Wood hunts 32 players to launch the new Carnegie

By JON NEWCOMBE
FORMER England scrum-half Martyn Wood has begun the mammoth task of building a squad from scratch in less than two months after starting work as Yorkshire Carnegie’s new DoR.
All of Carnegie’s first team players departed Headingley at the end of last season when the club ran into financial difficulties and Wood has 32 part-time players to find before the season kicks off on September 20th.
Wood, 42, has been in charge of Hull Ionians since 2017 and led the club to the National Two North title last season but felt he couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to co...

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