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Rhys is the son of former Wales and Leinster coach Mike Ruddock and Bernadette Mary Ruddock who is Irish.
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He currently plays for University College Dublin and Leinster. He plays in the backrow, at 6 or 8. In the 2009/2010 season, he captained the Irish U20s to winning the Six Nations Championship.
He made his Leinster debut against his father"s old club Newport Gwent Dragons.
In summer 2010, whilst playing for his first club in Ireland University College Dublin, Ruddock got a call up to the Irish Senior Squad in their 2010 summer tour when he received his first cap vs Australia due to the shortage of back-row players to injury. Ruddock was part of the Ireland squad for the 2012 Six Nations tournament.
Meanwhile, with Leinster, he became their youngest ever captain against Arioni in the Magners League, when he was still playing for University College Dublin"s Under-20 Side.
