Toby Flood

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Tobias Gerald Flood (born 8 August 1985 in Frimley), is an English rugby union player who plays at fly half or inside centre for Newcastle Falcons and England. Flood attended Chantry School in Morpeth and later Kings School in Tynemouth, and is a product of the Falcons academy. Currently studying business at Northumbria University. Interestingly Jonny Wilkinson trained the Kings School first team while Toby was a student there.

In the autumn of 2006 he came on twice as a fly half replacement for England, his first cap coming in the defeat to Argentina. With Brian Ashton installed as the new England head coach Flood was selected in the Elite squad for England's 2007 Six Nations campaign. Flood came on as a replacement in the game against Scotland to win his fourth England cap as a replacement. He started his first game for England against France at Twickenham and went on to score a try, helping England to a 26-18 victory. His personal points tally in the match was 16 points. Flood also started in the defeat to Wales.