 2014 this was announced to be [[Ospreys (rugby union)|Ospreys]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/30370794|title = Lydiate set to join Ospreys - Hazell|work = BBC Sport}}</ref>


Lydiate was a part of the Welsh team for the [[2015 Rugby World Cup]].
Lydiate was a part of the Welsh team for the [[2015 Rugby World Cup]].

=== International tries ===

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! Try !! Opponent !! Location !! Venue !! Competition !! Date !! Result
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| 1 || {{ru|JPN}} || [[Cardiff]], Wales || [[Millennium Stadium]] || [[2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals|2016 Autumn Internationals]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2016|November|19}} || Win
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.newportgwentdragons.com/Teams/Player/Dragons/135676 Newport Gwent Dragons profile]
*[http://www.newportgwentdragons.com/Teams/Player/Dragons/135676 Newport Gwent Dragons profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208013346/http://www.newportgwentdragons.com/Teams/Player/Dragons/135676 |date=8 December 2012 }}
*[http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_player_archive.php?player=33246&includeref=dynamic Wales profile]
*[http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_player_archive.php?player=33246&includeref=dynamic Wales profile]


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Latest revision as of 20:27, 1 January 2025

Dan Lydiate
Birth nameDanny John Lydiate
Date of birth (1987-12-18) 18 December 1987 (age 37)
Place of birthSalford, England
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Blindside Flanker
Current team Dragons RFC
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Ebbw Vale ()
2007–2013 Newport Gwent Dragons 85 (15)
2008–2009 Pontypool 4 (0)
2013–2014 Racing Métro 20 (0)
2014–2023 Ospreys 89 (10)
2023– Dragons 89 (15)
Correct as of 11:51, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
– Wales U20
2009– Wales 72 (5)
2013 British & Irish Lions 3 (0)
Correct as of 9 May 2023

Dan Lydiate (born 18 December 1987) 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.

Early life

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The younger of two boys born to English docker John Lydiate at Hope Hospital, their Welsh mother Lynne raised them in Salford, Greater Manchester.[1] After their father suffered an injury, the family moved to Llandrindod Wells when Dan was aged 4, so that their father could work on his father-in-law's 202-hectare (500-acre) sheep farm in the Cambrian Mountains.[2] Older brother Jack represented Wales colleges at rugby.[1] Dan and Jack have two older brothers John (also born at Hope Hospital) and Steven and an older sister Gillian from their father's first marriage. While growing up in Powys, Lydiate attended Llanbister Primary School and Llandrindod High School.[3]

Career

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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, with doubts raised as to whether or not he would ever play again.[4][5][6]

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.[7] 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.[8] He was named in the Wales squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship, however did not play a single game. He then broke into the Welsh first XV in the autumn internationals of that year, starting against Australia, New Zealand and Fiji as well as being named in the team to face South Africa before withdrawing with a calf injury. He won the Man of the Match award against the Fijians, where he wore the Number 7 jersey for the first time.

He played every match of Wales' 2011 Six Nations Championship campaign as well as all four warm-up matches. In August 2011 he was named in the Wales squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[9] He played in Wales' opening two games against South Africa and Samoa, but missed the pool games against Namibia and Fiji with an ankle injury that lead to him infamously waking up to ice his leg every hour. It paid off, and he played a key role in Wales' quarter-final win over Ireland and then subsequent losses to France and Australia. He finished second on the tournament's top-tacklers, behind only Wales and Dragons teammate Toby Faletau.

In the 2012 Six Nations Championship, Lydiate received the Player of the Tournament award after featuring in every game bar the opener against Ireland and receiving man of the match awards against Scotland and France.[10]

In April 2013 Lydiate was named in the squad for the 2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia.[11]

Lydiate left Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of the 2012–13 season and joined the Paris-based club Racing Métro 92.

On 30 October 2014 it was announced Lydiate would be leaving Racing Metro and returning to Wales on a dual contract between the Welsh Rugby Union and a Welsh region, on 7 December 2014 this was announced to be Ospreys[12]

Lydiate was a part of the Welsh team for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

International tries

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Try Opponent Location Venue Competition Date Result
1  Japan Cardiff, Wales Millennium Stadium 2016 Autumn Internationals 19 November 2016 Win

References

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  1. ^ a b "Grand Dan Lydiate shows true Salford grit!". 12 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Rugby star Dan Lydiate tackles farming". 18 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Welsh rugby star Dan Lydiate lends support to threatened Llanbister Primary School". County Times. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  4. ^ Perpignan 23–19 Dragons – BBC Sport
  5. ^ Lydiate dreaming of Wales debut – BBC Sport
  6. ^ Dan Lydiate set to cap remarkable comeback – Wales Online
  7. ^ Wales 33–16 Argentina – BBC Sport
  8. ^ Wales hit by captain Jones injury – BBC Sport
  9. ^ "Wales 2011 Rugby World Cup squad". BBC Sport. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  10. ^ Lydiate Six Nations Player of the Tournament
  11. ^ 2013 Lions Squad
  12. ^ "Lydiate set to join Ospreys - Hazell". BBC Sport.
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