{"id":833071,"date":"2026-11-13T07:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/833071\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T07:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T07:02:15","slug":"lewis-moodys-son-dylan-makes-england-debut-in-big-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/833071\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Moody’s son Dylan makes England debut in big win"},"content":{"rendered":"

England Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody<\/a> has another reason to celebrate after his 18-year-old son Dylan made his competitive England Under-19 debut in a 4-1 victory over Slovenia.<\/p>\n

The 6ft 5in Southampton goalkeeper started between the posts as the Young Lions opened their latest European Under-19 Championship qualifying campaign with an impressive win on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Dylan helped England to victory, with Reigan Heskey scoring twice in a comfortable afternoon for Ben Futcher’s side.<\/p>\n

It seems sporting success runs in the Moody blood, with Dylan now writing his own chapter in the family history more than two decades after his father helped England lift the Rugby World Cup in 2003.<\/p>\n

Following in his father’s footsteps<\/p>\n

Lewis Moody earned 71 England caps during a glittering rugby career with Leicester Tigers and Bath.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed ‘Mad Dog’, he was part of Sir Clive Woodward’s legendary 2003 World Cup-winning squad.<\/p>\n

Now his son is representing England in football.<\/p>\n

Dylan joined Southampton’s academy<\/a> aged eight and signed his first professional contract in July 2025.<\/p>\n

The teenager has already trained with Southampton’s first team and continues to impress at international level.<\/p>\n

His latest appearance is another step forward in a promising career.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A special moment for the Moody family<\/p>\n

The family’s sporting success comes during a difficult period.<\/p>\n

Lewis revealed in October 2025<\/a> that he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).<\/p>\n

Just days after announcing the diagnosis, the former England captain watched Dylan save a penalty against France during an international youth fixture.<\/p>\n

The teenager kept a clean sheet in that 1-0 victory, giving his family a special moment during an incredibly challenging time.<\/p>\n

Now Dylan has another achievement to celebrate.<\/p>\n

According to the FA’s official match report<\/a>, England will next face Belarus on Saturday before meeting Austria on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Lewis experienced the ultimate international triumph in Sydney in 2003.<\/p>\n

Twenty-three years later, his son is beginning to build his own England legacy.<\/p>\n

Lewis Moody: Career in numbers \ud83c\udfc9\ud83c\udfc6\u00a02003 Rugby World Cup winner\u00a0with England.\ud83c\udf39\u00a071 England caps\u00a0between 2001 and 2010.\ud83e\udd81\u00a05 British & Irish Lions caps\u00a0across the 2005 and 2009 tours.\ud83c\udfc9\u00a02001\u00a0\u2013 Made his England debut against Canada.\ud83c\udfc6\u00a07 Premiership titles\u00a0with Leicester Tigers.\ud83c\udf0d\u00a02 Heineken Cup titles\u00a0with Leicester Tigers.\ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f\u00a0Leicester Tigers and Bath\u00a0\u2013 The two clubs he represented during his senior career.\ud83e\udde2\u00a0England captain\u00a0\u2013 Led his country during the latter stages of his international career.\ud83d\udc15\u00a0Mad Dog\u00a0\u2013 His famous nickname, earned through his fearless playing style.\ud83c\udfaf\u00a09 international tries\u00a0for England.\ud83c\udfc5\u00a0MBE\u00a0\u2013 Awarded following England’s 2003 World Cup triumph.\ud83d\udcc5\u00a02012\u00a0\u2013 Retired from professional rugby aged 33.<\/p>\n

Cited sources: British & Irish Lions, Sky Sports and World Rugby Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody has another reason to celebrate after his 18-year-old son Dylan made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[256414,5903,118921,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-833071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-england-rugby-news","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}