 Woodcock played for the All Blacks from 2002 to 2015, scoring eight test tries.He was described by "The Dominion Post" as "widely regarded as the world's premier loosehead", and by "The New Zealand Herald" as having the "best range of skills of any prop on the planet".He is now the most capped All Black prop of all time, and is the second most capped player in Blues history, behind Keven Mealamu.