Will Haydon-Wood

Will Haydon-Wood (born 27 October 2000) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Premiership Rugby club Exeter Chiefs

Will Haydon-Wood

Date of birth	(2000-10-27) 27 October 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth	Reading, Berkshire, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	87 kg (13.7 st; 192 lb)[2]
School	Sedbergh School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2019-2020 Tynedale RFC () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2020–2022 Newcastle Falcons 25 (78) 2022 Wasps 4 (20) 2022–2023 RC Massy 7 (8) 2023– Exeter Chiefs 20 (18) Correct as of 29 July 2024 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2018 England U18 3 (0) 2020 England U20 2 (2) Correct as of 6 March 2020

Early life

Hayden-Wood is from Neston, on the Wirral, and played his junior rugby at Caldy RFC before moving to Sedbergh School when he was 13 years-old. He then joined the academy at Newcastle Falcons.^[3] In 2019, he joined Tynedale RFC on loan from Newcastle.^[4]

Career

Haydon-Wood made his debut for Newcastle Falcons in the EPCR Challenge Cup away to Castres Olympique in December 2020.^[5] He made his made his Rugby Premiership debut against Exeter Chiefs in May 2021.^[5] During the 2021-22 season he made thirteen appearances for Newcastle, but joined Premiership rivals Wasps RFC in April 2022.^[5][6]

Haydon-Wood made his debut appearance for Wasps in the Rugby Premiership against Northampton Saints, however soon afterwards Wasps were liquidated due to financial issues and he was made redundant along with all other players and coaching staff.^[7] In October 2022, he signed for French side RC Massy for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.^[8]

He signed for Exeter Chiefs prior to the start of the 2023-24 season.^[9]

International career

Haydon-Wood represented England U20 during the 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.^[10][11]