Thom Evans

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Thom Evans
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Date of birth (1985-04-02) 2 April 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Harare, Zimbabwe
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [1]
Weight14 st 5 lb (91 kg)
School Wellington College, Berkshire
Notable relative(s) Max Evans (brother)
Chris Evans (cousin)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback, Wing
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2004–2006 London Wasps 2 (0)
2006–2010 Glasgow Warriors 60 (110)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008–2010 Scotland 10 (5)
Correct as of 1 July 2010
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2007 Scotland
2005 England

Thom Evans (born 2 April 1985) is a Scottish former international rugby union player and model. [2] He last played on the wing for Glasgow Warriors in the Celtic League. Evans's rugby career ended aged 24 on his tenth appearance for Scotland when he suffered a serious neck injury.

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Rugby career

Evans was born in 1985, the second of two sons, in Harare, Zimbabwe, and educated at Windlesham House School and Wellington College, Berkshire, England. [3] He earned his first cap for the Scottish rugby union side in June 2008 vs Argentina. He was selected in the pre 6 Nations 30-man squad for the 2008 Six Nations.

Evans represented England at U16, U18 and U21 level. He chose to commit to Scotland at A level and at 7's.[ citation needed ] He could have played for the England 7's team but was ruled out through injury.[ citation needed ]

Evans was a member of pop band Twen2y4Se7en [4] and toured as a support act with McFly, Peter Andre and Westlife throughout 2004.[ citation needed ]

In the Six Nations game against Wales on 13 February 2010, Evans suffered a severe neck injury after colliding with Welsh player Lee Byrne. [5] He was stretchered off the pitch and taken to hospital to receive treatment. [5] He underwent a neck operation that evening, [5] and underwent a second operation to further stabilise his spine later that week. [6] It was revealed that his cervical vertebrae had been knocked so badly out of alignment that he was a millimetre from paralysis or death. [7] After four months of rehabilitation, Evans was forced to retire on 1 July 2010, after accepting medical advice. [6] [8] [9]

Evans officially announced his retirement from all codes of rugby after the Wales v South Africa test match in the Autumn Internationals of 2010.[ citation needed ] After a touchline interview with television presenter Hazel Irvine, Evans outlined his intentions to return to the sprinting circuit, in the hope of other athletic success. [10]

In 2012, Evans, coached by Margot Wells, kick-started his athletic campaign competing in indoor competitions and finished fourth in the Scottish Senior Championships with a personal best of 7.20 for the 60m. During the outdoor season, he ran personal bests of 11.26 for the 100m and 23.14 for the 200m respectively. However, by the end of the season, Evans decided that he would not continue with athletics choosing instead to pursue an acting career.

Media career

Evans was an analyst for ITV's coverage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[ citation needed ]

In September 2014, Evans was a contestant in BBC's twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing [11] partnered with Lithuanian professional Iveta Lukosiute. He was voted out in the 5th week.

In 2016, Evans participated in the first series of the TV show Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls , with celebrity contestants attempting to survive for 10 days on a remote island. He left the island early citing difficulties dealing with the lack of food. [12]

In October 2019, Evans was a contestant in The X Factor: Celebrity as a member of the group, Try Star, alongside Levi Davis and Ben Foden. They were eliminated in the semi-final after landing in the bottom two with V5. However, Try Star received more votes than V5 meaning if the result went to deadlock, Try Star would have advanced to the final and V5 would have been eliminated. They finished in fifth place.

Personal life

Evans's brother Max also played rugby for Scotland and Glasgow Warriors. They are the twentieth set of brothers to play together for Scotland. [3] They are both featured in a nude photoshoot for the 2010 Dieux du Stade calendar. [13]

In 2011, he appeared on cereal boxes for Scott's Porage Oats along with Chris Paterson and Ross Ford. [14]

Evans is a cousin of disc jockey Chris Evans. [15]

Relationships

Evans was romantically linked with actress Kelly Brook. [16] On 16 March 2011, Brook announced, via her Twitter account, that she was pregnant and that she and Evans were expecting a daughter. On 9 May 2011, it was reported that Brook had miscarried. [17] Brook announced on 1 February 2013 via Twitter that their relationship had ended.

In January 2020, it was reported that Evans was dating singer Nicole Scherzinger, having met on The X Factor: Celebrity the previous year. [18] In June 2023, it was reported that Evans and Scherzinger are engaged. [19]

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  2. ↑ "Error 500". Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 Gallagher, Brendan (11 February 2009). "Thom and Max Evans named in Scotland's Six Nations team to face France". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  4. ↑ Greenwood, Will (20 March 2009). "Max and Thom Evans take centre stage for Scotland: The boy band scene and world of golf suffered major losses when the Evans brothers, who line up for Scotland at Twickenham, switched their focus to rugby". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
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  9. ↑ "Scotland winger Thom Evans forced to retire by injury". BBC Sport. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Evans targets track place at Commonwealth Games". BBC News. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "BBC – Blogs – Strictly Come Dancing – Thom Evans joins Strictly". 20 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Welsh, Daniel (26 September 2016). "'Celebrity The Island With Bear Grylls' Loses TWO Celebrities In One Episode". Huffington Post.
  13. ↑ "THOM EVANS: Rugby's First Gayporn Star?". The World of Straight Men. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  14. ↑ "New porridge proves truly scrum-ptious: Scots rugby stars appear on iconic cereal pack". The Scotsman. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
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  17. ↑ "Kelly Brook, Thom Evans lose baby". 9 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
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