Dyddgu_Hywel
Dyddgu Hywel
Rugby player
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.
| Date of birth | (1989-03-10) March 10, 1989 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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]
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]
- "Dyddgu Hywel". Wales Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- "Dyddgu Hywel". Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- 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.