Kyle Godwin
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| Born | Kyle Willets Godwin 30 July 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Aquinas College, Perth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kyle Godwin (born 30 July 1992) is a former professional rugby union player who played as a centre. He has also played at wing and fly-half on occasion. Godwin began, and has played most of his career with, the Western Force in the Super Rugby. He has played for Super Rugby rivals the Brumbies, as well as Connacht in Ireland and Lyon in France.
In 2016 Godwin made his international debut for Australia against France in the 2016 Autumn Internationals. He did not make another appearance for the team and was capped with Zimbabwe in 2024, qualifying via birth-right.
Early life
[edit]Godwin was born in Zimbabwe and moved with his family to Perth in the Australian state of Western Australia at 8-years-old, where he played for the Associates Rugby Club.[1] He first came onto the scene when he was selected for the Australian Schoolboys team which toured Great Britain and Ireland in 2009. He was also selected to represent Australia U20s that competed in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa.[2]
Career
[edit]In 2012, Godwin made his Super Rugby debut for the Western Force against the Queensland Reds in Perth.[3] He went on to play 52 games for the Western Force before moving to the Brumbies. During his time at the Force, he won "Rookie of the Year", Members "Most Valuable Player" (MVP), and the "Nathan Sharpe Medal", named after team veteran Nathan Sharpe. He moved to Canberra in 2016, signing for the Brumbies, where he played 24 games over two seasons (2017, 2018).
On 20 March 2018, it was announced that Godwin was to play in the Pro 14, having signed for Irish club Connacht for the 2018–19 season.[4] The contract being of two-year duration initially.
On successful completion of his two-year contract with Connacht, Godwin returned to his home team of the Western Force.[5]
International career
[edit]Godwin played international age-group rugby for Australia up to Under 20s. He gained his one senior cap for the Wallabies against France on 19 November 2016, playing the full game at inside centre.[6]
In 2024, having served the required 'stand-down' period of five years or more since last playing for his original international side, Godwin received his first call-up for the country of his birth. He made his debut for Zimbabwe against the United Arab Emirates on 6 November 2024, coming on in the second half as a replacement at inside centre, joining a backline featuring his former teammate from the Western Force, Ian Prior.[7]
Playing statistics
[edit]Super Rugby
[edit]- As of 10 July 2020[8]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2012 | Force | 3 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Force | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1111 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Force | 10 | 10 | 0 | 797 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Force | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1228 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Force | 9 | 7 | 2 | 565 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Brumbies | 11 | 11 | 0 | 799 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | Brumbies | 13 | 10 | 2 | 292 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 76 | 61 | 7 | 4825 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 1 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Force bring home Soaks legend". RugbyWA. 12 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021.
- ^ http://www.irb.com/jwc/teams/team=3445/index.html Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rugby, Super (30 March 2012). "Force beat Reds in Perth". Super Rugby | Super 15 Rugby and Rugby Championship News, Results and Fixtures from Super XV Rugby.
- ^ "Australian International Godwin To Join Connacht From Brumbies". irishrugby.ie. Irish Rugby. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Kinsella, Murray. "Aussie centre Godwin returns to Western Force after Connacht departure". The42.
- ^ "France 23-25 Australia". Sky Sports. Sky Sports. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Sables run riot in UAE". The Herald. The Herald. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 10 July 2020.