Dyddgu Hywel
| Date of birth | March 10, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Llanelwy, Denbighshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5.6 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dyddgu Hywel (born 10 March 1989) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays fullback for the Gloucester-Hartpury and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Ireland at the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship. Outside of rugby, she is a lecturer for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Early life and career
[edit]Dyddgu Hywel was born in Llanelwy, Denbighshire on 10 March 1989.[1] She attended Bangor University, where she studied in Welsh for a BSc (Hons) Design and Technology Secondary Education leading to Qualified Teacher Status, graduating with a first class honours degree in July 2010. She began working at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, teacher A-Level design and technology. She went on to become a teacher at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun in the same subject.[2] Hywel is now a lecturer for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol at Cardiff Metropolitan University.[3][2]
Playing career
[edit]Hywel was called up to the Wales women's under-16 national rugby union team once, but wasn't selected for any games.[4] After being picked for the Wales women's national rugby union team at the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship, she made her debut as a substitute against Ireland for the final five minutes of the game. She made her full debut a short while later with a start against France at the Stadium Marcel Levindrey, Laon.[3]
Hywel has regularly scored tries, including against Scotland in the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship where Wales won 39–3.[5] She scored a try against France in the 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship, opening the scoring for Wales. They went on to win 10-8 following a second try by Megan York.[6] As of 2016[update], Hywel's official Wales Rugby Union biography states that she is 1.72 metres (5.6 ft) tall, and weighs 75 kilograms (11.8 st).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dyddgu Hywel". Wales Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Dyddgu Hywel". Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ a b Griffiths, Rob (7 February 2013). "Dyddgu Hywel to make her full Wales debut in France". Daily Post. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Dyddgu Hywel relishing selection for Wales women's Six Nations bid". 24 January 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Wales Women thrash Scotland 39-3 in Six Nations". ITV News. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Bywater, Alex (28 February 2016). "Wales Women 10-8 France match report: Dydggu Hywel and Megan York score tries to secure victory in Neath". Wales Online. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from St Asaph
- Rugby union players from Denbighshire
- Welsh female rugby union players
- 21st-century Welsh sportswomen
- Wales women's international rugby union players
- Alumni of Bangor University
- Welsh schoolteachers
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Worcester Warriors Women players
- Gloucester-Hartpury Women players
- Barbarian F.C. Women players