Dave Attwood

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Dave Attwood

Full name	David Attwood
Date of birth	(1987-04-05) 5 April 1987
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	119 kg (18 st 10 lb)
School	The Ridings High School
University	University of Bristol
Rugby union career
Current status
Current team	Bath Rugby
Playing career
Position	Lock
Youth clubs
Dings Crusaders
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2005–2009 2009–2011 2011–	Bristol Rugby Gloucester Bath Rugby	20 47 77	(0) (15) (40)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2007 2010– 2010–	England U20 England Saxons England	5 2 23	(0) (0) (0)

Dave Attwood (born 5 April 1987 in Bristol, England) is a rugby union player who plays at Lock for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership.

Early career

He was a member of the Bristol First Team squad for two years and spent two years previous to that in the Academy. His rugby heroes include Alex Brown, Will Greenwood and coach and personal friend Phil Cue, his coach at Bristol Minis and Juniors and Dings Crusaders (now Head coach of North Bristol RFC). He attended The Ridings High School and graduated from Bristol University where he studied joint Honours Physics and Philosophy. He was England under 16 discus champion and still enjoys throwing today although he often complains that "he never finds the time."

Club career

He played for Bristol Rugby in the Anglo-Welsh Cup as well as the European Challenge Cup in the 2008–9 season.

The 2008–09 season saw him feature more regularly in the Bristol first team squad before joining Gloucester in the summer of 2009. In February 2011, it was announced that he had agreed a two-year deal with Bath Rugby, starting at the beginning of the 2011–12 season

International career

Attwood represented England under 19's in the 2006 Junior world cup and scored against New Zealand in the semi final. He continued in the England set up to play for the England under 20 team the following year. He was called into the England Saxons squad to face Italy A on 9 February 2008, he did not play in the match.

He made his debut for the England Saxons against Ireland Wolfhounds in January 2010.

After an excellent first season with Gloucester, Attwood was called up into the full England team for the 2010 Summer tour to Australia. There he played two games with the second-string squad against the Australian Barbarians, where he was cited at the end of the first game for stomping – citing that was dismissed on technicalities before being reviewed. Attwood made his senior England debut as a replacement for Tom Palmer in the game against New Zealand on 7 November 2010. He made his third appearance against Argentina on 8 June 2013. His comeback resulted in a 32–3 victory for England.

External links

• Bath Rugby Profile
• Gloucester Rugby Profile
• Bristol profile
• England profile
• What to do now – how a fresh start might look for England