William John Chudley (born 17 March 1986) is a rugby union player who plays at Scrum half for Coventry in the RFU Championship.

Will Chudley
Birth nameWilliam John Chudley
Date of birth (1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birthKettering, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight78 kg (12 st 4 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Coventry
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007-2011
2011-2012
2012-2018
2018–2021
2021–2022
2022–
Bedford Blues
Newcastle Falcons
Exeter Chiefs
Bath
Worcester Warriors
Coventry
68
14
140
55
28
(25)
(5)
(75)
(30)
(30)

He made his debut for Exeter against Sale Sharks on 1 September 2012.[2]

Will joined Exeter from rivals Newcastle Falcons,[3] Chudley joined Newcastle from Bedford Blues after catching the eye of Newcastle coach Alan Tait during Bedfords play-off semi-final defeat by Worcester in 2011.[4]

He was in the team when Exeter Chiefs defeated Wasps to be crowned champions of the 2016-17 English Premiership.[5]

In December 2017, he was awarded Try of the week for his week 11 try against Northampton Saints.[6]

On 20 March 2018, it was announced that Chudley would leave Exeter to join local rivals Bath ahead of the 2018–19 season.[7]

He would leave Bath and join Worcester Warriors on a two-year contract from the 2021–22 season.[8]

On 5 October 2022 all Worcester players had their contacts terminated due to the liquidation of the company to which they were contracted.[9] On 12 October 2022, Chudley signs for Coventry in the RFU Championship for the 2022–23 season.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby – Exeter Chiefs Bath". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Exeter Chiefs – Official Website". web page. Exeter Chiefs. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Chiefs bring in Will Chudley from Falcons". web page. ESPNscrum. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Newcastle sign Will Chudley". MSN Sport. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Premiership final: Wasps 20-23 Exeter Chiefs (aet)". BBC. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Citizen Try of the Week – (Round 11 Winner)" – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "Will Chudley: Bath sign Exeter Chiefs scrum-half for start of 2018-19 season". BBC Sport. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Worcester Warriors | Will Chudley signs up with Warriors". warriors.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Worcester player and staff contracts terminated after high court ruling | Worcester | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Coventry Rugby sign Will Chudley". Coventry Rugby. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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