Lewis Moody
Lewis Moody was born in Ascot, England, United Kingdom on June 12th, 1978 and is the Rugby Player. At the age of 45, Lewis Moody biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Club career
Ed Houston's meeting with Moody at the start of his rugby career. He was a flanker for the Leicester Tigers youth team. He was the first Leicester Tigers' player to play in a league match at 18 years and 94 days, a record set by Ben Youngs. He was soon identified as Neil Back's understudie for the openside flanker shirt. However, starting the Tigers with Will Johnson and Martin Corry was daunting, with internationals Neil Back and Martin Corry taking two of the three starting positions, with Paul Gustard and Will Johnson (younger brother of Martin) fighting for the remaining position.
Moody was an unused replacement for the 2001 Heineken Cup Final but he began the triumphant 2002 Heineken Cup Final and was a supporter of the Tigers during the four Premiership winning seasons in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Josh Kronfeld, the arrival of New Zealand international openside Josh Kronfeld in Leicester in 2001, threatening to relegate Moody to third choice openside. However, Kronfeld was unable to settle at the club, and despite Harlequins and Bath's invitations, Moody decided to remain. After the World Cup's success in 2003, he suffered a stress fractured his foot that required a long time to heal and kept him out of the remainder of the 2003–04 season. In the Heineken European Cup match against Calvisano in October 2004, Moody made a return.
When Leicester defeated Gloucester, Moody earned his fifth Premiership medal in 2007.
He was hospitalized for a large portion of the 2008–2009 season, his Testimonial season with the club, but he returned to play in the 73–3 win over Bristol and appeared in both the Heineken Cup final and the Guinness Premiership. Moody stayed fit for the entire 2009–2010 season, as well as captained the team in the home match against Sale. The Tigers defeated Saracens 33–27 at Twickenham in the 2009-10 Guinness Premiership.
He and Sam Vesty joined Bath Rugby on a three-year contract in the 2010–2011 season.
In Bath's 55-16 victory over Aironi in January 2011, Moody suffered a knee ligament injury, but he was confident of making the England squad for the first Six Nations match against Wales on February 4th.
On March 6, 2012, Moody announced his retirement from rugby due to injuries.
International career
Moody scored two tries against Wales in April 1997, and he was a member of the Madrid Sevens team that defeated the Madrid Sevens at the end of that season. He was later called up to the senior team for the 1998–99 "tour from hell," but he did not make it to the team.
On June 2, 2001, Moody made his England debut against Canada when the established internationals, Neil Back and Richard Hill, were touring Australia with the British and Irish Lions. He earned two caps on the North American tour and scored a try against the Eagles in San Francisco against the US Eagles. In October 2001, he was called up to the senior squad for the match against Ireland in Dublin, and he went on to capture cap number four.
In two Six Nations games the following season, he saw him face colleague Neil Back for the coveted England No.7 shirt, which began in impressive form. Lawrence Dallaglio was pushed from the first team England XV for the 2002/3 fall internationals scoring a try in the game against New Zealand, but Moody injured South Africa and Dallaglio returned to his place. He recovered from injury and was again active in Clive Woodward's plans, but a new injury in the first Six Nations match against France threatened to delay the remainder of his season.
He was not eligible for the summer tour due to the injury, but he recovered well enough to play in the pre-world cup friendlies against France and Wales in the summer, scoring his first try at Millennium Stadium.
He appeared in all seven World Cup matches and then emerged as a replacement in the final to replace Hill. In the phase of play that resulted in Jonny Wilkinson's winning drop goal, he made it to the final line-out. Due to a foot injury, he missed the 2003–4 season. He started all three of England's autumn internationals with the departures of Dallaglio and Back, as well as Hill out injured. Moody remained an England mainstay until 2005. He was the first English player to be suspended from Twickenham when he was suspended for fighting during the autumn international with Leicester teammate Alex Tuilagi.
Moody was selected as part of the England squad for the 2007 World Cup in France after missing the 2007 Six Nations Championship due to illness. Having been selected to begin a warm-up match against France, Moody sustained a new injury and was consequently left out of England's first three games of the season. Following a slow start to the tournament, Moody was called into the starting line up for the final pool match against Tonga, where he was lauded for England's much improved results at the break.
Moody retained his position in the starting line-up for the quarter final against Australia, where he defoned George Smith to 'outshone his illustrious opposite number.' Moody stepped into the semifinals against France on October 20th, the first match against South Africa on the African continent. England barely lost to the southern hemisphere on the 20th of October.
He was picked for the 2008 Six Nations Championships and began against Wales in the first game, but was forced to leave early in the first half due to an Achilles tendon injury. In June 2009, he returned to play against the Barbarians but was then cut from the squad and entered in the England Saxons EPS for the 2009-2010 season. For the Autumn Internationals against Australia, Argentina, and New Zealand, the team's form and injuries, as well as other opensides, such as Tom Rees, saw him re-establish his England starting position. He maintained his form into the 2010 Six Nations Championships.
In their final 2010 Six Nations Championship match against France in Paris, Moody captained England, replacing regular captain Steve Borthwick, who had to pull out due to injury. He was also appointed England Captain for the 2010 summer tour to Australia.
Lewis missed the entire 2011 Six Nations tournament due to his knee injury, but Martin Johnson announced Lewis would be England captain for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, provided he was fit. He was selected in the 30-man team that travelled to New Zealand.
Lewis Moody announced his retirement from international rugby on October 23rd.