Tom Williams (rugby union)

Tom Williams
Full name Thomas Williams
Date of birth October 12, 1983
Place of birth Brighton, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing / Full-back
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004 – Harlequins 208 (304)
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2004 – England Hong Kong

Tom Williams (born 12 October 1983 in Brighton, England) is an English rugby union player who plays for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He normally plays at either full-back or on the wing.

Williams represented Wales at U16 and U19 level, then switched to England for the 2002 IRB U19 World Cup.[2]

Williams represented England in the 2003-04 World Sevens Series,[3] winning the Hong Kong leg.[4] He also competed in the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series.[5]

Bloodgate

Main article: Bloodgate

During the 2008–09 Heineken Cup quarter final against Leinster, Williams faked a blood injury to allow a tactical substituition to reintroduce Nick Evans leading to the bloodgate scandal. He then insisted the club doctor, Dr Wendy Chapman, cut his lip to create a real injury to cover-up the cheat, which she then carried out. This resulted in a 12-month ban for the disgraced Williams, (reduced to four months on appeal), a three-year ban for former director of rugby and former policeman Dean Richards as well as a two-year ban for physiotherapist Steph Brennan from the ERC with a £260,000 fine for the club.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Harlequins 1st XV". web page. Harlequins. 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "‘Welshman’ Williams waits for ‘Bloodgate’ decision". Wales Online. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  3. ↑ "Williams gets sevens call". ESPN Scrum. 2004-03-24. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  4. ↑ "ESPN Scrum profile". ESPN Scrum. 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  5. ↑ "Disappointment for England as they bow out of Hong Kong". RFU. 2007-04-01. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  6. ↑ "Quins escape further action in bloodgate scandal". AFP. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2009-08-25.

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