Gallagher Premiership Rugby FInal 2022

LEICESTER TIGERS V SARACENS
[ HALL OF FAME ]
WILL GREENWOOD
A centre with a nose for the
try line, Will Greenwood is
one of Premiership Rugby’s
greatest ever players.
Following in the footsteps of father
Dick, who represented England in
the back row, he began his rugby
career at Harlequins following
the end of his studies at the
University of Durham.
When professionalism came in
1995, however, his whole career
changed, and in 1996 he made the
move to Leicester Tigers.
In his first season as a Tiger,
Greenwood helped them to
Pilkington Cup glory and he was
rewarded for his hot form with
selection for the 1997 British
and Irish Lions tour to South
Africa, despite being uncapped at
international level.
Following the Lions tour, the
1997-98 season proved to be a
breakthrough season for the centre,
who made his England debut
against Australia in November at
Twickenham. The following season
he won his first Premiership Rugby
title with Tigers, before repeating
the trick in the 1999-00 campaign.
In 2000, Greenwood made the
move back to London to re-join
Harlequins after a stellar four
years at Tigers. In the famous four
quarters, he sealed success in the
Tetley’s Bitter Cup and was crucial
in the club’s first European success,
as they defeated Narbonne to
lift the European Challenge Cup
in 2001.
He went on his second tour with
The British and Irish Lions in
Australia that summer and starred
for England in the 2003 Rugby
World Cup, scoring tries against
Georgia, South Africa and Uruguay
in the group stages, while his
try against Wales in the Suncorp
Stadium at the quarter-final stage
turned the game in England’s
favour.
He then started in both the semifinal
and the final as England won
the Rugby World Cup for the first
time.
WILL
GREENWOOD
FACTFILE
DOB: 20.10.1972
Position: Centre
Premiership Clubs:
Harlequins, Leicester
Tigers
Premiership Rugby
appearances: 96
Premiership Rugby tries: 34
Upon his return to Harlequins,
Greenwood helped his side to
Heineken Cup qualification in the
2003-04 season but the following
year was a disaster for Quins, as
they suffered relegation to the
Championship.
Despite this, Greenwood was
selected to go on his third British
and Irish Lions tour, where he
played in two Test matches.
His final season in professional
rugby was spent helping Harlequins
back into the Premiership and the
mission accomplished, he retired at
the end of the 2005/06 season.
In total, the legendary centre played
in 96 Premiership Rugby matches,
scored 34 tries and retired as
one of the competition’s greatest
players.
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