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.
Early life and career
Dyddgu Hywel was born in
Llanelwy,
Denbighshire on 10 March 1989.
She attended Bangor University, where she studied in
Welsh language 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.
Hywel is now a lecturer for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Playing career
Hywel was called up to the Wales women's under-16 national rugby union team once, but wasn't selected for any games.
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.
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Hywel has regularly scored tries, including against Scotland in the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship where Wales won 39–3.
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