Tom Arscott
Date of birth | 25 August 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Plymouth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Luke Arscott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Arscott (born 25 August 1987) is a rugby union player.
Arscott joined Bristol from Plymouth Albion before the start of the 2007β08 Guinness Premiership season, joining his brother Luke who had joined from the same team the season before.
He made an immediate impact, performing well in the pre-season friendlies impressing and then making his first competitive start in the Guinness Premiership at Sale before scoring in front of the home crowd the week after.
He joined Worcester Warriors in June 2010 but left in July 2012.[2]
On 13 July 2012, Arscott joined newly promoted club London Welsh in the Aviva Premiership.[3]
On 21 March 2013, Tom Arscott joined Sale Sharks from London Welsh to stay in the Aviva Premiership.[4]
On 19 January 2017, Arscott had his contract terminated by Sale Sharks after an internal investigation found that he leaked confidential team information to Bristol before their Premiership game on 1 January.[5]
See also
References
- β "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Worcester Warriors". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- β "Worcester Warriors sign versatile back Tom Arscott from Bristol". BBC Sport. 29 June 2010.
- β "Tom Arscott left Worcester Warriors to join London Welsh". BBC Sport. 13 July 2012.
- β "Sale Sharks to sign versatile London Welsh back Tom Arscott". BBC Sport. 21 March 2013.
- β http://www.salesharks.com/news/4669.php#.WIEemvmLSyI