Aaron Woods (born 13 March 1991) is a former Australian rugby league forward who captained Wests Tigers and played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St. George Illawarra Dragons and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Woods was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and was raised by his mother in an apartment above a newsagent on Norton Street, Leichhardt.

[6] In 2009, Woods played for Wests Tigers' Toyota Cup (Under-20s) team in their run to the Grand Final, but 2010 was mired by injury,[6] with his hamstring coming close to being torn completely off the bone.

[7] However, before the start of the 2011 season, Ricky Stuart named him in a "Blues in Waiting" squad, for potential future NSW State of Origin players.

"[12] Woods was named as a standby player for NSW in the first two State of Origin matches of 2012, to cover for any late injuries.

"[17] In 2013, Woods made his State of Origin debut in game two after James Tamou was suspended for a drink-driving offence.

Playing for the Wests Tigers, Woods was averaging a high 60 minutes per game in an inexperienced front row, before succumbing to injury late in the season.

"[4] Thought by some to be the form prop during the early NRL rounds, he was considered unlucky not to be selected in the 2014 ANZAC Test.

At the end of the season, Woods was again chosen to play for Prime Minister's XIII, scoring two tries, and was described as "the dominant player up the middle.

Despite Woods making, "plenty of metres" and having, "a strong work rate",[26] the team suffered a comprehensive defeat.

"[28] In the second game, he ran for a game-high 150 metres and brushed past opponent Matt Scott to score a try in the second half that saw NSW take a match-winning lead.

[31] Despite missing games due to State of Origin and injury, Woods was in the competition's top 20 players for hit-ups and yardage[32] and was named at prop in the NRL website's team of the year.

"[37] A "near certain" selection for the Anzac Test, Woods was unable to play after suffering ligament damage and bone bruising in his ankle in round 6.

[40][41] Making 19 appearances for Wests Tigers, he was the club's leader in hit ups, and had a club-high average of 160 metres per game in attack.

Wests Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe said, "We're really comfortable with the fact that we afforded the players every opportunity that we could to stay at the club.

Woods was initially surprised by all the attention and told the media "I copped a bit of flack during the week, There was Dora The Explorer, that Lord Farquaad bloke (from Shrek).

[50][51] Woods was not selected by NSW coach Brad Fittler for the 2018 State of Origin series, ending a run of 14 straight games.

[52] On 26 June, Woods left the Canterbury-Bankstown club, through a mid year switch, to join the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

[54] On 8 April 2019, Woods was ruled out for three months after suffering a fractured foot in Cronulla's round 4 loss against the Parramatta Eels.

[59][60] In round 1 of the 2022 NRL season, Woods made his club debut for St. George Illawarra in their 28-16 victory over the New Zealand Warriors.

[61] Woods played 19 games for the club throughout 2022 as they finished 10th on the table and missed the finals for a fourth straight season.

[62] On 27 March, Woods made an immediate switch from St. George Illawarra to Manly in a player swap with Viliami Fifita and Alec Tuitavake.

[63] On 18 April, Woods revealed to the media that he was a lifelong Manly supporter despite growing up in Leichhardt and playing his junior rugby league in the Balmain district.

[64] Woods played 15 matches for Manly in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 12th on the table and missed the finals.