Will Chudley
| Birth name | William John Chudley | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 March 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kettering, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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William John Chudley (born 17 March 1988) is a rugby union player who plays at Scrum Half for Coventry in the RFU Championship.
He made his debut for Exeter against Sale Sharks on 1 September 2012.[2]
Will joined Exeter from rivals Newcastle Falcons,[3] Chudley joined Newcastle from Bedford Blues after catching the eye of Newcastle coach Alan Tait during Bedfords play-off semi-final defeat by Worcester in 2011.[4]
He was in the team when Exeter Chiefs defeated Wasps to be crowned champions of the 2016-17 English Premiership.[5]
In December 2017, he was awarded Try of the week for his week 11 try against Northampton Saints.[6]
On 20 March 2018, it was announced that Chudley would leave Exeter to join local rivals Bath ahead of the 2018-19 season.[7]
He would leave Bath and join Worcester Warriors on a two-year contract from the 2021–22 season.[8]
On 5 October 2022 all Worcester players had their contacts terminated due to the liquidation of the company to which they were contracted.[9]
References
- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Exeter Chiefs Bath". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Exeter Chiefs - Official Website". web page. Exeter Chiefs. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Chiefs bring in Will Chudley from Falcons". web page. ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "Newcastle sign Will Chudley". MSN Sport. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "Premiership final: Wasps 20-23 Exeter Chiefs (aet)". BBC. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Citizen Try of the Week - (Round 11 Winner)". YouTube.com.
- ^ "Will Chudley: Bath sign Exeter Chiefs scrum-half for start of 2018-19 season". BBC Sport. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Worcester Warriors | Will Chudley signs up with Warriors". warriors.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Worcester player and staff contracts terminated after high court ruling | Worcester | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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- Living people
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- Bedford Blues players
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- Exeter Chiefs players
- Newcastle Falcons players
- Rugby union players from Kettering
- Worcester Warriors players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Coventry R.F.C. players