Dan Lydiate

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Dan Lydiate (born 18 December 1987) is a

Early life

The younger of two boys born to English docker John Lydiate at

On 25 October 2009 Lydiate was named in the Wales national squad for the November 2009 international series, making his debut as a second-half replacement against Argentina on 21 November 2009.^[7] Following the withdrawal of captain Ryan Jones from the Wales squad to face Australia in the final Autumn International, Lydiate made his first test match start at flanker on 28 November 2009.^[8] He was named in the Wales squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship, however did not play a single game. He then broke into the Welsh first XV in the autumn internationals of that year, starting against Australia, New Zealand and Fiji as well as being named in the team to face South Africa before withdrawing with a calf injury. He won the Man of the Match award against the Fijians, where he wore the Number 7 jersey for the first time.

He played every match of Wales'

In the 2012 Six Nations Championship, Lydiate received the Player of the Tournament award after featuring in every game bar the opener against Ireland and receiving man of the match awards against Scotland and France.^[10]

In April 2013 Lydiate was named in the squad for the 2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia.^[11]

Lydiate left

On 30 October 2014 it was announced Lydiate would be leaving

Lydiate was a part of the Welsh team for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

International tries

Try	Opponent	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result
1	Japan	Cardiff, Wales	Millennium Stadium	2016 Autumn Internationals	19 November 2016	Win

References

External links

• Dan Lydiate at ESPNscrum
• Newport Gwent Dragons profile Archived 8 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Wales profile